Mukhtasar al-Fiqh al-Islami fi Daw al-Quran wa al-Sunna
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Mukhtasar al-Fiqh al-Islami fi Daw al-Quran wa al-Sunna (Abridged Islamic Jurisprudence in the Light of the Quran and Sunnah) is a single-volume manual of Islamic law and belief authored by the contemporary Saudi scholar Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Tuwayjiri .
Purpose and Scope
The author designed the work as an accessible general reference on Islamic doctrine, practical jurisprudence, ethics, and outreach . It aims to provide clear legal and devotional guidance for a wide audience—including worshippers, teachers, judges, merchants, preachers, and everyday Muslims—without burdensome length or technical complexity .
Structure
The compendium is organized into ten principal sections (abwab) :
- Monotheism and Faith (al-Tawhid wa al-Iman)
- Jurisprudence of Virtues, Morals, Manners, Remembrances, and Supplications (Fiqh al-Quran wa al-Sunna fi al-Fada'il wa al-Akhlaq wa al-Adab wa al-Adhkar wa al-Ad'iyah)
- Acts of Worship (al-Ibadat), encompassing purification, prayer, zakat, fasting, and pilgrimage
- Commercial and Financial Transactions (al-Mu'amalat)
- Marriage and Related Matters (Kitab al-Nikah wa Tawabi'uh)
- Inheritance and Estate Apportionment (Kitab al-Fara'id)
- Legal Retribution and Prescribed Penalties (Kitab al-Qisas wa al-Hudud)
- Judicial Practice and Adjudication (Kitab al-Qada')
- Jihad in the Cause of Allah (Kitab al-Jihad fi Sabil Allah)
- Calling to Islam (al-Da'wah ila Allah)
Method and Sources
Al-Tuwayjiri established his legal determinations on direct evidence from the Quran and authentic Prophetic traditions as understood by early Muslim scholars (salaf) . When evaluating juristic disagreements, he adopted the preponderant (rajih) opinion among the four Sunni legal schools—those of Abu Hanifa, Malik ibn Anas, al-Shafi'i, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal—as well as other major authorities, guided by the strength of the textual evidence . Where no explicit text addressed an issue, he followed the legal selections of eminent classical and contemporary scholars .
In the doctrinal, ethical, and devotional chapters, textual evidence is quoted extensively . In standard substantive legal chapters (fiqh al-ahkam), however, the author largely restricted himself to stating the preferred ruling without presenting detailed chains of reasoning or opposing viewpoints, in order to keep the volume concise; textual citations were reserved for especially significant or common issues . Quranic citations are referenced by surah name and verse number . Hadiths are limited to authentic (sahih) or good (hasan) narrations, sourced with entry numbers from al-Bukhari and Muslim or with source attribution and explicit reliability gradings when cited from collections like the Musnad of Ahmad and the Sunan compilations .
Related Works and Editions
The text serves as a concise synthesis related to two larger multi-volume encyclopedic works by al-Tuwayjiri: Mawsu'at al-Fiqh al-Islami (a five-volume expanded legal compendium detailing evidence and legal rulings) and Mawsu'at Fiqh al-Qulub (a four-volume work on spiritual virtues and the actions of the heart) . Mukhtasar al-Fiqh al-Islami has been issued in multiple printings, including a fourth edition published by Bayt al-Afkar al-Dawliyya in 1423 AH .
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