Unreliable Issues in the Book of “Al-Fiqh al-Manhajī”: A Case Study of the Chapter on Prayer: المسائل غير المعتمدة في كتاب الفقه المنهجي: باب الصلاة نموذجا

The book "Al-Fiqh al-Manhajī ʿAlā Madhhab al-ʾImām al-Shāfiʿi" (Systematic Jurisprudence on the Islamic Legal School of Imam Al-Shafiʿi) by Muṣṭafā al-Khin, Muṣṭafā al-BughÉ and ‘Ali al-Sharbajī, is among the most famous books of contemporary Islamic jurisprudence in accordance with the Shāfiʿi school of law. Given the popularity of this book and its frequent circulation among Muslims, it is of great importance to study it. By reviewing its contents, teachers and readers of this book can be aware of unreliable opinions which may be unknown to them. The research aims to study this book by collecting the opinions that are not reliable in the madhhab, and for this article the research is limited to the chapter on prayer (ṣalāh). The research focuses first on explaining the concept of the ‘reliable opinion’ for Shafi‘ites, and secondly on discussing these unreliable issues in the chapter of prayer in this book. In this study, the researchers used descriptive, inductive and analytical approaches. The search ended with finding seven places in the chapter on prayer where the authors mentioned statements that are not reliable in the Shāfiʿi School.