The foundational Ḥanafī primer, fully mapped chapter by chapter in an interactive mindmap.
Two chapters are free to open, no account needed: Kitāb al-Ṣalāh and Kitāb al-Buyūʿ.
Al-Mukhtaṣar (المختصر) by Imām Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Qudūrī (d. 428 AH / 1037 CE) is the most widely studied introductory text in Ḥanafī fiqh. Memorised and taught in madrasas across South Asia, the Middle East, and beyond for nearly a thousand years, it covers all the foundational chapters of Islamic law, from ritual purity and prayer to commercial transactions, marriage, and inheritance.
The text is celebrated for its precision: every ruling is stated concisely, with minimal repetition. This makes it an ideal text for structured study but also demands careful explanation from a teacher. The IlmMaps mindmap breaks each chapter into its logical parts, making the structure visible and the connections between rulings clear.
Al-Mukhtaṣar is taught in the 3rd year of the Dars-e-Niẓāmī curriculum, after students have completed introductory Arabic grammar and ṣarf. It is the student's first sustained encounter with a classical fiqh text.
Every chapter of al-Mukhtaṣar is mapped on IlmMaps, across ʿIbādāt, Muʿāmalāt, Munākaḥāt and ʿUqūbāt: 17,829 branches from ritual purity to ḥudūd. Kitāb al-Buyūʿ, central to ḥalāl finance, and Kitāb al-Ṣalāh are both free to open so you can judge the depth yourself.
Open the map with a node selected from the previous lesson. Use arrow keys to navigate: right to enter a branch, left to go back up. Press F to fit the entire map to screen. The breadcrumb trail at the top shows where you are in the hierarchy at all times.
For teachers: the map works well on a projector. Expand one branch at a time during class, and collapse it before moving to the next, so students follow the structure lesson by lesson. Teacher and Institute plans add mark-taught tracking, term pacing against your syllabus, and quizzes built from any branch.
Two Qudūrī chapters are free. A Student plan from $14/month opens all 31 Qudūrī maps and the rest of the library.
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