Akhir al-Mudakharat Sharh Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat
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Akhir al-Mudakharat Sharh Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat (The Best of Provisions: Commentary on the Shortest of Abridgments) is a contemporary Hanbali jurisprudence work by Hazem Khanfar, completed on 4 Shawwal 1439 AH (19 June 2018 CE) as an explanatory commentary on Ibn Balban al-Hanbali's legal manual Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat.
Overview and Purpose
The work provides a direct commentary on Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat, a concise Hanbali legal manual originally compiled by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Ibn Balban al-Hanbali. In the preface, the author notes that the title's use of the word akhyar (أخير) is an elative noun (ism tafdil) established in eloquent Arabic and attested in several Prophetic hadiths despite its relatively infrequent usage. The book begins with the standard legal chapter on purification (Kitab al-Taharah), defining ritual cleanliness both linguistically and legally. The copyright is explicitly made open and unrestricted to all Muslims.
Methodology and Sources
Khanfar characterizes his method as compiling, selecting, and blending (al-jam‘ wa-l-intiqa’ wa-l-mazj) explanatory material alongside full diacritical vocalization of the text. The commentary relies primarily on:
- Al-Rawd al-Nadi Sharh Kafi al-Mubtadi by Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Ba'li al-Hanbali, which serves as the commentary on Ibn Balban's parent text Kafi al-Mubtadi.
- Selected treatises and reference works of classical and later Hanbali jurists across specific legal issues.
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