MUKHTASAR AL-QUDURI BY ABU’L-HASAN AL-QUDURI, 362 AH/972 AD

Copied by Ama Allah Quraish bint Muhammad bint Ahmad Al-Fahrawali Al-Makki, 967 AH/1559 AD. Mukhtasar Al-Quduri also known as panning the entire spectrum of fiqh, covering matters of worship, business transactions, personal relations and penal and judicial matters, etc. The book is recognized and respected as a reliable book of the Hanafi school, and has had various commentaries written on it. Upto this day, the book enjoys a wide acclaim, still forming a part of the teaching curriculum in many traditional madaris, and with prominent and accomplished contemporary scholars continuing to recommend and approve it as a teaching text.Abu’l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jafar ibn Hamdan al-Quduri al-Baghdadi, the Hanafi jurist, born 362 AH. Al-Quduri is an ascription to the selling of pots (qudur). Abu’l-Hasan al-Quduri took his knowledge of fiqh from AbuAbdillah Muhammad ibn al-Jurjani, from Abu Bakr al-Razi,Al-Quduri was one of the ashab al-tarjih (jurists who weighed and analyzed the strengths of differing verdicts in the madhhab). The leadership of the Hanafis in Iraq came to rest with him, and his renown rose. His mention recurs in the well-known Hanafi books al-Hidayah and al-Khulasah. He died on 15th Rajab 428 AH in Baghdad, and was buried in his home, but was later transported and buried beside Abu Bakr al-Khawarizmi, another Hanafi jurist. 20.5 by 15 cm.