• To thematically study 22 Prophetic traditions of principal significance in Islamic belief, jurisprudence and manners.
• To analyze Arabic vocabulary and structures included in those texts.
• To be able to deduce legal rulings from the Prophetic traditions.
• By studying Hadīth, the student develops religious motivation in his heart to follow the Prophet`s Sunnah and its role in our life.
• The study of Hadīth develops a linguistic and intellectual wealth for the student.
• Developing the skill of preparing topics based on thematic analysis of Prophetic traditions.

1. A.   Required Texts

Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom, Turath publication, 2007

About the Book:

The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom is the translation by Abdassamd Clarke of the masterwork of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, the Jami` al-`ulum wa;l-hikam, which is his commentary on fifty hadith including the Forty of Imaam an-Nawawi. Every hadith is one of those considered by the `ulama essential for knowledge of the deen. The topics range from the most exacting treatments of the affairs of the shari`ah to luminous expositions of the spiritual sciences of Islam.

In Hadith Jurisprudence II the student is required to study hadiths from 26 [p. 415] through 50 [p. 756].

1. B.   Supplementary Texts & Materials:

• PowerPoint Presentations (posted on the website Link)
• Audio Lectures of the instructor (can be downloaded at Link)
• Jamal al-Din M. Zarabozo, Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi, AlBasheer Publications and Translation (volumes 2 and 3).
• http://fortyhadith.iiu.edu.my/

1. Hadith # 26: Sadaqah
2. Hadith # 27: Birr and Ithm
3. Hadith # 28: Taqwah of Allah, hearing and obedience
4. Hadith # 29: A comprehensive Hadith on Action
5. Hadith # 30: Obligations
6. Hadith # 31: Zuhd
7. Hadith # 32: Causing Harm and Returning Harm
8. Hadith # 33: Claimants and Counter-Claimants
9. Hadith # 34: Seeing something objectionable
10. Hadith # 35: Brotherhood
11. Hadith # 36: Easing Someone`s Distress
12. Hadith # 37: Good and bad actions
13. Hadith # 38: Optional acts and Wilayah
14. Hadith # 39: Mistakes, Forgetfulness and Coercion
15. Hadith # 40. Be in the World as if a Stranger
16. Hadith # 41: Desire
17. Hadith # 42: Forgiveness
18. Hadith # 43: Inheritance
19. Hadith # 44: Breastfeeding and kinship
20. Hadith # 45: The Sale of Haram Things
21. Hadith # 46: Intoxicants
22. Hadith # 47: A Full Belly
23. Hadith # 48: Hypocrisy
24. Hadith # 49: Reliance on Allah
25. Hadith # 50: Remembrance of Allah