- Mukhtasar
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Mukhtaṣar (Arabic: المختصر), in Islamic law, refers to a concise handbook of legal treatises, characterized by neatness and clarity. Mukhtasars originated during the Abbasid caliphate and were created as a method to facilitate the quick training of lawyers without the repetitiveness of lengthy volumes, yet evolved into a mode of access into the fundamentals of Islamic law for the educated layperson.[1] Some well-known mukhtasars include the Mukhtasar of Khalil, by the Egyptian Maliki scholar Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (died 1365), and the Mukhtasar al-Quduri, by Hanafi scholar Imam al-Quduri. The Mukhtasar al-Quduri has been translated from the Arabic for the very first time in history, with introduction and notes, by Shaykh Imam Tahir Mahmood Kiani
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- ^ John Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford University Press 2003
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- Arabic words and phrases
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