Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā explained

Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā
Author:Al-Hilli
Language:Arabic
Genre:Hadith, Fiqh
Published:1997
Media Type:Print

Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā (Memorandum for Jurists) is a book on Shiite jurisprudence written by Allamah Al-Hilli[1]

Introduction

The book of Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā is considered one of the greatest books on Shiite jurisprudence or fiqh. The book is cited by other scholars as a reference. Allamah Hilli mainly points to the opinions and ideas of Shaykh Tusi rather than those of other Shiite Scholars.

Motive

The book was written at the request of Allamah Al-Hilli's son, Fakhr Al Muhaqqiq.

Style

Allamah Al-Hilli writes about his intention to express and explain the summaries of indult (Fatwa) of the jurist and rules of Scholars (Ulama) according to "best explanations, the most correct way, the most rightness style, and the most confident methods".[2]

Content

The author divided the book into four rules: on praying, on transactions, on unilateral obligation, on judgments. The book is divided to fifteen sections; some of them are as follows:

Characteristics

The book has many characteristics. Some of them are as follows:

Summaries

The book has been summarized by Ibn Motawwej Bahrani, one of the pupils of Allamah Al-Hilli, in a book called Mukhtasar Al Tadhkirah.[8]

Publication

Al Tadhkirah has been frequently published in Iraq and Iran. Traditionally, it comes in twelve volumes, but later editions do not necessarily follow this practice.

Parts of Al Tadhkirah was also published by Allameh Mozaffar and sayyed Mortaza Khalkhali in Najaf.

References

  1. Web site: British Library . 2022-09-14 . www.bl.uk.
  2. Book: Hilli, Hasan ibn Yousef. Tadhkirat al-Fuqah. Ale bayt. Arabic. Qom. c. 1993. 1. 4.
  3. Book: Hilli, Hasan ibn Yousef. Tadhkirat al-Fuqah. Ale bayt. Arabic. Qom. c. 1993. 1. 36–37.
  4. Book: Hilli, Hasan ibn Yousef. Tadhkirat al-Fuqah. Ale bayt. Arabic. c. 1993. 1 & 2. 64–115 & 36–77.
  5. Book: Hilli, Hasan ibn Yousef. Tadhkirat al-Fuqah. Ale bayt. Arabic. c. 1993. 1 & 2. 71–85.
  6. Book: Hilli, Hasan ibn Yousef. Tadhkirat al-Fuqah. Ale Bayt. Arabic. c. 1993. 1 & 2. 165–173 & 92.
  7. Book: Hilli, Hasan ibn Yousef. Tadhkirat al-Fuqah. Ale bayt. Arabic. c. 1993. 1. 41.
  8. Book: Terani, Aqa Bozorg. Zariah Fi Tasanif Al Shiah. Dar Al Azwa. Beyrout. Arabic. 1403. 4. 422.

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