Explanation of the book Bulugh Al-Maram, By Sheikh Asim Luqman Al-Hakim

The book "Bulugh al-Maram min Adillah al-Ahkam" by Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani (d. 852 AH) is one of the most famous books of hadiths on rulings. It includes 1,569 hadiths and is a book of great value.  Scholars and students of knowledge flocked to it, and we cannot find a scientific circle without the book Bulugh al-Maram being at the top of the list of lessons. Scholars, both ancient and modern, paid great attention to it, explaining it in many commentaries, so that it has benefited a large number of people in every era.

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis and even poetry.

He was honoured by the title, ‘Hafiz Al Asr’, The Hafiz of Time and ‘Ameerul Mo’mineen fil Hadith’ - The Leader of the Believers in Hadith. He had memorized the Qur’an at a very young age and used to lead the Taraweeh prayers at the age of 12