Zad al-Mustaqni fi Ikhtisar al-Muqni
- Author died
- 968 AH
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Zad al-Mustaqni fi Ikhtisar al-Muqni (Provision of the Sufficient in Abridging al-Muqni) is a foundational Hanbali legal manual authored by Sharaf al-Din Musa ibn Ahmad al-Hajjawi (d. 968 AH / 1560 CE) as an abridgment of Ibn Qudamah's al-Muqni.
Composition and Methodology
In abridging al-Muqni, which frequently cited multiple narrations and divergent Hanbali opinions without resolving them, al-Hajjawi condensed the text to present only a single, preponderant position (al-qawl al-rajih) within the Hanbali school, rarely departing from the established stance of the later authorities (al-muta'akhkhirun). The author omitted rarely occurring legal scenarios and integrated important legal cases not found in the original source, aiming to provide a concise text suited to students in light of dwindling scholarly ambition and proliferating obstacles. Some manuscript copies indicate that al-Hajjawi completed the work in 966 AH, two years before his death.
Reception and Study
The work attained wide renown among Hanbali students and scholars across generations, becoming a central text for memorization, recitation, and instruction in study circles and institutes. In Hanbali jurisprudence, its pedagogical standing has been analogized to that of Qatr al-Nada in Arabic grammar, Nukhbat al-Fikr in hadith terminology, and Bulugh al-Maram in legal hadith. Prominent modern teachers, including Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasir al-Sa'di and Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin, made the text a primary vehicle for teaching Hanbali law and evaluating positions with legal proofs.
Commentaries, Glosses, and Versifications
The primary classical commentary on the text is al-Rawd al-Murbi by Mansur ibn Yunus al-Bahuti (d. 1051 AH). Numerous scholars produced marginalia and glosses on the text and its commentary, including:
- Hashiyat al-Rawd al-Murbi by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, drawn from earlier glosses, the rulings of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh, and authoritative Hanbali sources.
- Glosses by Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman Aba Butayn, Abd al-Ghani al-Utayli, and Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Bishr.
- Modern works and commentaries, including al-Salsabil fi Ma'rifat al-Dalil by Salih ibn Ibrahim al-Bulayhi, al-Irshad ila Tawdih Masa'il al-Zad by Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan, and al-Sharh al-Mumti by Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin.
The text was also rendered into poetic versification (nazm), including a poetic adaptation by Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Khalidi al-Zubayri, an incomplete versification titled Nayl al-Murad by Sa'd ibn Hamad ibn Atiq (later completed by Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Sahman), and Rawdat al-Murtad by Sulayman ibn Atiyyah al-Muzayni.
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