Source: This article is derived from Tuhfa Ḥanafiyyah by Maulānā Abū Ṣuhayb Dāwūd Arshad ḥafiẓahullāh. This book serves as a well-reasoned rebuttal to Tuhfa Ahl-e-Ḥadīth, authored by the Deobandi scholar Abū Bilāl Jhangvī.
The subject of this discussion, Jhangvī Ṣāḥib, has praised Durr al-Mukhtār, referring to it as a work authored in Madinah. He argues that by rejecting it, Ahl-e-Ḥadīth reject the honor and sanctity of Madinah itself. However, under the principle of “نو نقد نہ تیرا ادھار”, we aim to point out several morally troubling rulings present in Durr al-Mukhtār.
Translation: Intercourse with an animal does not invalidate wudu nor necessitate ghusl unless ejaculation occurs.
References:
Durr al-Mukhtār with al-Shāmī, Vol. 1, p. 166 (H.M. Saeed, Karachi)
Baḥr al-Rā’iq, Vol. 1, p. 59
Mazāhir al-Ḥaqq, Vol. 1, p. 150
Ḥalabī Kabīr, p. 42
Translation: The implication of Tanwīr's statement is that the skin of a dog is pure.
Reference:
Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 1, p. 204
Translation: If all else is equal, preference in leading prayer should be given to the one whose wife is more beautiful.
Further criteria include: larger head and smaller genital organ, with clarification by the commentator.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 1, p. 558
Translation: If one fears falling into fornication, then masturbation is hoped to be without blame.
Explanation: If certain to prevent fornication, then it becomes obligatory.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 2, p. 399
Translation: If one engages in intercourse outside of the private parts and does not ejaculate, the fast remains valid.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār, Vol. 2, p. 398
Translation: Inserting the private part into a beast or corpse does not invalidate the fast unless ejaculation occurs.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār, Vol. 2, p. 399
Mazāhir al-Ḥaqq, Vol. 2, p. 158
Translation: Abortion is permissible before the completion of four months of pregnancy.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār
Translation: There are twenty circumstances in which a man must observe a waiting period (ʿiddah) like a woman.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with al-Shāmī, Vol. 3, p. 503
Translation: Fornication committed in the land of war or rebellion does not necessitate the ḥadd (legal punishment).
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 4, p. 28
Translation: If a non-accountable male (minor, etc.) commits fornication with an accountable adult female, neither of them is subject to ḥadd punishment.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 4, p. 29
These ten issues have been selectively presented from Durr al-Mukhtār. The challenge remains: Can Jhangvī Ṣāḥib recite these rulings in a Friday sermon and claim them as honored and binding elements of his jurisprudential framework, simply because they were penned in Madinah? If not, it only proves that this work was more a distortion than a service to Islamic teachings — likened here to Kāmāsūtra written in Madinah, rather than a sincere exposition of Islam.
❖ Introduction:
The subject of this discussion, Jhangvī Ṣāḥib, has praised Durr al-Mukhtār, referring to it as a work authored in Madinah. He argues that by rejecting it, Ahl-e-Ḥadīth reject the honor and sanctity of Madinah itself. However, under the principle of “نو نقد نہ تیرا ادھار”, we aim to point out several morally troubling rulings present in Durr al-Mukhtār.
Translation: Intercourse with an animal does not invalidate wudu nor necessitate ghusl unless ejaculation occurs.
References:
Durr al-Mukhtār with al-Shāmī, Vol. 1, p. 166 (H.M. Saeed, Karachi)
Baḥr al-Rā’iq, Vol. 1, p. 59
Mazāhir al-Ḥaqq, Vol. 1, p. 150
Ḥalabī Kabīr, p. 42
Translation: The implication of Tanwīr's statement is that the skin of a dog is pure.
Reference:
Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 1, p. 204
Translation: If all else is equal, preference in leading prayer should be given to the one whose wife is more beautiful.
Further criteria include: larger head and smaller genital organ, with clarification by the commentator.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 1, p. 558
Translation: If one fears falling into fornication, then masturbation is hoped to be without blame.
Explanation: If certain to prevent fornication, then it becomes obligatory.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 2, p. 399
Translation: If one engages in intercourse outside of the private parts and does not ejaculate, the fast remains valid.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār, Vol. 2, p. 398
Translation: Inserting the private part into a beast or corpse does not invalidate the fast unless ejaculation occurs.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār, Vol. 2, p. 399
Mazāhir al-Ḥaqq, Vol. 2, p. 158
Translation: Abortion is permissible before the completion of four months of pregnancy.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār
Translation: There are twenty circumstances in which a man must observe a waiting period (ʿiddah) like a woman.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with al-Shāmī, Vol. 3, p. 503
Translation: Fornication committed in the land of war or rebellion does not necessitate the ḥadd (legal punishment).
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 4, p. 28
Translation: If a non-accountable male (minor, etc.) commits fornication with an accountable adult female, neither of them is subject to ḥadd punishment.
Reference:
Durr al-Mukhtār with Radd al-Muḥtār, Vol. 4, p. 29
✦ Concluding Remarks:
These ten issues have been selectively presented from Durr al-Mukhtār. The challenge remains: Can Jhangvī Ṣāḥib recite these rulings in a Friday sermon and claim them as honored and binding elements of his jurisprudential framework, simply because they were penned in Madinah? If not, it only proves that this work was more a distortion than a service to Islamic teachings — likened here to Kāmāsūtra written in Madinah, rather than a sincere exposition of Islam.
