Birgivi's Manual Interpreted: Complete Fiqh of Menstruation and Related Issues
Birgivi's Manual Interpreted is the explanative translation of a major Islamic legal work on menstruation, lochia, and related issues. Answering hundreds of questions needed by the Muslim woman practicing her din, this book provides accurate information and practical arrangement of charts and texts making it an important reference for every Muslim family. The primary text, Dhukhr al-Muta'ahhilin [Treasure for Those with Families] by Imam Muhammad al-Birgivi (d. 981/1573), is the most...
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Birgivi's Manual Interpreted is the explanative translation of a major Islamic legal work on menstruation, lochia, and related issues. Answering hundreds of questions needed by the Muslim woman practicing her din, this book provides accurate information and practical arrangement of charts and texts making it an important reference for every Muslim family. The primary text, Dhukhr al-Muta'ahhilin [Treasure for Those with Families] by Imam Muhammad al-Birgivi (d. 981/1573), is the most authoritative work on menstruation in the Hanafi school, which the majority of Muslims follow. The work has been commentated upon by a number of traditional scholars, the best known of whom is Imam Ibn 'Abidin, the central scholar of the late Hanafi school.The text and its commentaries have been studied by Hedaya Hartford and Ashraf Muneeb under various sheikhs from Syria and Turkey, among them Sheikh Muhammad Amin Siraj of Turkey, a traditional Hanafi scholar who has an unbroken chain to Imam al-Birgivi himself. Sheikh Siraj gave Hartford and Muneeb his authorization to teach this volume in a written ijaza that attests, in his words, to their "full comprehension and meticulous understanding" of the work.
Authorization 8Introduction 11Authors' Preface 15The Primary TextSacred Law Rulings 21During Menstruation or Lochia 21Prayer 21Fasting 22Reading the Qur'an 23Touching the Qur'an 24Entering a Mosque 25Circumambulating the Ka'aba 25Intimate Contact 26Ritual Purity 26Specific to Menstruation 26Puberty 26Sunna or Bida' Divorce 27Postmarital Waiting Period ('Idda) 27Atonement (Kaffara) 28Rulings for the State of Major Ritual Impurity (Janaba) 28Rulings for the State of Minor Ritual Impurity (Hadath) 29Supplementary Rulings 29Trimming the Nails 29Removing Bodily Hair 30Divorce 30Waiting Period after Divorce 30Waiting Period after Death of Husband 31Terminology 32The Basics 35Valid Blood 35Invalid Blood 36Tuhr 37Habit 38The Forgotten Habit 40The Beginner 40A Woman with a Habit 41Colors of Blood 43Normal Vaginal Discharge 43Onset of Valid Bleeding 45Onset of Menstruation 45Onset of Lochia 45Multiple Births 46Caesarian Birth 46Miscarriage 46The Kursuf 48Rulings for the Kursuf 48Exiting of Blood 49Blocking the Blood 49End of Valid Bleeding 50Ascertaining the End 50At the Maximum 51Before the Maximum 51Before the Habit 54After the Habit 55Time of the Purificatory Bath (Ghusl) 55Menopause 56Change in Habit 57Blood Exceeding the Maximum 57Blood Not Exceeding the Maximum 59Change of Lochial Habit 60Constant Bleeding 61A Woman with a Habit 61The Beginner 61Valid Blood and Valid Tuhr 62Invalid Blood and Invalid Tuhr 62Valid Blood and Invalid Tuhr 63Puberty through Pregnancy 64Chronic Annulment of Ablution 66Excused Status 67Losing the Excused Status 67Short of the Excused Status 68Active and Non-Active Excuse 69Ablution Before the Prayer Time 70Forestalling the Excuse 71Wiping Footgear (Khuffayn) 71The Prayer 71Cleaning the Filth 72The Commentary in DetailComprehensive Precepts 77General Precepts 77Lochial Precepts 78Menstrual Precepts 79Commentary on the Comprehensive Precepts 81General Precepts 81Lochial Precepts 86Menstrual Precepts 91Lochial Case Studies 101Menstrual Case Studies 120End of Valid Bleeding Summary 171Before the Habit 171At or After the Habit 172At the Maximum 173Abnormal Vaginal Discharge 174Types of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge 174Causes of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge 176Preventing Vaginitis and Vulvitis 177Toxic Shock Syndrome 178Chart: Common Types of Vaginitis 179The Arabic Text 181Sample Record Charts 196Yearly Menstrual-Lochial Calendar 197Works Cited 205Imam Birgivi 207
