Mukhtasar
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In Islamic law, a Mukhtasar (Arabic:المختصر) refers to a concise handbook of legal treatises, characterized by neatness and clarity. Mukhtasar's 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 that of the Egyptian Maliki scholar, Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (d.1364), known as the Mukhtasar of Khalil and the Mukhtasar al-Quduri, by Hanafi scholar Imam al-Quduri.
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- ^ John Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford University Press 2003
