The curriculum of the students and the pillar of the muftis

Author's name: Muhyiddin Abi Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi

The name of the author of Tuhfat al-Muhtaj ila Adillat al-Minhaj: Ibn al-Mulaqqin Siraj al-Din Abu Hafs Umar ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Shafi’i al-Misri (d. 804 AH)

The name of the author of Mughni al-Muhtaj: Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Khatib al-Sharbini, d. 977 AH

Investigation | Graduation | Commentary | Control | Study: Abdul Razzaq Shahoud Al-Najm

Minhaj al-Talibin wa Umdat al-Muftiin, appended with the minhaaj minhaaj details by the author, along with the book Tuhfat al-Muhtaj ila Adillat al-Minhaaj by Imam Ibn al-Mulaqqin, in addition to the warnings and restrictions of Imam al-Sharbini in the book Mughni al-Muhtaj | Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi

A book that all fingers agreed to give it precedence over other texts, because it contains jurisprudential issues, investigation and scrutiny that the successful are pleased with. Therefore, it was the link between texts. Scholars agreed on its precedence and precedence, so it spread like light, and scholars continued to strive to explain and organize it, abridge and refine it, and pay attention to it in all aspects. It is sufficient for you that its commentators alone exceeded one hundred, and this is in reality due to several factors: First: The status of its author among scholars, and his deep knowledge of the jurisprudence of religion, which was praised by the noble. Second: The righteousness and sincerity of its author, and what the biographies recorded of his blessings, asceticism and piety. There was no Shafi'i student who did not read it, spend time with it and discuss it, so Allah clothed him in the garment of acceptance and fame, and clothed him in the garment of popularity. No student read it attentively except that he succeeded and rose in the ladder of jurisprudence to a great height, until their saying became widespread: "Whoever reads Al-Minhaj... will be agitated." Third: Imam al-Nawawi, the accomplished scholar, abridged it from al-Muharrir by al-Rafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) and added new issues. Fourth: Imam al-Nawawi followed an interesting, unique and concise method in composing and presenting the opinions of the school and the accepted sources. He summarized the various paths of disagreement in a few words and explained its terminology in the introduction to al-Minhaj, thus providing the student with knowledge of jurisprudence and the terminology he selected with complete ease and clarity. Thus, al-Minhaj became the essence of Shafi'i jurisprudence and the undisputed summary of the school.

Since this book is famous and has a high status among Shafi'i jurists, it had the right to be published in a splendid edition befitting its stature, as this would have led to its long association. Therefore, Dar Al-Minhaj resolved to publish it in a scholarly, verified edition, deriving this verification from the approved manuscripts. After serious research and touring manuscript centers, they found several manuscript copies, among which was an ancient copy, distinguished by its authenticity and precision, as it had licenses in the handwriting of famous scholars such as Al-Hafiz Al-Iraqi and others. It was a copy circulated by memorizers, read by jurists, and commented on by investigators, so it is worthy of consideration, in addition to comparing it with other copies for memorization.