Mukhtasar
Mukhtaṣar (Arabic: المختصر), in Islamic law, refers to a concise handbook or legal treatise, characterized by concision relative to other legal genres. Mukhtasars originated during the Abbasid caliphate and were created as a method to facilitate the quick training of lawyers without the repetitiveness of lengthy volumes, yet evolved into a mode of access into the fundamentals of Islamic law for the educated layperson.[1] Some well-known mukhtasars include the Mukhtasar of Khalil, by the Egyptian Maliki scholar Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (died 1365), and the Mukhtasar al-Quduri, by Hanafi scholar Imam al-Quduri (973–1037) of Baghdad.
Imam Quduri
[edit | edit source]Mukhtasar of Imam Quduri is one of the most significant work in codification of Hanafi fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), widely studied in Islamic seminaries[2]
Ibn Abī Zamanīn
[edit | edit source]The Mukhtasar of Ibn Abī Zamanīn was one of the five great commentary manuscripts in the personal library of Ludovico Maracci that helped inform 18th Century Europe about Islam.[3]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ John Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford University Press 2003
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- ^ Roberto Tottoli New Light on the Maracci translation: Order of the Mother of God, essay, Books & Written Culture of the Islamic World, Brill.
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