Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab

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Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab is a monumental, unfinished Shafi'i fiqh commentary by the medieval scholar Al-Nawawi, widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works in Islamic jurisprudence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurisprudence book
Shafi'i fiqh work
classical Islamic text
fiqh commentary
author Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi NERFINISHED
authorCreed Sunni Ash'ari NERFINISHED
authorDeathBeforeCompletion true
authorFullName Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi NERFINISHED
authorMainCity Damascus NERFINISHED
authorSchool Shafi'i NERFINISHED
basedOn al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
citedBy later Shafi'i jurists and commentators
commentaryAuthorOfBaseText Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi NERFINISHED
commentaryOn al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
field fiqh
usul al-fiqh (principles of jurisprudence) related discussions
genre legal commentary
geographicalReception widespread in the Muslim world
importanceInTradition primary source for understanding relied-upon Shafi'i positions
includes discussion of opinions of other Sunni schools
discussion of variant opinions within the Shafi'i school
legal reasoning (istidlal)
influence fatwa methodology in the Shafi'i school
later Shafi'i legal literature
juristicScope Shafi'i school detailed rulings
language Arabic
madhhab Shafi'i NERFINISHED
methodology comparative fiqh discussion
detailed analysis of evidences (dalil)
preservation exists in manuscript form in various libraries
printed in multi-volume editions
regionOfOrigin Greater Syria (Bilad al-Sham) NERFINISHED
religion Islam
reputation one of the most authoritative works in Islamic jurisprudence
one of the most comprehensive works in Shafi'i fiqh
scholarlyAssessment model of precision and breadth in fiqh
standard reference for detailed Shafi'i legal discussions
schoolOfLaw Sunni
status unfinished
subjectMatter acts of worship (ibadat)
family law
judicial matters
transactions (mu'amalat)
timePeriod medieval Islamic era
usedAs reference work for Shafi'i jurists
teaching text in advanced fiqh study

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Al-Nawawi notableWork Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab