IBN AL-HUMAM’S ZAD AL-FAQIR I was very honoured to recently complete the teaching of Zad al-Faqir with the dedicated students in Level 2 of the HLCP. The text is very useful and it covers a wide range of issues; you can see Ibn al-Humam (d. 861) making various riwaya choices at different points, and you also see something of his spiritual state manifesting! The text has an important, published commentary by Shams al-Din al-Tumurtashi (d. 1004)—author of the Tanwir al-Absar—as well as others. May Allah allow us to benefit from the works of the righteous, amin!