al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi

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Hanafi jurist Hanafi legal compendium Islamic jurisprudence book fiqh manual

Al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi is a monumental multi-volume work of Islamic jurisprudence that systematically expounds and analyzes Hanafi legal doctrine.

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Label	Occurrences
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi canonical	1
al-Mabsut li-l-Sarakhsi	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hanafi jurist ⓘ Hanafi legal compendium ⓘ Islamic jurisprudence book ⓘ fiqh manual ⓘ
approach	comparative analysis of Hanafi opinions ⓘ discussion of usul-based reasoning within furūʿ issues ⓘ reasoned legal argumentation (istidlāl) ⓘ
author	Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi ⓘ Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi ⓘ surface form: al-Sarakhsi
citationForm	al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: al-Mabsut li-l-Sarakhsi
contains	arguments and counter-arguments within Hanafi school ⓘ citations of earlier Hanafi texts ⓘ detailed discussions of legal cases ⓘ
covers	commercial law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ ritual law ⓘ
describedAs	monumental multi-volume work of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
field	Islamic law ⓘ jurisprudence ⓘ
focusesOn	Hanafi legal doctrine ⓘ positive law (furūʿ al-fiqh) ⓘ
genre	fiqh ⓘ
hasModernEdition	printed critical editions in multiple volumes ⓘ
importance	major source for later Hanafi legal literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Abu Hanifa ⓘ Abu Yusuf ⓘ Muhammad al-Shaybani ⓘ earlier Hanafi authorities ⓘ
knownFor	authoring al-Mabsut ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool	Hanafi school ⓘ surface form: Hanafi
madhhabStatus	authoritative reference in Hanafi school ⓘ
method	analytical treatment of legal issues ⓘ systematic exposition of Hanafi doctrine ⓘ
preservation	transmitted in numerous manuscript copies ⓘ
regionTradition	Transoxanian Hanafi tradition ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
scholarlyReception	widely studied by specialists in Hanafi law ⓘ
structure	multi-volume ⓘ
timePeriod	classical Islamic era ⓘ
titleMeaning	“The Expanded” or “The Elaborated” ⓘ
usedAs	reference work for Hanafi jurists ⓘ teaching text in advanced fiqh study ⓘ

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Subject: al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
Description of subject: Al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi is a monumental multi-volume work of Islamic jurisprudence that systematically expounds and analyzes Hanafi legal doctrine.

Referenced by (2)

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Hanafi school → notableText → al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi ⓘ

al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi → citationForm → al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Mabsut

this entity surface form: al-Mabsut li-l-Sarakhsi