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Bulugh al-Maram بُلُوغ الْمَرَام

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A foundational juristic hadith anthology compiled by Ibn Hajar al-ʿAsqalani (d. 852 AH); approximately 1,600 hadith arranged by topic of fiqh, with grade-mentions appended after each.

Overview

Bulūgh al-Marām min Adillat al-Aḥkām (Arabic: بُلُوغ الْمَرَام مِنْ أَدِلَّةِ الْأَحْكَام; "Attainment of the Objective from the Evidences of Rulings") is a foundational juristic hadith anthology compiled by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (773–852 AH / 1372–1449 CE) — the master commentator of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (Fatḥ al-Bārī).

The collection contains approximately 1,600 hadith selected for their relevance to fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), arranged in juristic order: purification, prayer, funerals, zakat, fasting, hajj, transactions, marriage, divorce, criminal law, jihad, foods, oaths, and the comprehensive book.

What distinguishes Bulūgh al-Marām is Ibn Ḥajar's citation of source and grade after each hadith — naming the collection (Bukhārī, Muslim, the four Sunan, etc.) and noting authentication status. This makes it especially useful for students, who can rapidly verify each hadith's standing and locate its full chain.

Structure

  • ~1,600 hadith arranged by fiqh topic.
  • Each hadith concludes with a brief reference: e.g., "agreed upon", "narrated by the four", or specific grading.
  • Standard commentary: Subul as-Salām by aṣ-Ṣanʿānī (d. 1182 AH).

Significance

Bulūgh al-Marām is one of the standard texts in classical Islamic curricula globally. It is used as the foundation for studying aḥkām (legal rulings) at the intermediate-to-advanced level, after the basic primers and before the major fiqh works.

See also

References

  1. Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Bulūgh al-Marām, ed. Samīr ibn Amīn az-Zuhayrī (Dar al-Falaq).
  2. Muḥammad ibn Ismaʿīl aṣ-Ṣanʿānī, Subul as-Salām Sharḥ Bulūgh al-Marām.
  3. Trans. Nasiruddin al-Khattab, Bulūgh al-Marām (Darussalam).