Usul al-Bazdawi - Kanz al-Wusul ila Ma'rifat al-Usul اصول البزدوي ـ كنز الوصول الى معرفة الاصول

Uṣūl al-Bazdawī: Kanz al-Wuṣūl ilā Ma‘rifat al-Uṣūl
(أصول البزدوي ـ كنز الوصول إلى معرفة الأصول)

Author: Imam Fakhr al-Islām ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad al-Bazdawī (d. 482 AH)
Editor & Annotator: Shaykh Dr. Sā‘id Bakdāsh
Hadith Takhrīj: Imam Qāsim ibn Quṭlūbughā al-Ḥanafī (d. 879 AH)
Publisher: Dār al-Salām, Cairo

About the Book

Kanz al-Wuṣūl ilā Ma‘rifat al-Uṣūl, popularly known as Uṣūl al-Bazdawī, is one of the most important and authoritative works in Ḥanafī uṣūl al-fiqh. Authored by the eminent Ḥanafī jurist Fakhr al-Islām al-Bazdawī, it systematically presents the principles, linguistic foundations, evidentiary rules, and methods of reasoning underlying Ḥanafī jurisprudence.

For centuries, the work has occupied a central place in the traditional curriculum of advanced Ḥanafī legal studies and remains an essential reference for scholars, researchers, and serious students of Islamic law.

This edition features:

• Critical Edition: Carefully edited and annotated by Shaykh Dr. Sā‘id Bakdāsh, with the text established through comparison with reliable sources and manuscripts.

• Classical Hadith Takhrīj: Includes the valuable takhrīj of Imam Qāsim ibn Quṭlūbughā, the renowned Ḥanafī hadith specialist, providing documentation and analysis of the hadith cited by al-Bazdawī.

• Scholarly Annotations: Extensive footnotes clarify difficult passages, identify sources, explain technical terminology, and provide useful cross-references to the Ḥanafī legal tradition.

• Quality Production: Published by Dār al-Salām of Cairo in a clear, carefully typeset edition with durable binding.

A fundamental resource for anyone seeking an in-depth study of Ḥanafī legal theory and the methodological foundations of Ḥanafī jurisprudence.