al-Buhuti

Mansur ibn Yunus ibn Salah ad-Din al-Buhuti (c. 1000-1051 AH / c. 1591-1641 CE) was an Egyptian Hanbali jurist whose works became the definitive references in the Hanbali legal school. Born in Buhut, Egypt, he studied in Cairo and became the leading Hanbali authority of the Ottoman period, his works gaining rapid acceptance as the most authoritative expressions of the madhhab.

Al-Buhuti's two most important works are Kashshaf al-Qina' an Matn al-Iqna' (Removing the Veil from the Text of al-Iqna') and ar-Rawd al-Murbi' Sharh Zad al-Mustaqni' (The Fertile Garden: Commentary on Zad al-Mustaqni'). Kashshaf al-Qina' is a multi-volume comprehensive commentary on al-Iqna' by al-Hajjawi that became the most authoritative reference work in Hanbali jurisprudence. Ar-Rawd al-Murbi' is a shorter commentary on the equally important primer Zad al-Mustaqni'. Both works are still used as primary references in Hanbali legal education today.

He also authored Sharh Muntaha al-Iradat (Commentary on Muntaha al-Iradat), another comprehensive reference in Hanbali law. His trilogy of major Hanbali reference works effectively defined the late classical Hanbali tradition and represent the synthesis of Hanbali scholarship in the Ottoman period.

Al-Buhuti passed away in Cairo in approximately 1051 AH. The Kashshaf al-Qina' in particular remains the single most cited reference work in contemporary Hanbali legal scholarship and is essential for any serious study of Hanbali fiqh.