Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz

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Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz is a major Shafi'i jurisprudential commentary by the medieval Islamic scholar Al-Rafi'i, widely regarded as one of the foundational texts in the school’s legal tradition.

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Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz canonical 1
al-'Aziz fi Sharh al-Wajiz 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal text
Shafi'i jurisprudential work
fiqh commentary
aim clarifying and expanding the rulings of al-Wajiz
alternativeName al-'Aziz fi Sharh al-Wajiz
associatedWithScholar Imam al-Shafi'i (through the school’s doctrine)
linked to: Shafi'i school
author Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad al-Rafi'i
linked to: Al-Rafi'i

al-Rafi'i
linked to: Al-Rafi'i
basedOnAuthor al-Ghazali
linked to: al‑Ghazali
basedOnWork al-Wajiz fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i
citationForm al-'Aziz
linked to: ʿAzīz
commentaryOn al-Ghazali's abridged fiqh work al-Wajiz
contains analysis of variant views within the Shafi'i madhhab
detailed discussion of legal opinions within the Shafi'i school
field Islamic jurisprudence
genre sharh
historicalSignificance helped systematize later Shafi'i legal doctrine
influenceOn later Shafi'i jurists
subsequent Shafi'i commentaries and supercommentaries
juristicMethod Shafi'i usul al-fiqh principles
language Arabic
legalSchool Shafi'i school
madhhab Shafi'i
linked to: Shafi'i school
notableFor being a major Shafi'i jurisprudential commentary
systematic exposition of Shafi'i fiqh
regionOfReception Egypt
Greater Syria
Hijaz
linked to: Hejaz

Yemen
religiousLaw Sharia
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
scholarlyReputation highly esteemed among Shafi'i jurists
scholarlyTradition part of the classical Shafi'i fiqh canon
statusInMadhhab authoritative reference in Shafi'i legal tradition
foundational text
structure organized according to classical fiqh chapters
subject acts of worship (ibadat)
judicial procedures
marriage and family law
penal law (hudud and ta'zir)
transactions (mu'amalat)
timePeriod medieval Islamic period
typeOfCommentary detailed explanatory commentary
usedAs reference text for issuing fatwas in the Shafi'i school
usedIn advanced Shafi'i fiqh study

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Al-Rafi'i notableWork Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz
Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz alternativeName al-'Aziz fi Sharh al-Wajiz
linked to: Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz