Mahmud Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Munim
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Mahmud Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Munim is a contemporary scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and legal theory, best known for compiling Mu'jam al-Mustalahat wa al-Alfaz al-Fiqhiyya (Dictionary of Jurisprudential Terms and Expressions) .
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Abd al-Munim, whose name also appears in sources as Mahmud ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Munim, is a professor specializing in Islamic legal studies . His primary legal reference, Mu'jam al-Mustalahat wa al-Alfaz al-Fiqhiyya, is a specialized multi-volume dictionary designed to define and clarify technical terminology and expressions across the various schools of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and legal theory (usul al-fiqh), published in Cairo by Dar al-Fadilah in 1419 AH (1998/1999 CE) .
Abd al-Munim has also contributed introductory studies and forewords to classical legal texts, including the foreword to the edition of al-Nawadir by Mu'alla ibn Mansur . In his discussion of legal epistemology, he highlighted that jurisprudence in its specific disciplinary sense comprises an individual's knowledge of rights and duties regarding practical acts, distinguishing its domain from theology and spiritual wayfaring, and noted the indispensability of legal knowledge for validating worship and civil transactions .
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Mujam al-Mustalahat wa al-Alfaz al-Fiqhiyya (Dictionary of Jurisprudential Terms and Expressions) is an Islamic legal reference work dedicated to defining terms across Islamic jurisprudence and legal theory (usul al-fiqh).