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**Calluffence** · 12-11-2008, 02:30 PM

Mufti saheb can you elaborate on this. Is the hashiya of Allamah Ibn Abidin a far greater authority than other sharhs of al-durr.?

Every book possesses characteristics and peculiarities not found in others.
Tawali' al-Anwar possesses many such characteristics, which I enumerated above.

However, The Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin is a much more detailed and stronger work when the fiqhi aspect is considered.
While Tawali' delves really deep into certain masail and discusses them in an unmatched manner, the average level of fiqhi-research is not up to par with that of Ibn Abidin.
Ibn Abidin would refer to dozens of books most of the time, mention the different views on the issue and attempt to harmonize between them.
Sh. Abid seems to rely on Allamah Tahtawi most of the time, generally not really mentioning much more than him.

So while both books are such that they hold great benefit and both mention weak and unreliable views on occasion, the Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin does handle the fiqhi aspect in a more thorough manner, in my opinion.

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Calluffence Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	Mufti saheb can you elaborate on this. Is the hashiya of Allamah Ibn Abidin a far greater authority than other sharhs of al-durr.? Every book possesses characteristics and peculiarities not found in others. Tawali' al-Anwar possesses many such characteristics, which I enumerated above. However, The Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin is a much more detailed and stronger work when the fiqhi aspect is considered. While Tawali' delves really deep into certain masail and discusses them in an unmatched manner, the average level of fiqhi-research is not up to par with that of Ibn Abidin. Ibn Abidin would refer to dozens of books most of the time, mention the different views on the issue and attempt to harmonize between them. Sh. Abid seems to rely on Allamah Tahtawi most of the time, generally not really mentioning much more than him. So while both books are such that they hold great benefit and both mention weak and unreliable views on occasion, the Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin does handle the fiqhi aspect in a more thorough manner, in my opinion.
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