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assalamu alaykum everyone, i went to a fiqh class today, unfortunately there were no references and they werent really going through a book.

I did pick up some books from the store, feel free to comment on them inshallah.

I gotbahishti zawar, and also the mukhtasar al quduri in order to have a classical reference, also i got abu hanifah his life legal method and legacy in order to learn more about him and his legacy and madhab.

I picked up a few extras to have a read through, one called the legal status of madhabs and also the qasida burda and the truth about bayah so i can understand a little more about the sufi elements of the current hanafi community and the idea of tareekas and a shaikh giving you cures etc, so inshallah ill have a good read through that.

Ultimately i wish to be able to reference everything back inshallahm including his biography, i wish to find all the references so i know its authentic but this will do inshallah until my arabic is strong enough inshallah so ill read through this for now.

Ill try get some more books inshallah in the future. Feel free to explain thinsg surrounding the madhab, such as why modern deobandi books are better to learn from than classical hanafi books, which is a point im a little caught on to be honest, so a good explanation would be great inshallah.

Also, if its impermissable to pray behind someone from another madhab, my family is shaafi, they have different ideas for wudhu, does that mean i cant take them on tablighi jama'ah due to their not being able to pray behind hanafis?

I ask everyone to be patient with my questions and not take them offensiveliy, as on the day of resurrection you you will be asked about your treatments of reverts, the ummah is in a mess and things are confusing for us, you dont want to have to answer to losing your patience wijust because i want proper explanations with reasoning explained, so please fear allah and be like brother
Nomadic who always maintains a nice pleasant tone when addressing his brother.. Jazak allahu khair

wa 'alaykum as-salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuhu, sayyidi Dawud May we all be blessed with the zeal for knowledge that you have, and I say that sincerely. Ma sha' Allah, keep it up!

The reason people are recommending contemperory works is because the relied-upon position (mu'tamad) is not always narrated in every book, because the classical books were often written before the opinions became fully codified and determined. Previously, there were many mujtahids within the madh-hab, as well as muhaddiths, usulis and other people who derived slightly different opinions and there was no uniform systematization. Later on, people like Imam Ibn 'Abidin came and sifted through all the opinions and performed what's called tarjeeh. His Radd al-Muhtar is thus relied upon by most muftis for fatwa. No book is perfect, though, and even the radd al-muhtar contains some opinions which are not relied-upon, but these are relatively few. That is why people are recommending more modern works -- because they try to only present the relied-upon opinions.

Brother, if you get in touch with me by leaving a comment here, I'll send you some mp3's of a master of fiqh to knows the relied-upon positions inside-out explaining the Nur al-Idah. I'll also send you PDF's of the book with translation. That will be a good starting point, especially as you're eager to study the classical texts.

was-salam