al-Durar al-Thariyya min al-Fatawa al-Baziyya
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- 1420 AH
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al-Durar al-Thariyya min al-Fatawa al-Baziyya (The Rich Pearls from the Bazian Fatwas) is a single-volume compilation of legal rulings and religious guidance issued by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz (d. 1420 AH / 1999 CE), selected and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Humayzi .
Scope and Contents
The work was published with an introduction by the Scientific Committee of the Shaykh Abd al-Aziz Bin Baz Charitable Foundation and issued in Riyadh in 1432 AH (480 pages) . It gathers commonly sought-after legal verdicts and general religious guidance concerning both religious and worldly matters, spanning theological creed (aqida), acts of worship (ibadat), interpersonal transactions (mu'amalat), and Islamic ethics and manners (akhlaq) .
Source Material and Methodology
The compiler drew all selections verbatim from the 30-volume collection Majmu' Fatawa wa-Maqalat Mutanawwi'a (Compendium of Diverse Fatwas and Articles), utilizing its fourth edition published in 1427 AH . In compiling the text, al-Humayzi maintained the exact original wording of Ibn Baz without additions, omissions, or editorial alteration .
Each fatwa is cited in the footnotes with precise volume and page references to the original multi-volume compendium, and the book concludes with a comprehensive topical index of all included rulings . The compiler designed the selection for practical everyday learning, proposing that families read through one or more rulings together daily, and suggesting that mosque imams read a single fatwa to their congregations daily after the evening prayer (Isha), while timing seasonal rulings such as those on fasting and pilgrimage to coincide with their respective periods .
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