The author
Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi, who also authored al-Mughni, wrote this as the mid-length work in his graded series of three.
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المقنع
Al-Muqni'
Imam Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudama · d. 620 AH · Hanbali · Fiqh
1 large volume
Introduction
How it came about
Intended for the student who has finished the beginner's Umda and is not yet ready for the comparative Mughni.
Method and structure
States the school's positions, including internal disagreement, without the evidence of the larger work.
Standing in the school
It generated the Hanbali commentary tradition that runs through al-Hajjawi's Zad al-Mustaqni' and al-Buhuti's Rawd al-Murbi'.
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