The study of the madhhab begins with the condensed works: `Umdat al-Salik, Matn Ibn ABi Shuja`, and al-Muqaddima al-Hadramiyya.

For the dala’il of the Madhhab, the best sources are the 14-volume al-Bayan - just published - al-Bayhaqi’s Ma`rifat al-Sunan, and al-Nawawi’s Majmu`.

An important textbook is also the Wasit of Imam al-Ghazzali, just republished in an excellent edition.

Hajj Gibril ©

[2000-10-29]

Original Message:

Which fiqh books are the most important in (esp.) the Shafi’i madhhab?

Among the fiqh books which contains most of the opinions considered “mu’tamad inda ash-shafi’iyyah” :

1) Tuhfatul Muhtaj - Ibn hajar al-haitami

2) Nihayatul-Muhtaj - Al-Ramli

3) Mughni-Muhtaj - Khatib Sharbini

4) Hasyiah qalyubi wal umairah ‘ala sharhil minhaj

5) fathul Wahhab - sheikhul islam zakariyya al-ansari

6) Syarah mahalli ‘ala Minhaj

7) Al-Iqna - khatib sharbini

8) Fathul-Qariib

9) I’anatut-Talibiin - Sh. Abu bakar Syata

10) Al-Majmu’ - An-Nawawi

11) raudatut-talibiin - an-nawawi

12) At-tahrir - zakariyya ansari

13) fathul Jawwad

14) fatawa al-kubra

15) Syarah Ubab

16) minhajul qawim

*(13)to(16)all by ibn Hajar al-haitami

17)and of course the book by Sahibul-Madzhab al-Imam Ash-Shafie rahimahullah “Al-Umm”

18) etc.

the primary source of ifta are no 1,2 and 3.