بدائع الصنائع

Bada'i al-Sana'i

Ala' al-Din al-Kasani · d. 587 AH · Hanafi · Fiqh

7 volumes

Introduction

The author

Ala' al-Din al-Kasani (d. 587 AH) of Aleppo, called the King of Scholars, married the daughter of his teacher al-Samarqandi.

How it came about

It is a commentary on al-Samarqandi's Tuhfat al-Fuqaha', presented to his teacher and reportedly accepted in place of a dowry.

Method and structure

Unusually systematic: each subject is broken into causes, conditions, pillars and rulings before the details are addressed, which makes the school's logic visible.

Standing in the school

Valued as the most rigorously ordered Hanafi work and widely used for comparative fiqh.

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