Badaa’ al-Sana’i in the order of the laws

The book Badi` al-Sana`i fi Tarb al-Shari` written by the Hanafi jurist Abu Bakr al-Kasani (died in 1191)

is a summary of the judicial principles and practices established by the eighth century jurist al-Nu`man ibn Thabit, better known as Abu Hanifa, the founder of a broader Doctrines of jurisprudence are widespread. Al-Kasani is considered one of a number of medieval jurists who were influenced by Abu Hanifa and his early followers. The work deals with the basic principles of Islam and the obligations imposed on Muslims. The writer analyzed the topics from several aspects, including the historical, textual, circumstantial and procedural aspects. In the section on purification before prayer in the absence of clean running water (as in the case of tayammum), for example, al-Kasani touches on the principles contained in the Qur’an, the Sunnah of the Prophet, consensus, and methods for performing tayammum. The last part of the book deals with the literature of the judge and includes the procedures for breaking the neck and the limits related to a variety of crimes, in addition to jihad, martyrdom, and proofs. Al-Kasani, whom his contemporaries called the king of hadith scholars, was a student of Muhammad al-Samarqandi, who married al-Kasani to his daughter Fatima. It was said that al-Kasani's dowry for his wife was this book, which he wrote for this occasion and Fatimah's father gladly accepted it, preferring it to the dowries of richer, albeit less knowledgeable and pious suitors. Fatima herself was a prominent Hanafi jurist and jurist who assisted her husband in his fatwas. Al-Kasani died in Aleppo, Syria, and was buried with Fatima bint Muhammad al-Samarkandi. Muhammad Amin al-Khanji, who financed the publishing process with others, published this book in seven volumes in 1909 - 1910 in Cairo.