Tadhkirat Al-Fuqahā

Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā (Memorandum for Jurists) is a book on Shiite jurisprudence written by Allamah Al-Hilli

Introduction

The book of Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā is considered one of the greatest books on Shiite jurisprudence or fiqh . The book is cited by other scholars as a reference. Allamah Hilli mainly points to opinions and ideas of Shaykh Tusi rather that of other Shiite Scholars.

Motive

The book was written by the request of Allamah Al-Hilli's son, Fakhr Al Muhaqqiq.

Style

Allamah Al-Hilli writes that his intention is to express and explain the summaries of indult (Fatwa) of the jurist and rules of Scholars (Ulama) according to "best explanations, the most correct way, the most rightness style, and the most confident methods".

Content

The author divided the book into four rules: on praying, on transactions, on unilateral obligation, on judgments. The book is divided to fifteen sections; some of them are as follows:
* The book of purity
* The books of Alms and fasting
* The book of safekeeping
* The book of buying either pecuniary or credit.

Characteristics

The book has many characteristics. Some of them are as follows:
* Refer to consensus (Ijma) as Jomhourat Al Ulama or most of the religious scholars.
* Documentation through Imam's narrations.
* Rejecting of juridical principles such as Istehsan and Qiyas.
* using of public resources.

Summaries

The book has been summarized by Ibn Motawwej Bahrani, one of the pupils of Allamah Al-Hilli, in a book called ''Mukhtasar Al Tadhkirah''.

Publication

The book has published many times in Iraq and Iran. Until recently, the book was published in twelve volumes. Also, some part of Al Tadhkirah has published by Allameh Mozaffar and sayyed Mortaza Khalkhali in Najaf.

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Sharia
Jurisprudence
1997 books