The author
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi (d. c. 483 AH) of Transoxiana, known as Shams al-A'imma, dictated much of his work from imprisonment in a well.
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المبسوط
Al-Mabsut
Imam al-Sarakhsi · d. 483 AH · Hanafi · Fiqh
30 volumes
Introduction
How it came about
It is a commentary on al-Marwazi's Kafi, which itself gathers the six 'apparent transmissions' (zahir al-riwaya) of Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani.
Method and structure
Every ruling is traced back to its evidence and to the disagreement between Abu Hanifa and his two companions, with unusually explicit legal reasoning.
Standing in the school
The largest and most heavily cited reference work of the Hanafi school, indispensable for identifying the school's transmitted positions.
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