Reliable Books of Fiqh

Question

On the following matters, please provide the text together with a translation from reliable books: (1) If some scholar (‘alim) does not accept the books of fatwa such as “al-‘Alamgiri”, “al-Durr al-Mukhtar”, “Radd al-Muhtar”, “Fath al-Qadir”, “Fatawa ‘Aziziyya”, “Fiqh Akbar”, “Sharh Fiqh Akbar”, and says: “No, I accept nothing besides the Noble Qur’an, the noble hadith, the consensus (ijma‘) of the Umma, and analogy (qiyas)

Answer

(1) One who accepts nothing as a valid shar‘i proof besides the Qur’an and hadith, ijma‘ and qiyas (these four foundations of fiqh) is on the right path. “Fatawa ‘Alamgiri”, “al-Durr al-Mukhtar”, “Radd al-Muhtar”, “Fath al-Qadir”, “Fatawa ‘Aziziyya”, “Fiqh Akbar”, “Sharh Fiqh Akbar” — all these books, taken as a whole, are reliable and fit to be acted upon; they contain…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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