Husayn al-Awaysha
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Husayn al-Awaysha (Husayn ibn ʿAwdah al-ʿAwaysha) is a contemporary Jordanian Islamic scholar and jurist based in Amman, known for his multivolume jurisprudential reference work al-Mawsuʿa al-Fiqhiyya al-Muyassara fi Fiqh al-Kitab wa al-Sunna al-Mutahhara.
Studies and Scholarly Activities
Based in Amman, al-Awaysha pursued Islamic studies and maintained regular contact with the hadith scholar Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani. He attended al-Albani's study gatherings, posed legal questions to him, and systematically relied on his hadith authentication and critical evaluations in his own writings.
Legal Methodology and Contributions
Al-Awaysha's scholarship encompasses Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and spiritual exhortations (al-raqaʾiq). In his legal writing, he follows an evidence-based approach that derives rulings directly from the Quran, the authentic Sunnah, and the reports of early Muslim generations (al-salaf al-salih), engaging classical juristic opinions across schools without adhering strictly to a single madhhab.
His primary work, al-Mawsuʿa al-Fiqhiyya al-Muyassara fi Fiqh al-Kitab wa al-Sunna al-Mutahhara ("The Facilitated Jurisprudential Encyclopedia According to the Book and the Pure Sunnah"), published across seven volumes between 1423 and 1429 AH (2002–2008 CE), provides a comprehensive compendium of legal rulings structured largely around the arrangement of Sayyid Sabiq's Fiqh al-Sunna and the hadith scholarship of al-Albani. He also examined specific legal and doctrinal topics in specialized treatises, such as al-Fasl al-Mubin fi Masʾalat al-Hijra wa Mufaraqat al-Mushrikin ("The Clear Distinction Regarding Emigration and Separation from Polytheists").
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List of Works
al-Mawsu‘a al-Fiqhiyya al-Muyassara fi Fiqh al-Kitab wa al-Sunna al-Mutahhara (The Facilitated Jurisprudential Encyclopedia According to the Book and the Pure Sunnah) is a seven-volume compendium of Islamic jurisprudence. It serves as an accessible jurisprudential manual grounded in authenticated evidence from the Quran, the Sunnah, and the reports of the righteous predecessors, structured to avoid obscurity, complexity, and sectarian adherence to any single legal school.