Our Fiqh Sources

Halinisa is not a fatwa-issuing app but a tracking tool that helps you easily apply classical fiqh in practice. Every user is free to consult the scholar of her choice in her particular circumstances.

All the guidance we offer in Halinisa is prepared within the line of Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jama'ah, based on the Hanafi methodology. The core works we draw on are clearly listed below.

İmam Mevsılî

El-İhtiyar

Imam Abdullah b. Mahmûd al-Mevsılî (d. 683/1284) is one of the esteemed jurists and teachers trained in the Hanafi school. For many years he taught in Mosul and its surroundings, one of the scholarly centers of his time, trained students, and systematically wrote down many topics taken as the basis in practice within the school.

He is known for his meticulousness in scholarship, his plain conveying of the school's fundamental views, and his practice-oriented approach. His "teaching, explaining and facilitating" style has, for centuries, made his works a fundamental source in madrasas and fiqh institutions.

About "El-İhtiyar li-Ta'lili'l Muhtar"

Trans.: Hüsamettin Vanlıoğlu, Fatih Kalender, Abdullah Hiçdönmez, Emin Ali Yüksel — Muallim Neşriyat, 2nd ed., 2022

"El-İhtiyâr" is the annotated commentary Mevsılî wrote on his own more extensive work, "el-Muhtâr". This work:

explains the school's views with their proofs,
grounds the rationale of each ruling in logical and juristic foundations,
aims to make learning easier,

and is among the most important classical fiqh books.

On the rulings of worship concerning women, the book:

the determination of the states of menstruation (hayz), postnatal bleeding (nifas) and abnormal bleeding (istihada),
the identification of the periods of purity,
when prayer, fasting and other acts of worship are to be performed and when they are to be postponed,
how the states of excuse are to be assessed

treats such topics in clear and plain language, following the methodology of the Hanafi school.

İmam Birgivî

Kadınlara Mahsus Haller

Imam Muhammad Birgivî (1523–1573) is an important Hanafi scholar who lived in the Ottoman period. He contributed greatly to the development of the Islamic sciences in Anatolia and trained many students; but more importantly, through his works on worship, ethics, fiqh and daily life he left a lasting legacy to the Muslim community.

Throughout his life he lived simply, and saw knowledge not merely as theoretical but as a practical guide that shapes daily life. Honesty, piety (taqwa) and adherence to the Sunnah are the most distinctive foundation he left to his works and his students.

About "Zührul Müteehhilîn Ven-Nisa Fî Taʿrîfil Âsâr ve'd-Dimâ"

Trans.: Hüsamettin Vanlıoğlu, Fatih Kalender, Abdullah Hiçdönmez, Emin Ali Yüksel — İsmailağa Yayınevi, 5th ed., 2024

This work:

the determination of the states of menstruation, postnatal bleeding and abnormal bleeding,
the calculation of the durations of the fixed states (muayyen hâl),
in which situations the acts of worship are to be performed and in which they are to be postponed,
the fundamental juristic measures that regulate a woman's life of worship

recounts such topics in a plain, systematic and practice-oriented language within the framework of the Hanafi school.

Because it has for centuries been one of the fundamental books women in the Ottoman lands turned to in their life of worship, it still retains its standing as a valid reference source today.

İmam Serahsî

El-Mebsut

Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Serahsî (d. around 1090) is one of the most influential Hanafi jurists and among those who produced the most voluminous works. He devoted his life to knowledge; he left a deep body of learning in the fields of fiqh, usul (methodology), worship and transactions, and played a very great role in the systematic codification of the Hanafi school.

Even during the years he was kept away from the madrasa environment, he continued his scholarly activities; the fact that he dictated many of its chapters to his students from the bottom of a prison well is one of the most striking signs of his devotion to knowledge.

Adherence to the Sunnah, scholarly meticulousness, the marshalling of proofs, and the method of comparing views within the school are among the distinctive features of Serahsî's works.

About "El-Mebsut"

Editor: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Cevat Akşit — Gümüşev Yayınları, 4th ed., 2018

el-Mebsût is one of the most extensive and systematic fiqh works of the Hanafi school. This vast work:

from the acts of worship to family law,
from menstruation, postnatal bleeding and abnormal bleeding to transactions,
from criminal and inheritance law to the rulings of personal worship

is a comprehensive corpus that examines a great many questions together with their proofs.

In the sections concerning the special states of women:

the determination of the durations of menstruation and postnatal bleeding,
distinguishing abnormal bleeding (istihada) from menstruation,
in which situation an act of worship is to be performed and in which it is to be postponed,
the measures for prayer, fasting and other acts of worship according to a woman's states during her cycle

are treated in a detailed, evidence-based and systematic manner according to the methodology of the Hanafi school.

In this respect, el-Mebsût has throughout history been used by muftis, judges (qadis), students and scholars as a reference source in fatwas and research.