New Maliki Fiqh Resources

Starting in January 2005, SunniPath.com will begin offering an Introduction to Maliki Fiqh course, insha'llah. This course will cover essential acts of worship, namely the prayer and its necessary conditions, such as purification. The main text will be Imam Ahmad al-Dardir’s Aqrab al-Masalik ila Madhab Imam Malik, or The Nearest of Paths to the Juristic School of Imam Malik. This text is widely considered to contain only the dominant opinions of the Maliki school, and covers all of the aspects of jurisprudence, from ritual purification to inheritance law. It is hoped that in subsequent courses all of the chapters will be covered.

Lamppost Productions is now selling Ibn Ashir Recited (Al-Murshid Al-Mu'een) on CD along with an accompanying 94-page guide booklet. The CD contains a soothing recitation of the didactic poem of the 17th Century Northwest African Scholar, Sidi Abdul-Wahid ibn Ashir (1040 A.H.) recited by Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, an American graduate of the University of Qarawiyyin's Faculty of Shariah located in Fez, Morocco. Recitation is performed first in Arabic, and is then recited while being complemented by an English translation. This CD is the first in a series. Part One covers an introduction to doctrine, a summary of the Islamic faith, and a brief look at the fundamental jargon of Islamic Legal Theory. The booklet gives clarity to some of the sometimes complicated and at other times essential topics discussed in the CD translation. The commentary is based on some of the most authoritative commentaries written on the text.