Hanafi · Fiqh
Al-Mabsut
المبسوط
Imam al-Sarakhsi · d. 483 AH
A thirty-volume exposition of Hanafi law with comparative evidence, dictated largely from memory while imprisoned.
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Classical works organised by school, author and topic.
Hanafi · Fiqh
Al-Hidaya
الهداية
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani · d. 593 AH
The central teaching text of the Hanafi school, balancing brevity with proofs from Quran, Sunnah and reasoning.
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Bada'i al-Sana'i
بدائع الصنائع
Ala' al-Din al-Kasani · d. 587 AH
Renowned for its rigorous thematic ordering and derivation of legal principles from cases.
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Mukhtasar al-Quduri
مختصر القدوري
Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri · d. 428 AH
The classical Hanafi primer studied for a thousand years: concise rulings on worship, transactions and family law, memorised before any larger work.
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Al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya
العقيدة الطحاوية
Imam Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi · d. 321 AH
A concise statement of Sunni belief accepted across the four schools, written as the creed of Abu Hanifa and his two companions.
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