Al-Kashshaf fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Kharaj wa Tahqiq Rijalihi الكشاف في تخريج أحاديث كتاب الخراج وتحقيق رجاله

Al-Kashshāf fī Takhrīj Aḥādīth Kitāb al-Kharāj wa Taḥqīq Rijālih is a detailed academic study of Kitāb al-Kharāj, the foundational 8th-century Islamic legal treatise authored by Imām Abū Yūsuf, a leading Ḥanafī jurist and chief judge under the Abbasid Caliphate.

Originally written at the request of Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd, Kitāb al-Kharāj addresses key issues of Islamic public finance, including taxation, land revenue, and state administration according to Islamic law.

This work, Al-Kashshāf, reproduces the full text of Kitāb al-Kharāj and provides detailed takhrīj of its 546 narrations. It also includes brief biographical notes on the narrators, offering valuable insight into the transmission chains and authenticity of the reports.

The first chapter presents an in-depth discussion on the status of Imām Abū Ḥanīfah and Imām Abū Yūsuf as hadith scholars, contributing to the broader understanding of early Ḥanafī engagement with Hadith literature.

This is a serious work of academic research, offering valuable contributions to Islamic legal history, hadith studies, and the study of early Islamic governance.

Who is this book for?

This book is intended for:

• Advanced students of Islamic studies, especially those specializing in Hadith and Fiqh
• Researchers in Islamic legal history and early Abbasid governance
• Students and scholars of Hanafi jurisprudence
• Those studying Islamic public finance, taxation (fiqh al-kharāj), and state administration
• Academics interested in hadith transmission, rijāl literature, and narrator evaluation
• Seminaries (madāris) and university departments focused on Islamic law and history
• Serious readers who want to understand how classical Islamic legal texts are authenticated and analyzed

It is a research-oriented work and is best suited for readers with some background in Islamic sciences rather than general audiences.

The Author

Dr. Shabbir Ahmad is a leading scholar based in Australia, where he has been residing since 1992. He completed his Dars-e-Nizami studies in Pakistan, grounding his academic and scholarly work in the classical Islamic tradition. He has authored nearly a dozen works in Urdu, Arabic, and English.