Mukhtar ibn Mahmud al-Zahidi (Najm al-Din, Hanafi jurist)

مختار بن محمود الزاهدي (نجم الدين)

A Hanafi jurist, usuli and expert in inheritance, of Azmin, a town of Khwarazm; studied under Ala al-Din Sadid ibn Muhammad al-Khayyati, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Turkistani and Nasir al-Din al-Mutarrizi. Works include al-Hawi fi al-Fatawa, al-Mujtaba (a commentary on al-Quduri) and Qunyat al-Munya. 12

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Jurist · usuli · faraid scholar
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Global / Diaspora
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A Hanafi jurist, usuli and expert in inheritance, of Azmin, a town of Khwarazm; studied under Ala al-Din Sadid ibn Muhammad al-Khayyati, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Turkistani and Nasir al-Din al-Mutarrizi. Works include al-Hawi fi al-Fatawa, al-Mujtaba (a commentary on al-Quduri) and Qunyat al-Munya. 12

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.7838
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.7839
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