The Ruling on Ibn Qudamah’s Book al-Mughni
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this person is asking about some books. He says: What is Shaykh Salih’s opinion of the book al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah, and what does it discuss?
Answer:
The book al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is an extensive book on Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) that mentions the schools of jurisprudence (madhahib) with their evidence. It is a scientific jurisprudential encyclopedia. However, only the greatest scholars can reach it. As for beginners, they start with the abridged books, the abridged jurisprudential books, and learn them from the scholars so that they can explain them to him. He progresses in knowledge step by step until he reaches the level of al-Mughni in jurisprudence, then he reads it and looks into it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this person is asking about some books. He says: What is Shaykh Salih’s opinion of the book al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah, and what does it discuss?
Answer:
The book al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is an extensive book on Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) that mentions the schools of jurisprudence (madhahib) with their evidence. It is a scientific jurisprudential encyclopedia. However, only the greatest scholars can reach it. As for beginners, they start with the abridged books, the abridged jurisprudential books, and learn them from the scholars so that they can explain them to him. He progresses in knowledge step by step until he reaches the level of al-Mughni in jurisprudence, then he reads it and looks into it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3917] مكانة كتاب «المغني» لابن قدامة وكتاب «القواعد الفقهية» لابن رجب - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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