Sharh Maani al-Athar - has been an encyclopedic in scope and have long been regarded as indispensable for training students of fiqh. This is the famous work by the Imam Tahawi in which he rigorously studies all the texts relating to each branch of fiqh and the positions of the Imams of the madhabs with respect to those rulings. It is recognized and ranked amongst the highest of the books in the Hanafi school of thought. Imam Tahawi stands out not only as a prominent follower of the Hanafi school but, in view of his vast erudition and remarkable powers of assimilation, as one of its leading scholars. His monumental scholarly works, such as Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar and Mushkil al-Athar, are encyclopedic in scope and have long been regarded as indispensable for training students of fiqh.