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The Goal and Bringing It Close: A Translation of Matn Abī Shujāʿ (Al-Ghāyah wa al-Taqrīb)

An Arabic-English edition of Matn Abī Shujāʿ for the study of Shāfiʿī fiqh.

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Browser edition: Second edition · 2026 · Complete book text, including the introduction, footnotes and three tables.

Original author: Abū Shujāʿ Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Aṣfahānī
Translator: Daud Burke
Format: Arabic-English PDF
Edition: Second Edition (2026)

English translation by Daud Abdur-Rahman Burke, alongside the Arabic text, notes and study lists.

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