ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON ISLAMIC LAW Abstract The collection covers a wide period, with manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 20th century C.E. One of the earliest works is SOAS, no. 83, a copy dated Dhu'l-Qa`da 585/December-January 1189-90 of al-Fiqh al-nafi` by al-Samarqandi (d. 556/1161). Another 12th century work, Husam al-Din al-Bukhari's al-Fara'id al-Husamiyah (SOAS, no. 70), dates from the same month. The 18th and 19th centuries are particularly well represented, not only by works belonging to the legal canon of the period - like Abu Hanifa's Al-fiqh al-akbar, the Fatawa Qadikhan, and al-Halabi's Multaqa al-abhur (Mingana, nos. 181, 204, and 1074, resp.) – but also by treatises reflecting the legal debates of the period, like works on the permissibility of smoking, and drinking coffee (Mingana, nos. 1072, 1075, 1077). ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON ISLAMIC LAW 1 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON ISLAMIC LAW 2 Finding Aid Arabic Manuscripts on Islamic Law Published by IDC Publishers, 1981 - 1996 • Descriptive Summary Title: Arabic Manuscripts on Islamic Law Dates: 12th to the 20th century. Abstract: The collection consists of manuscripts on Islamic Law, filmed from the SOAS collection in London, the Yahuda collection of the JNUL in Jerusalem, and the Mingana Collection in Birmingham. Languages: Language of materials: Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Persian and Malay Extent: 2713 mf. ; 706 manuscripts. Ordernumber: NE-1503, NE-1505 and H-3 • Location of Originals Originals are held by the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, the Jewish and National University Library of Jerusalem, and by the Orchard Learning Resource Centre in Birmingham. • Scope and Content The collection covers a wide period, with manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 20th century C.E. One of the earliest works is SOAS, no. 83, a copy dated Dhū'l-Qa`da 585/December-January 1189-90 of al-Fiqh al-nāfi` by al-Samarqandi (d. 556/1161). Another 12th century work, Husām al-Dīn al-Bukhārī's al-Farā'id al- Husāmiyah (SOAS, no. 70), dates from the same month. The 18th and 19th centuries are particularly well represented, not only by works belonging to the legal canon of the period - like Abū Hanīfa's Al-fiqh al-akbar, the Fatāwā Qādikhān, and al-Halabī's Multaqā al-abhūr (Mingana, nos. 181, 204, and 1074, resp.) - but also by treatises reflecting the legal debates of the period, like works on the permissibility of smoking, and drinking coffee (Mingana, nos. 1072, 1075, 1077). Islamic law (sharī`a) is an integral part of Muslim life. Islamic law provides both a code of conduct for individual believers and legal rules for Muslim society at large. Some crimes are crimes before God, while others are crimes to society - the distinction not always clear-cut. ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON ISLAMIC LAW 3 • Arrangement The manuscripts in this collection have been arranged according to the four major Schools of Law. In addition, manuscripts on the usūl al-fiqh and collections of fatwas have been grouped separately. ▪ Usūl ▪ Fatwa ▪ Hanafī ▪ Shāfi`ī ▪ Mālikī ▪ Hanbalī ▪ Miscellaneous • Selected Search Terms Topical terms Civil rights (Islamic law). Evidence (Islamic law). Hanafites. Hanbalites. Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction. Islamic law -- Sources. Judgments (Islamic law). Malikites. Shafiites. Smoking (Islamic law). Treaties (Islamic law). ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON ISLAMIC LAW 4 Container List Microfiche 1. Usūl no. Title: Al-`Adudiyah H-3 Author: `ADUD AL-DIN `Ar. b. A. AL-IJI (d. 757/1355) ms. no. 2 Scribe: Muhsin Turayh (later additions) mf. 2-9 Date of creation: Sha`ban 734 [1333] Date of copy: Sha`ban 770 [1369, later additions Jumada II 1244]1828 Physical description : 251 leaves Languages: Arabic Identification: SOAS, ms. no. 47589 Notes: Commentary on IBN AL-HAJIB's (d. 646/1249) Mukhtasar al-muntaha fi 'l-usul Bibliography: GAL G I, 372 GAL S I, 537 Title: Al-Badr al-tali` fi hall jami` al-jawami` NE-1505 Author: Jalaladdin M. b. A. AL-MAHALLI (d. 864/1458) ms. no. 629 Physical description : 229 leaves mf. 1-3 Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 629 Notes: Commentary on Jami`al jawami`fi usul al fiqh by TAJADDIN AL-SUBKI (d. 771/1370) Bibliography: GAL S II, 105 Title: Al-Fiqh al-nafi` H-3 Author: Abu 'l-Qasim M. b. Yu. al-Husaini al-Madini AL-SAMARQANDI (d. 556/1161) ms. no. 83 Date of copy: Dhu 'l-qa`da 585 [1189] mf. 284-287 Physical description : 1b-146a Languages: Arabic Identification: SOAS, ms. no. 47269 Bibliography: GAL G I, 475 GAL S I, 655 Title: Hashiya `ala Mir'at al-usul H-3 Author: M. b. A. AL-TARASUSI (d. 1117/1705) ms. no. 93 Date of copy: c. 1150 [1737] mf. 322-323 Physical description : leaves 227b-257b Languages: Arabic Identification: SOAS, ms. no. 43261 Notes: Gloss on Mir'at al-usul. Cf. SOAS, 215. Bibliography: GAL G II, 293 GAL S II, 317 Title: Hashiya `ala sharh Mukhtasar al-muntaha NE-1505 Author: Yu. b. salim b. A. AL-HIFNI al-Shafi`i (d. 1178/1764) ms. no. 470 Physical description : 190 leaves mf. 1-4 Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 470 Bibliography: GAL S II, 392, 422, 875 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON ISLAMIC LAW 5 Title: Ifadat al-anwar fi ida'at usul al-Manar NE-1505 Author: `A. b. `Abdalkarim al-Dihlawi ms. no. 719 Scribe: M. b. `U. b. `Isa Amir Shakawi mf. 1-2 Physical description : 180 leaves Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 719 Bibliography: GAL S II, 264 (19) Title: Jami` al-jawami` fi usul al-fiqh al-shafi`i NE-1505 Date of copy: Probably 12 [18th] c. ms. no. 274 Physical description : 114 leaves mf. 1-3 Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 274 Notes: Collection of 10 risala's, two of which are attributed to Al-Suyuti. Serious water damage. Title: Kitab al-tahqiq NE-1505 Date of copy: Friday, 19 Ramadan [ ]72 ms. no. 52 Physical description : 218 leaves mf. 1-3 Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 52 Title: Kitab jami` al-jawami` fi usul al-fiqh NE-1505 Scribe: Qadi Abi Nasr `Abdalwahhab al-Shafi`i ms. no. 198 Date of copy: Rabi` I [1]162 [1749] mf. 1 Physical description : 28 leaves Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 198 Title: Al-Laith al-`abis fi sadamat al-majalis fi usul al-fiqh NE-1505 Author: Ism. b. `A. b. H. b. Hilal b. Mu`alla AL-SA`IDI al-Qahiri al-Shafi`i (b. 828/1425) ms. no. 296 Date of copy: 882 [1477] mf. 1-2 Physical description : 65 leaves Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 296 Notes: Ornate titlepage. Bibliography: GAL G II, 97 GAL S II, 115 Title: Lubb al-usul H-3 Author: Abu Ya. Zakariya [b. M.] AL-ANSARI (d. 926/1520) ms. no. 180 Scribe: M. al-Afghani al-Harawi for M. Amin al-Hasani al-Shanqiti mf. 718 Date of creation: Ramadan 902 [1497] Date of copy: Shawwal 1327 [1909] Physical description : 29 leaves Languages: Arabic Identification: SOAS, ms. no. 191501 Notes: Abridgement of AL-SUBKI's (d. 771/1370) Jam` al-Jawami`. Bibliography: GAL G II, 109 GAL S II, 106 Title: Mir'at al-usul fi sharh mirqat al-wusul NE-1505 Author: M. b. Faramuz b. `A. MOLLA KHOSRAU ms. no. 518 Physical description : 295 leaves mf. 1-8 Languages: Arabic and Ottoman Turkish Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 518 Notes: Many notes on slips of paper added to the pages, including a document in ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON ISLAMIC LAW 6 Ottoman Turkish dated Jumada II [ ]94 Bibliography: GAL G II, 227 GAL S II, 663 Title: Mira't al-usul fi sharh Mirqat al-Wusul H-3 Author: M. b. Faramuz b. `A. MOLLA KHOSRAU (d. 885/1480) ms. no. 215 Scribe: A. b. Ibr. b. Sha`ban mf. 883-888 Date of copy: 1150 [1737] Physical description : leaves 1b-223b Languages: Arabic Identification: SOAS, ms. no. 43261 Notes: Commentary on his Mirqat al-Wusul Bibliography: GAL G II, 293 (2) GAL S II, 317 Title: Mira't usul mubabith NE-1505 Date of creation: 28 Jumada II [11]98 [19 May 1749] ms. no. 675 Date of copy: Muharram 1271 [1854] mf. 1-2 Physical description : 54 leaves Languages: Arabic and Ottoman Turkish Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 675 Notes: With table of contents. Title in Ottoman. Title: Al-mughni fi usul al-fiqh NE-1505 Author: Jalaladdin `O. b. M. b. `O. AL-KHABBAZI (d. 691/1292) ms. no. 23 Physical description : 136 leaves mf. 1-3 Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 23 Bibliography: GAL G I, 382 GAL S I, 657 Title: Mukhtasar al-tahrir H-3 Scribe: `Ar. b. `Abd al-`Aziz b. A. al-Hanbali al-shahir bi-Ibn Ruhaim ms. no. 228 Date of copy: Sha`ban 1227 [1812] mf. 921 Physical description : 20 leaves Languages: Arabic Identification: SOAS, ms. no. 191653 Notes: Abridgement of IBN AL-HUMAM's (d. 861/1457) al-Tahrir fi usul al-fiqh Bibliography: GAL G II, 99 (al-Tahrir) Title: Al-mukhtasar min hawashi usul al-fiqh NE-1505 Author: Qutb al-din b. Khilal b. al-Nadhkani ms. no. 13 Physical description : 173 leaves mf. 1-4 Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 13 Title: Risala NE-1505 Author: shaykh Burhanaddin al-Ja`biri (?) ms. no. 847.10 Date of copy: 11 Jumada II 870 [7 February 1466 (?)] mf. 1-3 Physical description : 201 leaves Languages: Arabic Identification: Yahuda, ms. no. 847.10 Title: Risala al-muta`allaqa bi-'l-waqf NE-1505 Physical description : 276 leaves ms.