Radd al-Muhtār 'ala al-Durr al-Mukhtār () is a book on Islamic jurisprudence (''

fiqh ''Fiqh'' (; ) is the term for Islamic jurisprudence.Fiqh
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'') by 18th century Islamic scholar,

Ibn 'Abidin Ibn 'Abidin (; full name: ''Muḥammad Amīn ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad in ʿAbd ar-Raḥīm ibn Najmuddīn ibn Muḥammad Ṣalāḥuddīn al-Shāmī'', died 1836 CE / AH 1252), known in the Indian subcontinent as al-Shami, wa ...

, whose title translates to "Guiding the Baffled to ''The Exquisite Pearl"''. Radd al-Muhtar is a ''"hashiyah"'' (an annotative commentary) on `Ala' al-Din al-Haskafi's work of Islamic jurisprudence, ''Durr al-Mukhtār fi Sharh Tanwīr al-Absār''. It is widely considered as the central reference for

fatwa A fatwa (; ; ; ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist ('' faqih'') in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist issuing fatwas is called a ''mufti'', ...

in the

Hanafi The Hanafi school or Hanafism is the oldest and largest Madhhab, school of Islamic jurisprudence out of the four schools within Sunni Islam. It developed from the teachings of the Faqīh, jurist and theologian Abu Hanifa (), who systemised the ...

school of Sunni legal interpretation. Scholars of the Indian subcontinent often refer to

Ibn Abidin Ibn 'Abidin (; full name: ''Muḥammad Amīn ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad in ʿAbd ar-Raḥīm ibn Najmuddīn ibn Muḥammad Ṣalāḥuddīn al-Shāmī'', died 1836 CE / AH 1252), known in the Indian subcontinent as al-Shami, wa ...

as "al-Shami" and to this ''hashiyah'' as "al-Shamiyya" or "Fatawa Shami". This voluminous work has been translated into various languages, including Turkish and Urdu. The Arabic Edition comprises eight volumes, As a whole, the text covers a wide range of topics within Muslim law, including the five pillars of Islam, marriage, divorce, trade,

jihad ''Jihad'' (; ) is an Arabic word that means "exerting", "striving", or "struggling", particularly with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it encompasses almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God in Islam, God ...

, inheritance, and other facets of Muslim life.

References

External links

*Radd al-Muhtar Full Arabic PD

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