al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah

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Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hanbali legal text
Islamic legal encyclopedia
fiqh manual
aim to present and justify Hanbali doctrine within a comparative framework
analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence
approachToDisagreement systematic presentation of variant opinions
author Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi
linked to: Ibn Qudamah
cites Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal

earlier Hanbali authorities
comparesOpinionsOf major Sunni schools
comparesWith Hanafi school
Maliki school
Shafi‘i school
linked to: Shafi'i school
eraOfAuthor 6th/7th century AH
fullTitle al-Mughnī fī fiqh al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
genre fiqh
hasModernEditions yes
importance major reference work in Sunni fiqh
includes analysis of disagreements among jurists
discussion of evidences (adilla)
presentation of Hanbali positions
influenced later Hanbali jurists
language Arabic
legalApproach textualist and traditionist orientation
legalSchool Hanbali
linked to: Hanbali school
madhhabFocus Hanbali
linked to: Hanbali school
methodology comparative fiqh
preservedIn multiple manuscript copies
regardedAs one of the most important Hanbali references
regionOfInfluence Hanbali regions such as Syria and Iraq
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
scope covers acts of worship (ʿibādāt)
covers judicial and penal matters
covers personal status law
covers transactions (muʿāmalāt)
structure organized by fiqh chapters
subject Islamic jurisprudence
commercial law
criminal law in Islamic jurisprudence
family law
judicial procedure
ritual law
timePeriod medieval Islam
typeOfWork encyclopedic fiqh compendium
usedBy contemporary Islamic legal researchers
usedFor advanced legal study
fatwa research
usedIn traditional Hanbali curricula

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Hanbali school majorFiqhText al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Hanbali school majorFiqhText al-Muqniʿ by Ibn Qudamah
linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Hanbali school majorFiqhText Zad al-Mustaqniʿ by al-Hajjawi
linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Averroes notableWork Bidāyat al-Mujtahid wa Nihāyat al-Muqtaṣid
linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Kashshaf al-Qinaʿ basedOn al-Muqniʿ by Ibn Qudama
subject linked to: Kashshaf al-Qinaʿ by al-Bahuti
linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Kashshaf al-Qinaʿ relatedTo al-Mughni by Ibn Qudama
subject linked to: Kashshaf al-Qinaʿ by al-Bahuti
linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni fullTitle al-Mughnī fī fiqh al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
subject linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Ibn Qudamah notableWork al-Mughni
linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah