Fatawa-e-Alamgiri

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Fatawa-e-Alamgiri is a comprehensive 17th-century compilation of Hanafi Islamic law that became a key legal reference in the Mughal Empire and later in South Asia.

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Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya 1
Al-Fatawa al-‘Alamgiriyya 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hanafi law manual
Islamic legal text
Mughal-era legal code
fiqh compendium
alternativeName Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
surface form: Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya

Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
surface form: Al-Fatawa al-‘Alamgiriyya
authorityIn Mughal judicial system
pre-modern South Asian Islamic courts
commissionedBy Aurangzeb
compiledFor standardizing Hanafi legal practice in the Mughal Empire
compiler a committee of Hanafi scholars
countryOfOrigin Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
coversTopic contracts in Islamic law
criminal penalties (hudud and ta‘zir)
divorce in Islamic law
fasting
inheritance in Islamic law
judicial procedure
marriage in Islamic law
pilgrimage (hajj)
prayer
ritual purity
zakat
genre fatwa collection
hasInfluenceOn later Hanafi legal manuals in the Indian subcontinent
hasPart multiple volumes
historicalRole influential source for later South Asian Islamic law
standard reference for Hanafi courts in the Mughal Empire
influenced Anglo-Muhammadan law formulations
Islamic legal practice in South Asia
language Arabic
legalSchool Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi school of law
legalSystem Islamic law
madhhab Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi
mainSubject Hanafi jurisprudence
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
commercial law in Islam
criminal law in Islam
personal status law
ritual law in Islam
namedAfter Aurangzeb
surface form: Aurangzeb Alamgir
placeOfCompilation South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
startTime 17th century
timePeriod Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal period
use fatwa issuance
judicial reference
legal codification

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Fatawa-e-Alamgiri alternativeName Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
this entity surface form: Al-Fatawa al-‘Alamgiriyya
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri alternativeName Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
this entity surface form: Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya
Aurangzeb commissionedWork Fatawa-e-Alamgiri