About Bulugh al-Maram
Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam, (\"Attainment of the Objective According to Evidences of the Ordinances\") by Al-Hafidh is a collection of hadith pertaining specifically to Shafi'i jurisprudence. This genre is referred to in Arabic as Ahadith al-Ahkam. It contains a total of 1358 hadiths.
Author Bio:
Al-Haafidh Shihabuddin Abu'l-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad, better known as Ibn Hajar due to a fame of his forefathers, al-Asqalani due to his origin, was a medieval scholar of who represents the entire realm of the Sunni world in the field of Hadith. He was born in in 1372, the son of the scholar and poet . Both of his parents died in his infancy, and he and his sister, became wards of his father's first wife's brother, , who enrolled Ibn Hajar in Qur'anic studies when he was five. Here he excelled, learning in a single day, and progressing to the memorization of texts such as the Quran, then the abridged version of Ibn al-Hajib's work on the foundations of . When he accompanied al-Kharrubi to at the age of 12, he was considered competent to lead the prayers during . When his guardian died in 1386, Ibn Hajar's education in Egypt was entrusted to scholar , who entered him in the courses given by (d. 1404) and (d. 1402) in Shafi'i , and (d. 1404) in hadith, after which he travelled to and , to study under (d. 1407), (d. 1401), and (d. 1401). After a further visit to Mecca, and , he returned to Egypt.
His Death
Ibn Hajar died after 'Isha' (night prayer) on 8th Dhul-Hijjah 852 (2 February 1449), aged 79. An estimated 50,000 people attended his funeral in Cairo, including Sultan Sayfud-Din Jaqmaq and Caliph of Cairo Al-Mustakfi II.
