Fath al-Bari
Fiqih | |
| Genre | Sharh |
|---|---|
Publication date | 15th century |
Reception
Abd al-Hayy ibn Abd al-Kabir al-Kattani said: “When the author of al-Hittah quoted
Abd al-Hakim Murad said of Fath al-Bari in the introduction to the translation of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's commentary on selected hadith (published as a booklet by the Muslim Academic Trust): "The importance of this literature may be gauged by the fact that at least seventy full commentaries have been written on Imam al-Bukhari’s great Sahih... the most celebrated [of which] is without question the magnificent Fath al-Bari (Victory of the Creator) by Imam Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, a work which was the crown both of its genre and of the Imam’s academic career. It is appreciated by the ulema for the doctrinal soundness of its author, for its complete coverage of Bukhari’s material, its mastery of the relevant Arabic sciences, the wisdom it shows in drawing lessons (fawa’id) from the hadiths it expounds, and its skill in resolving complex disputes over variant readings."
Islamicist Norman Calder described Ibn Hajar's work as "the most magnificent achievement of exegetical discourse".[3]
Editions
Editions include one from the Egyptian Press of Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi, 1959 (1378 A.H.).
External links
- Online edition (Arabic). Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ Abdal Hakim Murad. "Fath al-Bari: Commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari". Sunnah.org. Muslim Academic Trust. Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
The importance of this literature may be gauged by the fact that at least seventy full commentaries have been written on Imam al-Bukhari's great Sahih [...] However the most celebrated is without question the magnificent Fath al-Bari ('Victory of the Creator') by Imam Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani
- ^ Fahras al-Faharis, vol. 1, pg. 322–3, slightly abridged. 'There is no migration after al-Fath' is a reference to a well-known hadith.
- S2CID 164566180.
