Majmua min al-Muallifin

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Majmua min al-Muallifin (Arabic: مجموعة من المؤلفين, lit. 'A Group of Authors') is a standard collective heading used in Arabic bibliography, library indexing, and digital catalogs to designate works produced through collaborative authorship, scholarly committees, or multi-author compilations.

Bibliographical Use and Scope

In descriptive cataloging and bibliographic index systems, catalog entries are structured by author, title, or subject to organize and retrieve holdings . The heading Majmua min al-Muallifin functions as a collective author authority entry applied to various categories of publications that lack a single primary author, including:

  • Institutional and Encyclopedic Works: Major reference projects, such as specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and collective jurisprudence manuals prepared by specialized research teams or supervisory editorial panels .
  • Periodicals and Journals: Academic journals and institutional research periodicals that feature contributions from multiple independent scholars and researchers within each issue or index .
  • Symposia and Compilations: Anthologies, conference proceedings, collections of academic dissertations, and composite treatises authored by multiple scholars across different disciplines .

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List of Works

  • Majallat al-Ahkam al-Adliyya (The Book of Judicial Rules) is an Ottoman legal code of civil transactions based on the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, drafted in 1286–1293 AH (1869–1876 CE). Formulated in numbered legal articles, it represents the first modern state codification of Islamic substantive civil law, comprising 1,851 concise articles organized into an introduction of legal maxims and sixteen thematic books on civil transactions and judicial procedures.

  • Khutab Mukhtara (Selected Sermons) is an anthology of Islamic Friday and advisory sermons compiled and published by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da‘wah, and Guidance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It serves as a practical reference and guide for mosque imams and preachers, gathering essential jurisprudential rulings on delivering the Friday sermon alongside a curated selection of historical and contemporary model addresses.

  • Majallat Jamiat Umm al-Qura li-Ulum al-Sharia wal-Lugha al-Arabiya (Journal of Umm al-Qura University for Sharia Sciences and Arabic Language) is an academic periodical published by Umm al-Qura University in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is dedicated to publishing specialized scholarly research in Islamic jurisprudence, theology, history, and Arabic linguistic and literary studies.

  • Qadiyya wa Hiwar: al-Unf fi al-Amal al-Islami al-Muasir (Issue and Dialogue: Violence in Contemporary Islamic Action) is a collaborative scholarly book produced by the Center for Islamic Research and Studies under the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da'wah and Guidance. It examines the ideological roots, legal boundaries, and practical ramifications of violent extremism in modern Islamic activism through six thematic axes addressed by participating scholars.

  • Mawsuat Sinaat al-Halal (Encyclopedia of the Halal Industry) is an Arabic legal reference work prepared by the Scientific Research Unit of the Department of Ifta in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Arranged across eleven thematic chapters, it compiles historical and contemporary legal rulings, academy resolutions, and conference recommendations concerning food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, ritual slaughter, and consumer products.