Kitaab Ul Aathaar [top]

The original Arabic text of Kitaab ul-Aathaar survived through the manuscript tradition. Several commentaries have been written on it, the most famous being:

(Arabic: كتاب الآثار, "The Book of Traditions") is one of the most fundamental and earliest works in the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). Compiled by the great Imam Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani (d. 189 AH/805 CE), it serves as a critical bridge between the age of the Companions (Sahabah) and the formal codification of Islamic law. The book is unique because it records the legal rulings and transmitted traditions ( aathaar ) that form the basis of the Hanafi madhhab, as relayed directly from Imam Abu Hanifah and his teachers. kitaab ul aathaar

It includes Marfu’ (reports attributed to the Prophet), Mawquf (reports stopping at a Companion), and Mursal (reports where a successor quotes the Prophet directly). The original Arabic text of Kitaab ul-Aathaar survived