Umdah al-Ahkam al-Kubra

ʿUmdah al-Aḥkām al-Kubrā by Imām ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī is a foundational hadith work focused on fiqh rulings, compiling authentic narrations—mostly from al-Bukhārī and Muslim—that address acts of worship and everyday legal matters such as purification, prayer, zakāh, fasting, transactions, and family law. The book aims to ground Islamic practice directly in sound hadith rather than opinion, making it a key text for students of knowledge and study circles who want to understand aḥkām through clear, reliable evidence from the Qur’an and Sunnah as understood by the scholars of hadith.