Tuhfat al-Muhtaj bi Sharh al-Minhaj

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Tuhfat al-Muhtaj bi Sharh al-Minhaj is a major Shafi'i jurisprudential commentary that became one of the most authoritative references in later Islamic legal scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurisprudential commentary
Shafi'i fiqh commentary
fiqh book
aim clarification and expansion of al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin
audience advanced students of Shafi'i fiqh
muftis
qadis (judges)
author Ibn Hajar al-Haytami NERFINISHED
basedOn Shafi'i legal methodology (usul al-fiqh)
citationForm Tuhfat al-Muhtaj NERFINISHED
commentaryOn Minhaj al-Talibin NERFINISHED
Minhaj al-Talibin of al-Nawawi NERFINISHED
coversTopic acts of worship (ʿibadat)
judicial procedures
marriage and family law
penal law (ʿuqubat)
transactions (muʿamalat)
denomination Sunni
field Islamic law
fiqh
genre sharh (commentary)
geographicalInfluence Egypt NERFINISHED
Hijaz NERFINISHED
Indian Subcontinent NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Yemen NERFINISHED
honorificInTitle Tuhfa (gift)
includes analysis of earlier Shafi'i opinions
discussion of legal maxims
influenced later Shafi'i fatwa collections
regional Shafi'i curricula in madrasas
juridicalStatus authoritative reference in Shafi'i school
language Arabic
legalSchool Shafi'i NERFINISHED
mainSubject Islamic jurisprudence
Shafi'i jurisprudence
relatedWork Hashiyat Ibn Qasim ʿala Tuhfat al-Muhtaj NERFINISHED
Hashiyat al-Shirwani ʿala Tuhfat al-Muhtaj NERFINISHED
Mughni al-Muhtaj NERFINISHED
Nihayat al-Muhtaj NERFINISHED
religion Islam
scholarlyReception considered among the most authoritative Shafi'i commentaries on Minhaj al-Talibin
statusInMadhhab relied upon text (muʿtamad) for many later scholars
structure multi-volume work
timePeriod post-classical Islamic era
titleLanguage Arabic
usedBy later Shafi'i jurists
usedIn Shafi'i legal verdicts (fatwas)

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Ibn Hajar al-Haytami notableWork Tuhfat al-Muhtaj bi Sharh al-Minhaj