Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab

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Islamic jurisprudence book Shafi'i fiqh work classical Islamic text fiqh commentary

Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab is a monumental, unfinished Shafi'i fiqh commentary by the medieval scholar Al-Nawawi, widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works in Islamic jurisprudence.

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Label	Occurrences
Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab canonical	1
Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muharrar	1
al-Majmu‘ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab	1

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Target entity: Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab
Context triple: [Al-Nawawi, notableWork, Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab]

A. Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Tahdhib al-Ahkam is a major Shi'a hadith and jurisprudential compilation by Shaykh al-Tusi, regarded as one of the Four Books of Twelver Shi'ism.
B. al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
C. Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr is a foundational Maliki jurisprudence manual that systematically presents and explains the school’s legal rulings and methodology.
D. Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
E. Fath al-Bari
Fath al-Bari is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, widely regarded as one of the most important works in Sunni Islamic scholarship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab
Target entity description: Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab is a monumental, unfinished Shafi'i fiqh commentary by the medieval scholar Al-Nawawi, widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works in Islamic jurisprudence.

A. Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Tahdhib al-Ahkam is a major Shi'a hadith and jurisprudential compilation by Shaykh al-Tusi, regarded as one of the Four Books of Twelver Shi'ism.
B. al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
C. Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr is a foundational Maliki jurisprudence manual that systematically presents and explains the school’s legal rulings and methodology.
D. Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
E. Fath al-Bari
Fath al-Bari is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, widely regarded as one of the most important works in Sunni Islamic scholarship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic jurisprudence book ⓘ Shafi'i fiqh work ⓘ classical Islamic text ⓘ fiqh commentary ⓘ
author	Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi ⓘ linked to: Al-Nawawi
authorCreed	Sunni Ash'ari ⓘ linked to: Ash'ari
authorDeathBeforeCompletion	true ⓘ
authorFullName	Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi ⓘ linked to: Al-Nawawi
authorMainCity	Damascus ⓘ
authorSchool	Shafi'i ⓘ linked to: Shafi'i school
basedOn	al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i ⓘ linked to: al-Muhadhdhab fi al-fiqh al-Shafi'i
citedBy	later Shafi'i jurists and commentators ⓘ
commentaryAuthorOfBaseText	Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi ⓘ
commentaryOn	al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i ⓘ linked to: al-Muhadhdhab fi al-fiqh al-Shafi'i
field	fiqh ⓘ usul al-fiqh (principles of jurisprudence) related discussions ⓘ
genre	legal commentary ⓘ
geographicalReception	widespread in the Muslim world ⓘ
importanceInTradition	primary source for understanding relied-upon Shafi'i positions ⓘ
includes	discussion of opinions of other Sunni schools ⓘ discussion of variant opinions within the Shafi'i school ⓘ legal reasoning (istidlal) ⓘ
influence	fatwa methodology in the Shafi'i school ⓘ later Shafi'i legal literature ⓘ
juristicScope	Shafi'i school detailed rulings ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
madhhab	Shafi'i ⓘ linked to: Shafi'i school
methodology	comparative fiqh discussion ⓘ detailed analysis of evidences (dalil) ⓘ
preservation	exists in manuscript form in various libraries ⓘ printed in multi-volume editions ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Greater Syria (Bilad al-Sham) ⓘ linked to: Greater Syria
religion	Islam ⓘ
reputation	one of the most authoritative works in Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ one of the most comprehensive works in Shafi'i fiqh ⓘ
scholarlyAssessment	model of precision and breadth in fiqh ⓘ standard reference for detailed Shafi'i legal discussions ⓘ
schoolOfLaw	Sunni ⓘ
status	unfinished ⓘ
subjectMatter	acts of worship (ibadat) ⓘ family law ⓘ judicial matters ⓘ transactions (mu'amalat) ⓘ
timePeriod	medieval Islamic era ⓘ
usedAs	reference work for Shafi'i jurists ⓘ teaching text in advanced fiqh study ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Nawawi → notableWork → Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab ⓘ

Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj → relatedWorkOfAuthor → al-Majmu‘ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab ⓘ

linked to: Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab

Al-Muharrar → hasCommentary → Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muharrar ⓘ