Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam, () translation: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidences of the Ordinances by al-Hafidh ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372 – 1448) is a collection of hadith pertaining specifically to Shafi'i jurisprudence. This genre is referred to in Arabic as Ahadith al-Ahkam.
About
Bulugh al-Maram contains a total of 1358 hadiths. At the end of each hadith narrated in Bulugh al-Maram, al-Hafidh ibn Hajar mentions who collected that hadith originally. Bulugh al-Maram includes hadith drawn from numerous primary sources of hadith in it including, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi, Sunan al-Nasa'i, Sunan ibn Majah, and Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal and more.
It holds a unique distinction as all the hadith compiled in the book have been the foundation for Shafi'i Islamic Jurisprudence rulings. In addition to mentioning the origins of each of the hadith in Bulugh al-Maram, ibn Hajar also included a comparison between the versions of a hadith that came from different sources. Because of its unique qualities, it still remains a widely used collection of hadith regardless of school of thought.
Contents
The book is divided into 15 chapters: The Book of Purification The Book of Prayer The Book of Funerals The Book of Zakat The Book of Siyam The Book of Business Transactions The Book of Marriage The Book of Jinayat The Book of Hudud The Book of Jihad The Book of Foods The Book of Oaths and Vows The Book of Judgement The Book of Emancipation The Comprehensive Book
Explanations
Al-Badr al-Tamam by al-Husain ibn Muhammad al-Maghribi
Subul al-Salam by Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Amir al-Sana'ni, who abridged al-Badr al-Tamam
Translation
Bulugh Al-Maram: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances, Dar-us-Salam; 1st edition (1996), ASIN: B000FJJURU Kinyarwanda translation: Kugera ku ntego : hashingiwe kuri gihamya z'amategeko y'idini ya Islam : Bulugh al maram : min adilatil ah'kam, Kigali: Maktabat al-qalam; (2019)
Other books of Ahadith al-ahkam
Tahdhib al-Athar by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Sunan al-Wusta by Ahmad Bayhaqi
Sunan al-Kubra by Ahmad Bayhaqi
‘Umdah al-ahkam by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
Al-Muntaqa by Majd ibn Taymiyah explained by Muhammad ash-Shawkani in Nayl al-Awtar Sharh Muntaqa al-Akhbar
Publications
Bulugh Al-Maram: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances