al-Wasit fi al-Madhhab

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al-Wasit fi al-Madhhab is a major work of Shafi'i Islamic jurisprudence by Imam al-Ghazali, offering a systematic and intermediate-level exposition of legal rulings within the Shafi'i school.

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instanceOf Islamic jurisprudence book
abbreviation al-Wasit NERFINISHED
abridgedAs al-Wajiz fi al-Madhhab NERFINISHED
author Abu Hamid al-Ghazali NERFINISHED
Imam al-Ghazali NERFINISHED
basedOn al-Basit fi al-Madhhab NERFINISHED
category classical Sunni fiqh literature
coversTopic acts of worship (ʿibādāt)
family law
judicial procedures
penal law
transactions (muʿāmalāt)
describedAs intermediate-level exposition of Shafi'i legal rulings
era 5th/11th century Islamic scholarship
field Islamic jurisprudence
fiqh
focusesOn positive law (furūʿ) in the Shafi'i school
genre legal manual
hasCommentary various later Shafi'i commentaries
influenced later Shafi'i jurists
influencedBy Imam al-Shafi'i's legal school
intendedAudience students of intermediate and advanced fiqh
language Arabic
legalSchool Sunni NERFINISHED
madhhab Shafi'i NERFINISHED
methodology presentation of authoritative Shafi'i positions with selected variants
notableFor concise yet systematic presentation of Shafi'i rulings
partOfSeries al-Basit–al-Wasit–al-Wajiz trilogy NERFINISHED
positionInSeries intermediate
regionOfInfluence Islamic world NERFINISHED
religion Islam
religiousTradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
schoolOfLaw Shafi'i school NERFINISHED
structure systematic arrangement of chapters of fiqh
subject Shafi'i legal doctrine
teaches detailed rulings according to the Shafi'i school
titleInArabicScript الوسيط في المذهب NERFINISHED
usedIn advanced Shafi'i legal training

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