Bulghat al-Tullāb fī Talkhīṣ Fatāwā Mashāyikhī al-Anjāb بلغة الطلاب في تلخيص فتاوى مشايخي الانجاب

Bulghat al-Tullāb fī Talkhīṣ Fatāwā Mashāyikhī al-Anjāb (بلغة الطلاب في تلخيص فتاوى مشايخي الأنجاب) is an important work of Islamic jurisprudence by the prominent Indonesian Shāfiʿī scholar K.H. Ahmad Thaifur Ali Wafa al-Maduri, from Madura, East Java, Indonesia.

1. About the Author

Name & Lineage: Shaykh/K.H. Ahmad Thaifur (Taifur) bin Ali Wafa bin Muharrar al-Mudawwari (al-Maduri) al-Indunisi.

Background: A renowned traditional Islamic scholar (kyai/ʿālim) and educator from Sumenep, Madura, he is associated with the well-known Islamic boarding school Pondok Pesantren Assadad in Ambunten, Sumenep.

Scholarly Tradition: He follows the Shāfiʿī school in jurisprudence and the Ashʿarī tradition in theology, representing the classical scholarly heritage of the Indonesian Archipelago (Turāth al-Pesantren/Nusantara).

2. Overview of the Book

Full Title: Bulghat al-Tullāb fī Talkhīṣ Fatāwā Mashāyikhī al-Anjāb (بلغة الطلاب في تلخيص فتاوى مشايخي الأنجاب), meaning “The Sufficiency of the Students: A Summary of the Fatwas of My Noble Teachers.”

Field: Shāfiʿī jurisprudence (Fiqh), with a focus on legal questions and fatāwā within the traditional scholarly framework.

Language: Classical Arabic (al-ʿArabiyyah al-Fuṣḥā). The work comprises 844 structured questions and answers (masāʾil), making it a substantial contribution to Arabic-language fatwā literature within the Indonesian Nusantara scholarly tradition.

Before addressing the legal questions, the author discusses a number of foundational Islamic sciences relevant to the study and practice of jurisprudence:

1. ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān & Tafsīr
2. Ḥadīth & Sharḥ
3. Taṣawwuf & Sulūk
4. Uṣūl al-Fiqh & Qawāʿid Fiqhiyyah
5. ʿUlūm al-ʿArabiyyah

Applied Fiqh and Legal Questions

The remainder of the work presents its 844 masāʾil within the broad framework of Shāfiʿī jurisprudence, covering the principal areas of Islamic law:

• ʿIbādāt (Worship)
• Muʿāmalāt (Transactions)
• Munākaḥāt (Marriage and Family Law)
• Nawāzil (Contemporary Legal Questions)
• ʿĀdāt (Customs)

By bringing together jurisprudence with Qurʾānic studies, Ḥadīth, Uṣūl al-Fiqh, Arabic linguistic sciences, and Taṣawwuf, Bulghat al-Tullāb reflects the broad intellectual character of the traditional Indonesian pesantren scholarly tradition and its engagement with Islamic legal questions.