al-Quduri
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{{Short description|Iraqi Hanafi jurist}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| era = Islamic golden age
| title =
| religion = Islam
| birth_place = Baghdad
| death_date = {{AH|428}}
| ethnicity =
| creed =
| region =
| denomination = Sunni
| jurisprudence = Hanafi{{Cite web |title=Recommended Books of Hanafi School of Jurisprudence |url=https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/466480/recommended-books-of-hanafi-school-of-jurisprudence&sa=U&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwj1m-7vxviEAxVsh1YBHVXEDzgQFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3mepexeHAR2_RS0-wWKdv_ |website=www.islamweb.net}}
| main_interests = {{hlist|Jurisprudence|Usul al-Fiqh}}
| works = Mukhtasar al-Quduri, Kitab at-Tajrid
| influences = {{flatlist|
- Abu Hanifa
- Abu Yusuf
- Muhammad al-Shaybani
- Al-Tahawi
- Muhammad b. Yahya al-Jurjani
- Al-Jassas
- Abu al Hasan al-Karkhi
- Abu Sa’id al Burda’i
- Abu Ali al-Daqqaq Musa b. Nasr al-Razi
}}
| influenced =
| native_name = ابو الحسن احمد بن محمد القدوري
| native_name_lang = Arabic
| birth_date = {{AH|362}}
| name = Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri
| death_place = Baghdad
}}
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد القدوري), full name Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Quduri, known commonly as Imam al-Quduri (973–1037/972–1036) was a renowned Iraqi Muslim scholar of the Hanafi school of thought. He is well known for his Mukhtasar al-Quduri, an expository book which is one of the foundations for the Hanafi school's doctrine and jurisprudence.{{cite web | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/32383112/Mukhta%E1%B9%A3ar-al-Qud%C5%ABr%C4%AB-Mukhtasar-al-Quduri | title=Mukhta Ar Al-Qudūrī (Mukhtasar Al-Quduri) | PDF | Abrahamic Religions | Islamic Branches }}{{cite book | chapter-url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/good-muslim/between-person-and-property-slavery-in-quduris-mukhtasar/80CAC43B55B44503143F9E39FBF1E365 | doi=10.1017/CBO9780511980015.003 | chapter=Between Person and Property: Slavery in Qudūrī's Mukhtaṣar | title=The Good Muslim | date=2012 | pages=36–66 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | isbn=9780521518642 }}
Biography
Al-Quduri was born in Baghdad, Iraq. In his adulthood, he was considered as the leader of the Hanafi school of thought during his time, especially in Iraq.{{Cite web |last=الدين |first=سيد فهيم |date=2018-10-07 |title=Imam Qudoori |url=https://talibnotes.com/imam-qudoori/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Talibnotes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-06-09 |title=The Biography of Imam al-Quduri (Arabic) |url=https://www.masjidsalahudin.com/630/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=مسجد صلاح الدين |language=ar}} When he died in 1036/1037, he was buried in his house, but his remains were later transferred to be buried next to Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi. Among Al-Quduri's most famous students is the historian and scholar, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, who narrated hadith from him.{{Cite web |title=A Brief Biographical Sketch of Imām al-Qudūrī – Masjid DarusSalam |url=https://masjidds.org/2020/02/04/a-brief-biographical-sketch-of-imam-al-quduri/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=masjidds.org}}{{Cite web |title=Al Quduri |url=https://www.sahihiman.com/fiqh/al-quduri/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Sahih Iman}}
His works
- Mukhtasar al-Quduri{{Cite web |title=kitaabun-Classical and Contemporary Muslim and Islamic Books |url=http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=quduri&search_in_description=1&x=0&y=0 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=kitaabun.com}}{{Cite web |title=Imam al-Quduri : Madani Bookstore, Your Source for Sunni Islamic Literature |url=https://islam786books.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=165 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=islam786books.com}}
- Kitab at-Tajreed{{Cite web |title=At-Tajrid by Imam al-Quduri : A Comparative Fiqh Encyclopaedia |url=https://www.sifatusafwa.com/en/fiqh-ahkaam/at-tajrid-by-imam-al-quduri-comparative-jurisprudence-encyclopaedia.html |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=SifatuSafwa |language=en}}
- Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title=Book Review: Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi & Sharh al-Jami῾ al-Ṣaghir |url=https://attahawi.com/2022/07/11/shar%e1%b8%a5-mukhta%e1%b9%a3ar-al-karkhi-shar%e1%b8%a5-al-jami%e1%bf%be-al-%e1%b9%a3aghir/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=at-Tahawi |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sharh Mukhtasar Al-Karkhi - Imam Al-Quduri (Fiqh Hanafi) |url=https://www.sifatusafwa.com/en/fiqh-hanafi/sharh-mukhtasar-al-karkhi-al-quduri-fiqh-hanafi.html |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=SifatuSafwa |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=شـرح مـخـتـصـر الـكـرخـي - Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi - ArabicBookshop.net - Supplier of Arabic Books |url=https://www.arabicbookshop.net/sharh-mukhtasar-al-karkhi/327-205 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=www.arabicbookshop.net}}