Description
The Hidāyah has held a preeminent place in the field of Islamic jurisprudence since its composition more than 800 years ago. For centuries, it has served as the primary reference for Muslim jurists in issuing authentic and reliable legal rulings within the school of Imām Abū Ḥanīfah (d. 150 AH / 767 CE).
Such is the authority of The Hidāyah that a scholar’s knowledge was often deemed incomplete without mastery of it. Nearly seventy major commentaries—some extending across a dozen volumes—have been authored on this monumental work, while the number of explanatory glosses reaches into the thousands.
With its comprehensive scope and clear organization, The Hidāyah eclipsed earlier writings on Ḥanafī jurisprudence, rendering them obsolete and gradually disused. Apart from the revealed scriptures themselves, no book has received such enduring scholarly attention.
This landmark edition represents the first complete translation of The Hidāyah directly from the original Arabic, the very language in which it was composed.
