A Hanafi manual of practice
How to worship and live as a Muslim, in simple language
Islamic Manual is an English adaptation of Nisab Ahle Khidmaat Sharia, a Hanafi manual of practice. It covers purification, prayer, fasting, zakat, hajj, marriage, food, and death and burial, arranged by the question you are asking rather than by chapter. Each page is written three ways, for a young reader, an adult and a student of knowledge, and every hadith and Qurʼan verse on it links to its source.
- topics
- 10
- sections
- 204
- ways of reading
- 3
- source of rulings
- 1
أَبْوَابُ الْكِتَابِ
The chapters of the book
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- Belief (Iman) What a Muslim believes, the words that carry it, and what is owed to the Prophet. 15 sections
- Purification (Taharah) What purity means, water, ablution (wudu), the full bath (ghusl), dry ablution (tayammum), and impurity. 27 sections
- Prayer (Salah) Times, the call to prayer, how to pray, praying together, and putting mistakes right. 45 sections
- Friday & Eid The Friday prayer (Jumu'ah), the sermon, and the two Eid prayers. 21 sections
- Fasting (Sawm) Ramadan, who must fast, what breaks a fast, and making fasts up. 11 sections
- Almsgiving (Zakat) What zakat is due on, how much, and who may receive it. 9 sections
- Pilgrimage (Hajj & Umrah) The pilgrim's dress (ihram), the rites in order, and visiting Madinah. 33 sections
- Marriage & Family The marriage contract (nikah), guardianship, and the rulings of divorce (talaq). 26 sections
- Food & Daily Life Lawful and unlawful animals, slaughtering, the Eid sacrifice (qurbani), and the newborn's sacrifice (aqiqah). 6 sections
- Death & Burial Caring for the dying, washing, shrouding, the funeral prayer and burial. 11 sections
204 sections in all. See the whole hierarchy →