Sharh Zad al-Mustaqni - al-Shinqiti - al-Tahara
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Sharh Zad al-Mustaqni - Kitab al-Tahara (Explanation of Zad al-Mustaqni - The Book of Purification) is a contemporary Hanbali jurisprudence work by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti, a teacher at the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, commenting on the section of ritual purification from al-Hajjawi's legal manual Zad al-Mustaqni fi Ikhtisar al-Muqni .
Background and Composition
The work originated as a series of oral lectures delivered by al-Shinqiti at Masjid al-Tan'im in Mecca . These recordings were initially transcribed into study notes that did not encompass the entirety of the lectures . Recognizing that oral presentation differed from written legal texts, the author undertook a direct review and reformulation of the material . In editing the transcribed lectures, al-Shinqiti restructured the sentences, added several legal issues and additional evidences, and excised others to align the content with the standard of a written legal treatise .
The author emphasized that this edited version represents the first formal revision and the sole authorized text, superseding and invalidating all prior unverified transcript notes of the lessons .
Content and Methodology
The volume is dedicated to Kitab al-Tahara (The Book of Purification), beginning with the explanation of al-Hajjawi's introductory preamble and proceeding through foundational topics of ritual purity, including the types and classifications of water (ahkam al-miyah) and vessels (bab al-aniya) .
Al-Shinqiti’s commentary follows an evidence-based approach rather than strict adherence to a single madhhab . His method entails:
- Clarifying the phraseology, concise terminology, and linguistic nuances of al-Hajjawi’s original text .
- Outlining whether a specific legal issue is governed by consensus (ijma') or subject to scholarly disagreement (khilaf) .
- Presenting the differing jurisprudential positions together with their respective scriptural proofs from the Quran and Sunnah, subsequently assessing them to determine the soundest or weightiest ruling (al-qawl al-rajih) .
Publication
The work was published as a single volume comprising 446 pages by the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with its first official edition appearing in 1428 AH / 2007 CE (cataloged in 1427 AH) .
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