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41 modern imperialists of East and West who try to prove that their colonial strongholds in Asia and Africa are meant purely to serve the People of these countries, to confer on them the blessings of learning and knowledge, to civilize them and ultimately to enable them to take over the reins of power. Some people try to save face by saying that such oppressive measures were proposed by irresponsible and unauthentic people or that they have been handed down to us by not very reliable quarters. To us, this answer, too, holds no water, because the details reproduced above have been taken from standard works of Islamic jurisprudence. For instance, Hid a yah is one of the most famous books of Fiqah i and one of the basic ones, too. It is part of recognized syllabus on Fiqah and accepted by almost all the centers of Islamic learning throughout the Islamic world. Its commentary فتح القدیر ( Fat h ul - Qad i r ) was written by no l ess an expert on Islamic law than Ab u Hamm a m. Similarly حبر الدقا ئ ق ( Ba h rud - Daq a ’iq ) a commentary of کزن الدقا ئ ق ( Kanzud - Daq a ’iq ) is a standard work , الضاء بداء ( Bad a ’ u d - Da ’ ) is also an authoritative work of Hani fit e school of Fiq a h. ‘ A i n i ’ s commentary of کزن الدقا ئ ق ( Kanzud - Daq a ’iq ) and Fat a w a Shar a ‘ i are equally a u thoritative works. i Islamic jurisprudence.