What are the best commentaries on *Umdat al-Ahkam* and *Zad al-Mustaqni'*?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What are the best commentaries on the book *Umdat al-Ahkam* and *Zad al-Mustaqni'*?
The Shaykh:
*Umdat al-Ahkam* in jurisprudence, or *Umdat al-Ahkam* in hadith?
The questioner:
.
The Shaykh:
.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It has a commentary by Ibn Daqiq al-Eid, which is a good commentary that we studied at the Institute of Islamic Studies. It is a good commentary based on the principles, the principles of jurisprudence, and the differences between the schools of thought and the preference of one over the other. It is a good commentary. Also, the commentary recently printed in ten volumes by Ibn al-Muqin is a simplified commentary, a good one. It was recently printed and appeared with a critical edition. I think it is ten volumes or more. It is a simplified commentary.
The questioner:
And he asks about it.
The Shaykh:
Yes. As for the second book.
The questioner:
*Zad*, *Zad al-Mustaqni'*.
The Shaykh:
*Zad* has no commentary except *al-Rawd al-Murba'*; it is a good and sufficient commentary, praise be to Allah. Ibn Bashir mentioned in his history that Shaykh Sulayman ibn Ali, the grandfather of the Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, commented on *Zad*. When he met al-Bahuti, the author of *al-Rawd al-Murba'*, during Hajj and looked at his commentary, Shaykh Sulayman burned his own commentary and was content with al-Bahuti's commentary. Ibn Bashir mentioned this in his history. We do not know of any commentary on *Zad* other than the commentary of *al-Rawd al-Murba'*, which is sufficient, beneficial, and full of evidence.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What are the best commentaries on the book *Umdat al-Ahkam* and *Zad al-Mustaqni'*?
The Shaykh:
*Umdat al-Ahkam* in jurisprudence, or *Umdat al-Ahkam* in hadith?
The questioner:
.
The Shaykh:
.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It has a commentary by Ibn Daqiq al-Eid, which is a good commentary that we studied at the Institute of Islamic Studies. It is a good commentary based on the principles, the principles of jurisprudence, and the differences between the schools of thought and the preference of one over the other. It is a good commentary. Also, the commentary recently printed in ten volumes by Ibn al-Muqin is a simplified commentary, a good one. It was recently printed and appeared with a critical edition. I think it is ten volumes or more. It is a simplified commentary.
The questioner:
And he asks about it.
The Shaykh:
Yes. As for the second book.
The questioner:
*Zad*, *Zad al-Mustaqni'*.
The Shaykh:
*Zad* has no commentary except *al-Rawd al-Murba'*; it is a good and sufficient commentary, praise be to Allah. Ibn Bashir mentioned in his history that Shaykh Sulayman ibn Ali, the grandfather of the Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, commented on *Zad*. When he met al-Bahuti, the author of *al-Rawd al-Murba'*, during Hajj and looked at his commentary, Shaykh Sulayman burned his own commentary and was content with al-Bahuti's commentary. Ibn Bashir mentioned this in his history. We do not know of any commentary on *Zad* other than the commentary of *al-Rawd al-Murba'*, which is sufficient, beneficial, and full of evidence.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي أفضل شروح عمدة الأحكام، وزاد المستقنع؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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