al-Minhaj al-Qawim

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al-Minhaj al-Qawim is a seminal Shafi'i jurisprudence commentary by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami that became a key reference in later Sunni legal scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurisprudence commentary
Sunni legal work
fiqh book
author Ibn Hajar al-Haytami NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi NERFINISHED
category classical Islamic legal literature
circulation printed in multiple modern editions
widely copied in manuscript form
commentaryOn Minhaj al-Talibin NERFINISHED
doctrinalAlignment Ash'ari theology (typical of Shafi'i tradition) NERFINISHED
field Islamic jurisprudence
focus detailed explication of Nawawi's legal positions
genre fiqh commentary
importance central text in late Shafi'i school canon
key reference in later Sunni legal scholarship
influenced Sunni legal scholarship
later Shafi'i jurists
influencedBy al-Nawawi NERFINISHED
language Arabic
legalSchool Shafi'i school NERFINISHED
madhhab Shafi'i NERFINISHED
methodology Shafi'i legal reasoning
regionOfInfluence Egypt NERFINISHED
Hijaz NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Yemen NERFINISHED
relatedWork Sharh al-Minhaj by other Shafi'i commentators
Tuhfat al-Muhtaj NERFINISHED
religiousDiscipline usul al-fiqh (implicitly referenced) NERFINISHED
religiousLaw Sharia NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
scholarlyReception highly regarded by Shafi'i muftis
schoolOfThought Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
script Arabic script
status authoritative Shafi'i reference
standard commentary in Shafi'i school
subject acts of worship (ibadat)
judicial rulings
marriage and family law
penal law (hudud and ta'zir)
transactions (muamalat)
timePeriod post-classical Islamic era
usedAs reference work in Shafi'i fatwa
usedFor advanced study of Shafi'i fiqh
deriving legal opinions (fatwas)
usedIn traditional madrasah curricula

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Ibn Hajar al-Haytami notableWork al-Minhaj al-Qawim