Al-Mabsut

Al-Mabsut () is an 11th-century classical Hanafi legal text written by al-Sarakhsi. It covers the fundamental principles of the Hanafi school and serves as a commentary on Al-Kafi by Hakim al-Shahid, which was itself based mainly on the six canonical works of Muhammad al-Shaybani, a student of Abu Hanifa. Al-Sarakhsi composed the work largely during his imprisonment. As he had no access to books or references, his students would read al-Kafi aloud to him, and he would explain and expand upon it from memory. His students recorded his dictations, which became the text of al-Mabsut. It virtually became the chief text of the Hanafi school.

== Composition == Hakim al-Shahid had earlier summarized Muhammad al-Shaybani's major works, known as Zahir al-Riwayah, in al-Kafi. Approximately 150 years later, al-Sarakhsi used this text as the basis for al-Mabsut. While al-Kafi includes some chapters not directly derived from Zahir al-Riwayah, such as Kitab al-Shurut and Kitab al-Aqar, al-Sarakhsi added Kitab al-Kasb and Kitab al-Rida', which were not in al-Kafi. He concluded his work with Kitab al-Hiyal, following the structure of al-Kafi.