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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Fatawa-e-Alamgiri canonical 2
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 Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya ⓘ
linked to: Fatawa-e-Alamgiri

Al-Fatawa al-‘Alamgiriyya ⓘ
linked to: Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
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 ⓘ
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 of law ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
madhhab Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
mainSubject Hanafi jurisprudence ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
commercial law in Islam ⓘ
criminal law in Islam ⓘ
personal status law ⓘ
ritual law in Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Aurangzeb Alamgir ⓘ
linked to: Aurangzeb
placeOfCompilation Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
timePeriod Mughal period ⓘ
use fatwa issuance ⓘ
judicial reference ⓘ
legal codification ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aurangzeb → commissionedWork → Fatawa-e-Alamgiri ⓘ
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri → alternativeName → Al-Fatawa al-‘Alamgiriyya ⓘ
linked to: Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri → alternativeName → Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya ⓘ
linked to: Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
Mughal legal system → codifiedIn → Fatawa-i Alamgiri ⓘ
linked to: Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
Shah Abdur Rahim → notableWork → Fatawa-e-Alamgiri ⓘ