al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
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Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah Context triple: [Hanbali school, majorFiqhText, al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah]
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A.
Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri
Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri is a foundational concise manual of Islamic jurisprudence that became one of the most authoritative and widely studied legal texts in the Hanafi tradition.
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al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
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Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.
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D.
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
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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E.
Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah Target entity description: Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
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A.
Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri
Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri is a foundational concise manual of Islamic jurisprudence that became one of the most authoritative and widely studied legal texts in the Hanafi tradition.
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B.
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
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C.
Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.
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D.
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
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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E.
Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hanbali legal text
ⓘ
Islamic legal encyclopedia ⓘ fiqh manual ⓘ |
| aim | to present and justify Hanbali doctrine within a comparative framework ⓘ |
| analyzes | Hanbali jurisprudence ⓘ |
| approachToDisagreement | systematic presentation of variant opinions ⓘ |
| author |
Ibn Qudamah
ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi
|
| cites |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
ⓘ
surface form:
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
earlier Hanbali authorities ⓘ |
| comparesOpinionsOf | major Sunni schools ⓘ |
| comparesWith |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
Maliki school ⓘ Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi‘i school
|
| eraOfAuthor | 6th/7th century AH ⓘ |
| fullTitle |
al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Mughnī fī fiqh al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
|
| genre | fiqh ⓘ |
| hasModernEditions | yes ⓘ |
| importance | major reference work in Sunni fiqh ⓘ |
| includes |
analysis of disagreements among jurists
ⓘ
discussion of evidences (adilla) ⓘ presentation of Hanbali positions ⓘ |
| influenced | later Hanbali jurists ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalApproach | textualist and traditionist orientation ⓘ |
| legalSchool |
Hanbali school
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanbali
|
| madhhabFocus |
Hanbali school
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanbali
|
| methodology | comparative fiqh ⓘ |
| preservedIn | multiple manuscript copies ⓘ |
| regardedAs | one of the most important Hanbali references ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | Hanbali regions such as Syria and Iraq ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| scope |
covers acts of worship (ʿibādāt)
ⓘ
covers judicial and penal matters ⓘ covers personal status law ⓘ covers transactions (muʿāmalāt) ⓘ |
| structure | organized by fiqh chapters ⓘ |
| subject |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ criminal law in Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ family law ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ ritual law ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval Islam ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | encyclopedic fiqh compendium ⓘ |
| usedBy | contemporary Islamic legal researchers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
advanced legal study
ⓘ
fatwa research ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Hanbali curricula ⓘ |
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