This article analyzes the treatment of issues related to knowledge and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) in the work “Fatavai Ahli Bukhara.” It examines the methodology employed by Amir Shohmurod in issuing juridical rulings (fatwas), the manner of argumentation and use of evidence, as well as the socio-religious environment that developed among the scholars of Bukhara. The study explores attitudes toward knowledge presented in the work, the status of scholars, the detailed approach to juridical issues, and the principal sources of fiqh used in legal reasoning (the Qur’an, Hadith, and qiyas). Particular attention is paid to how the issues discussed in the work are connected with historical civil-law relations in the Bukhara region, including financial relations, personal status, inheritance, marriage, criminal matters, and punishment. The work “Fatavai Ahli Bukhara” is evaluated not only as a religious text but also as an important document regulating social and legal relations. This research aims to reveal the historical and jurisprudential significance of the work, to highlight the distinctive features of the Bukhara fiqh school, and to examine the practical approaches of scholars to issuing fatwas.  

Fatwa, ulama (Islamic scholars), Islamic law

Abu Rayhan Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies. Inventory No. 5804. Amir Shohmurod ibn Doniyol Maʿsum. Fatavai Ahli Bukhara. p. 25.

Abu Rayhan Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies. Inventory No. 5804. Amir Shohmurod ibn Doniyol Maʿsum. Fatavai Ahli Bukhara. p. 28.

Abu Rayhan Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies. Inventory No. 5804. Amir Shohmurod ibn Doniyol Maʿsum. Fatavai Ahli Bukhara. p. 29.