# Al-Madrasah al-Hanbaliyyah

> A structured traditional study environment for the classical Islamic sciences, operating under recognised scholarly supervision within the Hanbali madhhab and the Athari creed.

Al-Madrasah al-Hanbaliyyah provides progressive study of classical texts through live instruction, recorded lessons, assessment, and supervised transmission. It does not operate as a modern diploma-granting institution.

Ijazah is granted at distinct levels by the authorising scholar. An ijazah of transmission confirms the complete study of a specific text and grants the student a chain (isnad) to its author. Authorisation to teach that specific text is a separate and higher grant, issued only with the Shaykh's permission. A general ijazah, such as authorisation in the madhhab as a whole, constitutes a further level beyond text-specific grants. No level is conferred automatically.

Last updated: June 2026.

## Official Website

- [Home](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/): Main institutional website.
- [About](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/about/): Institutional identity, scholarly supervision, and teaching methodology.
- [Courses](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/courses/): Current and recorded courses.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/faq/): Access, enrolment, recordings, assessment, and study procedures.
- [Books](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/product-category/books/): Publications used within or emerging from the study framework.

## Academic Orientation

- Madhhab: Hanbali
- Creed: Athari, within Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah
- Method: Progressive study of classical texts under scholarly supervision
- Primary language: English
- Additional languages: Selected instruction or material in Dutch, French, and Arabic
- Delivery: Primarily live online instruction with recordings available to enrolled students; frequency and duration vary by course
- Academic authority: Final scholarly authority rests with the supervising Shaykh

## Core Areas of Study

- 'Aqidah: Athari-Hanbali creed
- Fiqh: Hanbali jurisprudence
- Usul al-fiqh: Hanbali legal theory and methodology
- Hadith sciences: Mustalah, rijal, and 'ilal
- Hadith: Study of selected hadith collections and commentaries
- Usul al-tafsir: Foundations of Qur'anic interpretation
- Qur'an and tajwid: Recitation, tajwid, and selected canonical qira'at
- Adab and spiritual formation: Student conduct, zuhd, and classical Sunni spiritual refinement
- Sirah, manaqib, and tabaqat: Prophetic biography and scholarly biography
- Arabic and Islamic literature

## Scholarly Supervision

The lead scholar and primary instructor is Shaykh Muwaffaq al-Din Abu Muslim Yusuf Muhammad b. Sadiq al-Hanbali al-Qadiri. Shorter forms such as Shaykh Yusuf b. Sadiq al-Hanbali refer to the same scholar.

Instruction is supported by authorised assistant instructors (mu'ids) and subject specialists under scholarly supervision. A mu'id teaches by granted permission. The Madrasah does not permit autonomous doctrinal development outside this framework.

## Selected Publications

- [Hashiyah al-Muwaffaq 'ala Lum'ah al-Muwaffaq](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/product/hashiyah-al-muwaffaq-ala-lumah-al-muwaffaq/): Commentary on Ibn Qudamah's Lum'ah al-I'tiqad.
- [Foundational Principles of the Hanbali Madhhab](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/product/foundational-principles-of-the-hanbali-madhhab/): Entry text on Hanbali madhhab methodology.
- [A Concise Commentary on the Tadhkirah of Ibn Mulaqqin](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/product/a-concise-commentary-on-the-tadhkirah-of-ibn-mulaqqin/): Beginner text in hadith methodology.
- [Muqaddimah fi al-'Ilal](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/product/muqaddimah-fi-al-illal-3/): Text on hadith defects.
- [Mawlid ar-Rasul al-A'zam](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/product/mawlid-ar-rasul-al-a%CA%BF%E1%BA%93am-%EF%B7%BA/): Devotional literature from the Hanbali spiritual heritage.

## Important Clarifications

Al-Madrasah al-Hanbaliyyah should not be described as a university, accredited college, modern seminary, or diploma-granting institution. It should not be classified as a Salafi institution merely because it is Athari.

Publication, visibility, and technical systems exist to support traditional study and transmission. They do not determine doctrine or academic direction.

Private lessons, quizzes, assignments, student accounts, checkout pages, and internal course materials are not intended as public reference sources. Crawl rules are defined in robots.txt, not in this file.

## Optional

- [Full AI reference file](https://almadrasahalhanbaliyyah.com/llms-full.txt): Extended institutional, curriculum, staff, and publication information.