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Imam
Abul Hasan al-Quduri (b. 362 H. – d. 428 H. in Baghdad) He
is Abul Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn
Ahmad ibn Ja`far ibn Hamdan al Quduri al Baghdadi, the Hanafi jurist.
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Biography of Imam al-Quduri
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Imam al-Quduri was one of the ashab al-tarjih
(jurists who weighed and
analyzed the strengths of differing verdicts in the madhhab). The
leadership of the Hanafis in `Iraq came to rest
with him, and his renown rose. His mention recurs in the well-known
Hanafi books al Hidayah and al Khulasah.
His death and burial place
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Main isnad
1 - Abu `AbdiAllah Muhammad ibn al Jurjani, from 2 - Abu Bakr al-Razi, from 3 - Abul Hasan al Karkhi, from 4 - Abu Sa`id al Barda`i from 5 -`Ali al-Daqqaq, from 6 - Abu Sahl Musa ibn Nasr al-Razi, from 7 - Muhammad ibn al Hasan al-Shaybani, (1) from 8 - Abu Hanifah, from 9 - Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, from 10- Ibrahim al-Nakha`i, from 11-`Alqamah, from 12-`Abdullah ibn Mas`ud from 13- the Prophet Muhammad (sallAllah `aleihi wa sallam) |
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Books of Imam al-Quduri
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An introduction to Mukhtasar al Imam al-Quduri
Perhaps Imam al Quduri`s most
famous work, Al Mukhtasar is also known as al
Kitab. The number of issues it addresses is 12,500, spanning the entire
spectrum of fiqh, for the book covers not only matters of worship, but
also business transactions, personal relations and penal and judicial
matters. Abu `Ali al-Shashi said about the book, "Whoever memorizes
this book is the best accomplished of our associates in memorization,
and whoever understands it is the best accomplished of our associates
in understanding."
As is common with fiqh summary
texts (mutun, singular: matn), the book
generally does not make a point of providing evidences and derivations
of the regulations. The bases and reasonings behind the verdicts
presented can be pursued in more advanced books of the madhhab, and
also require some knowledge of usul al fiqh. The traditional method of
learning is for young people to first study (and often memorize) a
basic matn, then later go back and study each issue in more detail,
and/or along with the evidences.
It is related that when Imam al
Quduri wrote this book, he carried it with
him to the Ka`bah, and hung it from its curtains. He asked Allah the
Exalted to bless him in it, and this prayer was apparently fulfilled.
The book is recognized and respected as a reliable book of the school,
and has had various commentaries written on it. Along with Muhammad ibn
al Hasan`s Al Jami` al-Saghir,
it formed the nucleus of al Marghinani`s
widely-renowned Al Hidayah -
which itself was commentated on by
numerous scholars, among the more famous of them Hafiz Badr al-Din al
`Ayni (the author of the commentary on al Bukhari `Umdat al Qari) in Al
Binayah, and Hafiz Kamal al-Din Ibn al Humam in Fath al Qadir. Up to this day Al-Mukhtasar enjoys a wide acclaim,
still forming a part of
the teaching curriculum in many traditional madaris, and with prominent
and accomplished contemporary scholars continuing to recommend and
approve it as a teaching text.
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Sources
1. Introdution to Suheil Laher's partial translation of Mukhtasar
al-Quduri, based on the preface to the edition of Mukhtasar
al Quduri
edited by Shaykh Kamil Muhammad Muhammad `Uwaydah, Dar al Kutub al
`Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1997/1417.
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2007
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2007-12-11
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