Who are the most prominent scholars whose قول (saying/opinion) is considered authoritative in other schools of Islamic jurisprudence, such as the Hanbalis, Malikis, Hanafis, and Zahiris, by analogy with what you mentioned in Fatwa No. (194735) concerning the Shafi'i school?
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The accredited books vary among the different schools of thought. For the Hanafi school, they include: Al-Ikhtiyar li-Ta'lil al-Mukhtar, Al-Bahr al-Raiq, and Radd al-Muhtar. For the Maliki school: Al-Sharh al-Saghir by Al-Dardir, Hashiyat al-Dasuqi, and Sharh al-Kharshi 'ala Mukhtasar Khalil. As for the Shafi'i school: Nihayat al-Muhtaj by Al-Ramli, and Tuhfat al-Muhtaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami. In the Hanbali school: Al-Tanqih, Al-Muntaha, and Al-Iqna'. The Zahiri school, however, refers to Ibn Hazm's Al-Muhalla.
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