Mukhtasar al-Quduri - Book of Commercial Transactions (Kitab al-Buyu')

The brief work of Imam al-Qudūri, known as Al-Mukhtasar and commonly referred to within the Hanafi school as Al-Kitab (the Book), is one of the most widely accepted Hanafi texts used for study of the school up to this day.

Imam al-Marghinäni, one of the great jurists of the school and the author of the famous Al-Hidaya, described the book as the ‘most beautiful book in the most concise form.’

Imam al-Kafawi, Imam al-Qurashi and others have described it as the blessed mukhtasar.’

This commentary on the section of Buyu’ (Commercial Transactions from the Mukhtaşar will assist the student in understanding various fiqhi concepts and terminologies in the manner expounded by the classical authors on Hanafi jurisprudence.