Dirasat fi Usul al-Hadith 'ala Manhaj al-Hanafiyyah

This original work addresses hadith methodology from a neglected perspective in contemporary literature: the Hanafi school, which has often been overshadowed by Shafi'i principles in standard texts. This imbalance has led many Hanafi scholars to study hadith theory through a Shafi'i lens while applying Hanafi methods in extracting Fiqh rulings, creating contradictions between theory and application.

The author painstakingly compiled hadith materials from Hanafi sources, beginning with Imam Abu Hanifa himself, through his disciples Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani, to Hanafi luminaries like al-Tahawi, al-Jassas, and al-Quduri. He expanded his research to later scholars who transmitted from predecessors, such as Ibn Abd al-Barr and al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, then refined and organized this material into a scholarly presentation combining academic integrity and methodological rigor.

The book reveals the hadith principles Hanafi jurists employed for accepting or rejecting narrations, handling solitary reports, and resolving contradictory accounts. Though these principles were never compiled in a separate work, the author expertly gathered, categorized, and explained them. This volume serves as an indispensable reference for specialists, Hanafi jurisprudence researchers, and those interested in hadith methodology and narrative jurisprudence.