From Bareilly, Mohallah Kanghī Tolah, asked by Nabī Bakhsh.
11 Şafar 1339 AH [~ 24 October 1920 CE]
“What do the scholars of the religion state in this issue, that most women, after having called the bangle-seller, reveal their hand from behind the veil,
As mentioned in this thread, there are many points of creed affirmed by Ĥakīm al-Samarqandī in his book Sawād al-Aáżam which contradict the Salafī creed.
This text gives us an insight into the Ĥanafī theology of Transoxiana.
The reason as to why this text was written was due to the request of the Samanid ruler Ismayīl ibn Aĥmad [234-295 AH / 849-907 AH]. He gathered the scholars of Transoxiana and requested them to compile a creed which contains the orthodox belief, due to the spread of heresies.
It was Ĥakīm Abu’l Qāsim Is’hāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Samarqandī, a Ĥanafī scholar who was also a Sufi, who was chosen for this task.
The text was well-received and became an official catechism in the lands under Samanid rule, it was also translated into Persian.
I was requested to make a thread with basic books for those who wish to seek knowledge. This list will probably be updated as I remember more books, but it should suffice for now.