Fiqh Us-Sunnah By Sayyid Sabiq

...Sabiq's most famous book was the three-volume Fiqh As-Sunnah, which in the first writing of its kind brought the four major madhahib together, in a comprehensive treatment of Fiqh matters. The book has since been translated into dozens of languages and is used by Muslims throughout the world. Sabiq wrote Fiqh As-Sunnah in the 1940s when he was only 30 years old. He wrote the book at the request of Ustadh Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Every Fiqh ruling in the book goes back to the Qur'an and Sunnah and Sabiq dealt with all four madhahib objectively, with no preferential treatment to any. Sabiq also wrote the book, "Islamic Theology," along the same lines: simplification and avoidance of overphilosophization or getting involved in disputes on arcane topics. Besides his academic work, Sabiq was a noted Islamic activist. After writing Fiqh As-Sunnah, Sabiq spent some time fighting along with the Mujahideen in Palestine in the late 1940's and he later visited most countries in the world and lectured in their mosques. He was the first graduate of Azhar to visit the Soviet Union and check on the conditions of Muslims there. Sabiq was born in 1915 in the Egyptian village, Istanha. He received his education at Al-Azhar and after his graduation worked as the Director of Mosques and Islamic Education in the Egyptian Islamic Affairs Ministry. He also taught at Al-Azhar, and later moved to Saudi Arabia, where he headed the Shari'a Graduate Studies Department in Um Al- Qura University. After moving back to Egypt, he spent years teaching students in a Mosque in Cairo

Translated By Muhammad Sa'eed Dabas & Jamal al-Din M. Zarabozo

The Contents of the 5 Volumes in this Book.

Volume 1: Purification and Prayer

-Purification and Prayer

Purification

Ablution (Wudu')

Ghusl, the complete ablution

Tayammum, the dry ablution

Menstruation

Prayer

Azhan, call to prayer

Prerequisites of the Prayer

Obligatory acts of prayer

Sunnah acts of prayer

Volume 2: Supererogatory Prayer

Supererogatory Prayers

Nonstressed Sunnah Prayers (As-Sunan Ghair Al-Mu'akkadah)

The Witr Prayer

The Late Night Prayer, tahajjud (qiyam al-Layil)

The Special Prayers during the Month of Ramadan (Tarawih)

The Duha prayer

Salatul Istikharah

Salatul Tasbih

Salatul Hajah, the prayer for need

Salatul Taubah, the prayer of penitence

Salatul Kasuf, prayer of the solar and lunar eclipse

Salatul Istisqa, prayer for rain

The Prostration During the Qur'anic Recitation

The Prostration of Thankfulness (Sajdat ush-Shukr)

Prostrations of forgetfulness during the prayer

Volume 3: Zakaat and Fasting

Zakah in Islamic Jurisprudence

Monetary holdings subject to zakah

Zakah on plants and fruit

Zakah on Animals

Zakah on Buried Treasure and Precious Minerals

Zakah on Wealth Extracted from the Sea

The Recipients of Zakah

Zakat ul-Fitr

Zakat ut-Tatawwu or Voluntary Sadaqah

Fasting (As-siyam)

The Fast of Ramadan

The Forbidden Days to Fast

Voluntary Fasts

The Manners of Fasting

Acts That are Permissible During the Fast

Actions that Void the Fast

Making Up Missed Days of Ramadan

Night of Qadr

I'tikaf or Seclusion in the Mosque

Volume 4: Funerals and Dhikr

Sickness, Expiation of Sins

Contemplation of death and preparation for it by good deeds

Al-Kafan (The Shroud)

Funeral Prayers (Salatul Janazah)

Burial

Azh-zhikr (remembrance of Allah)

Supplications

Volume 5: Hajj and 'Umrah

Pilgrimage: a general definition, its excellence and prerequisites

The ability to perform hajj - what does it imply?

The hajj of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

Mawaquit: Fixed Times and Places For Ihram

Ihram

Talbiyah

What is permitted to a Muhrim

Restrictions of Ihram

Killing a game in the state of Ihram

Sacred precincts of Makkah and Madinah (Haram Makkah wa Madinah)

Tawaf or Circumambulation around Ka'bah

Sa'i between Safa and Marwah

Staying at Mina and Arafat

Umrah