Fiqh of Tahaarah
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
The book that will be studied in this course is “Tayseer al-'Allaam Sharh
Umdatul-Ahkaam” by Shaykh Abdullah ibn Abdur – Rahmaan Aal Bassaam, who is
presently teaching in Al-Masjid Al-Haraam. He is one of the leading scholars in Saudi
Arabia today and has written this book as a means to deliver the Fiqh of Islaam to the
Muslims in a simple way by examining the hadeeths of the Prophet (saw) and then
checking what rulings are correctly derived from them.
This book is an explanation of a previous book, “Umdatul-Ahkaam”, which
contains many hadeeths related to the Ahkaam (the judicial rulings) related to act of
Ibaadah, Sawm, Zakaah, and so on.
The book, “Umdatul-Ahkaam”, is compiled by hadeeths only from the Saheehs
of Imaam Bukhaaree and Imaam Muslim. The majority of the hadeeths in “Umdatul-
Ahkaam” are Muttafaqoon „alayh (agreed upon): meaning that they are recorded by both
Sheikhs, in their respectable Saheehs. There are very few hadeeths in this book which are
only reported by Imaam Bukhaaree or only by Imaam Muslim. Therefore, all the
hadeeths of “Umdatul-Ahkaam” are authentic hadeeths.
The book, “Umdatul-Ahkaam”, is also assigned in Saudi Arabia as a course of
hadeeth for the first class in the intermediate school and Sheikh Muhammad ibn Saalih
al-‘Uthaymeen (rahimullah has written a brief commentary on the narrations that is very
beneficial for the seeker of knowledge.
The book, “Umdatul-Ahkaam”, is compiled by Imaam, Aboo Muhammad
`Abdul-Ghanee bin `Abdul-Waahid bin `Aalee ibn Suroor al-Jamma`ili al-Maqdisi ad-
Dimashqee. Jamaa`ili in relation to Jamma`il which is a village in the mountains of
Nablus from the land of Palestine. Al-Maqdisi – the one who lived in al-Quds
(Jerusalem), ad Dimashqi – then Damascus.