al-Mukhtasar fi Ahkam al-Safar
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al-Mukhtasar fi Ahkam al-Safar (The Abridgment of Rulings on Travel) is an Islamic legal manual on the jurisprudence of travel written by Fahd bin Yahya al-Amari, a judge at the General Court in Jeddah . Published by Dar Ibn al-Jawzi as part of its peer-reviewed research series (Silsilat al-Buhuth al-Ilmiyyah al-Muhakkamah, no. 30), the work provides a concise overview of practical legal rulings, etiquettes, and contemporary questions concerning travellers .
Purpose and Scope
Al-Amari compiled the treatise to serve as a concise, easily accessible reference for general readers and students of knowledge during journeys, providing guidance on religious observance outside one's place of residence . The book comprises more than 150 legal rulings, etiquettes, instructions, cautions, common mistakes, and scholarly benefits, addressing practical travel circumstances while omitting obscure scenarios relevant only to rare situations .
Method and Sources
The author adopts a condensed expository method, deliberately avoiding juristic branching (tafri') and detailed debates between legal schools except in limited instances . Rather than adhering strictly to a single classical madhhab, the work relies primarily on the legal weightings (tarjihat) and fatwas of two contemporary Saudi jurists: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin—whom the author designates collectively as "the two shaykhs" (al-shaykhan)—as well as the rulings of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta (al-Lajnah al-Da'imah) .
In citing and verifying issues, the author drew directly from major source compilations, including:
- Majmu' Fatawa wa Maqalat Mutanawwi'ah by Ibn Baz
- Al-Sharh al-Mumti' 'ala Zad al-Mustaqni' and Fatawa Nur 'ala al-Darb by Ibn Uthaymin
- Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Da'imah
- Classical Hanbali references, specifically Al-Sharh al-Kabir and Al-Insaf
Before publication, the draft was reviewed by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Ajlan, the former president of the courts in al-Qassim and an instructor at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, along with other scholars who offered editorial recommendations .
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