Kitab Masail al-Muhtadi (The Questions of the Guided One) is a foundational text in Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) according to the Shafi'i school of thought. It is widely attributed to Syekh Muhammad Arsyad al-Banjari, a prominent 18th-century Islamic scholar from Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. He is often referred to as the Mufti of the Banjar Sultanate.

The text is historically significant because it was composed not just as a theoretical treatise, but as a practical guide to solve the religious problems of the local Muslim community at the time. It adopts a question-and-answer format, making it highly accessible for beginners.

Modern PDFs are OCR-searchable. You can type a keyword like "wudu" or "zakat fitr" and instantly locate relevant sections.

To appreciate the book, one must know its author. Syaikh Muhammad Arsyad bin Abdullah al-Banjari (1710–1812) was a legendary Indonesian scholar of Banjarese descent. He studied for decades in the Holy Land of Mecca and Medina, learning directly from scholars of the Haramain.

Upon returning to Borneo (Kalimantan), he became the Mufti of the Banjar Sultanate. He is most famous for his monumental work Sabilal Muhtadin (The Path of the Rightly Guided), but Masailal Muhtadi serves as a complementary or preparatory text. The book addresses the religious problems faced by Muslims in a non-Arab environment, focusing on purification, prayer, fasting, zakat, and hajj.