Bulūgh al-Marām min Adillat al-Aḥkām, (Arabic: بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام) translation: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidences of the Ordinances by al-Ḥāfiẓ ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (1372 – 1448) is a collection of hadith pertaining specifically to Shāfiʿījurisprudence. This genre is referred to in Arabic as Aḥādīth al-Aḥkam.[1]
It holds the unique distinction that all the hadith compiled in the book have been the foundation for ShāfiʿīIslamic Jurisprudence rulings. In addition to mentioning the origins of each of the hadith in Bulūgh al-Marām, Ibn Ḥajar also included a comparison between the versions of a hadith that came from different sources. Because of its unique qualities, it still remains a widely used collection of hadith regardless of the school of thought.[3]
Contents
The book is divided into 15 chapters:
The Book of Purification
The Book of Prayer
The Book of Funerals
The Book of Zakat
The Book of Fasting
The Book of Business Transactions
The Book of Marriage
The Book of Jinayat
The Book of Hudud
The Book of Jihad
The Book of Foods
The Book of Oaths and Vows
The Book of Judgement
The Book of Emancipation
The Comprehensive Book
Explanations
al-Badr al-Tamām by al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Maghribī
Subul al-Salām by Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Amīr al-Ṣanʿānī, who abridged al-Badr al-Tamām
Translation
Bulugh Al-Maram: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances, Dar-us-Salam; 1st edition (1996), ASIN: B000FJJURU
Kinyarwanda translation: Kugera ku ntego : hashingiwe kuri gihamya z'amategeko y'idini ya Islam : Bulugh al maram : min adilatil ah'kam, Kigali: Maktabat al-qalam; (2019)