Minhaj al-Tullab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafii
- Author died
- 926 AH
- Editions
- Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah
Minhaj al-Tullab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafii (The Path of Students in the Jurisprudence of Imam al-Shafi'i) is a legal manual in Shafi'i jurisprudence by Zakariya al-Ansari (d. 926 AH / 1520 CE) .
Composition and Method
The work is an abridgment of the foundational Shafi'i text Minhaj al-Talibin by al-Nawawi (d. 676 AH) . In compiling it, al-Ansari condensed al-Nawawi's manual, omitted internal school disagreements (khilaf) to ease memorization and study for students, replaced non-relied-upon legal positions (ghayr al-mu'tamad) with the relied-upon positions of the school, and incorporated additional rulings .
Commentary and Glosses
Zakariya al-Ansari authored his own extensive commentary on the text, titled Fath al-Wahhab bi-Sharh Minhaj al-Tullab . Both the base text and its commentary became standard references in Shafi'i pedagogical circles and were the subject of several prominent supercommentaries (hashiyas), including:
- Futuhat al-Wahhab bi-Tawdih Sharh Minhaj al-Tullab, known as Hashiyat al-Jamal, by Sulayman ibn Umar al-Ujayli al-Jamal (d. 1204 AH) .
- The supercommentary by Sulayman al-Bujayrimi .
- Hashiyat al-Ubbadi by Ahmad ibn Qasim al-Ubbadi (d. 992 AH) .
- Hashiyat al-Birmawi by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Birmawi (d. 1106 AH) .
- Hashiyat al-Jawhari by Muhammad al-Jawhari al-Kabir .
Printings
The text has been printed in several editions, including:
- In Cairo by al-Maktaba al-Adabiyya (1344 AH), edited and vocalized by a committee of senior Shafi'i scholars from al-Azhar .
- In Beirut by Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya (1417 AH), annotated by Salah ibn Muhammad Uwaydah .
- On the margins of Minhaj al-Talibin at Matba'at al-Babi al-Halabi in Egypt (1338 AH) .
- On the margins of its commentary Fath al-Wahhab by Isa al-Babi al-Halabi in Cairo, and previously at al-Matba'a al-Maymaniyya (1332 AH) .
- Earlier historical editions produced at Bulaq (1285 and 1294 AH), an Egyptian lithograph (1287 AH), and Matba'at al-Jamaliyya (1329 AH) .
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