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Book/Printed Material Ascent to Success: Commentary on the Light of Clarity.

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Title

  • Ascent to Success: Commentary on the Light of Clarity.

Summary

  • Maraqi al-Falah Sharh Nur al-Idah (Ascent to success: Commentary on the light of clarity) is a handbook for worship according to the Hanafi legal tradition by Egyptian legal scholar Hasan al-Shurunbulali (1585 or 1586-1659). The work, frequently reprinted, is a comprehensive guide to the rituals prescribed by Abu Hanifa (699-767), the founder of the Hanafi school of Islamic law. Topics such as ritual purity, fasting, and pilgrimage are covered in great detail. Hanafi jurisprudence is the predominant tradition in Central and South Asia, Turkey, and many other regions. Al-Shurunbulali was born in the Nile delta and educated at al-Azhar in Cairo, where he eventually became a prominent teacher. In this work, Al-Shurunbulali comments on his earlier writing on the same subject entitled Nur al-Izah (Light of clarification). Texts on law and ritual are often accompanied by marginal commentaries, and Maraqi al-Falah is no exception. In this case the commentary is provided by Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tahtawi, an early-19th century Hanafi scholar. Al-Tahtawi was born in the Upper Egyptian town of Tahta and educated at al-Azhar. His commentary here is on the same subject as the two other works in this volume. He seems to have had a falling out with certain Hanafi teachers but was eventually restored to their good graces. Historian al-Jabarti mentions that Al-Tahtawi's father was a Turk, which may account for his inclination towards Hanafi law. The book was printed in Cairo at al-Khayriyah Press established by Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahid al-Tubi and 'Umar Husayn al-Khashshab in Khosh 'Ati Lane in the vicinity of al-Azhar mosque.

Names

  • Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan ibn ʻAmmār, 1585 or 1586-1659 Author.
  • Ṭahṭāwī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, died 1816 Contributor.

Created / Published

  • Cairo : Al-Khayriyah Press, 1886.

Headings

  • -  Egypt
  • -  1886
  • -  Fasts and feasts
  • -  Hanafites
  • -  Handbooks and manuals
  • -  Islamic law
  • -  Jurisprudence
  • -  Pilgrims and pilgrimages
  • -  Rituals

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 167 pages ; 27 centimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Yusuf Ilyan Sarkis, Mu'jam al-Matbu'at al-'Arabiyah wa-al-Mu'arrabah (Dictionary of Arabic Imprints). (Cairo: Sarkis, 1928).
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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  • 2021666239

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Chicago citation style:

Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan Ibn ʻAmmār, 1585 Or Author, and Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ṭahṭāwī. Ascent to Success: Commentary on the Light of Clarity. Cairo: Al-Khayriyah Press, 1886. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666239/.

APA citation style:

Shurunbulālī, Ḥ. I. ʻ. & Ṭahṭāwī, A. I. M. (1886) Ascent to Success: Commentary on the Light of Clarity. Cairo: Al-Khayriyah Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666239/.

MLA citation style:

Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan Ibn ʻAmmār, 1585 Or Author, and Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ṭahṭāwī. Ascent to Success: Commentary on the Light of Clarity. Cairo: Al-Khayriyah Press, 1886. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666239/>.