Jami at-Tirmidhi: Chapters on Judicial Judgements Explained

The Book on Judicial Judgements, one of the forty-six chapters contained in Imam al-Tirmidhī’s Jāmiʿ, specifically discusses rulings related to judgeship and legal decisions issued in a court setting. Drawing on his twenty years of experience serving as a judge on the Sharīʿat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (1982-2002), Imam Muftī Muḥammad Taqī Usmānī’s commentary on this chapter is an invaluable resource for both students and scholars.

Originally delivered as a series of lectures at the renowned seminary Jāmiʿah Dār al-ʿUlūm Karachi, this commentary explains in detail how the legal positions of the various schools of law (madhāhib) are derived from, and shaped by, the aḥādīth presented in this chapter.