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Manuscript/Mixed Material Naqd al-juzʼ al-awwal min sharḥ al-Qudūrī, al-musammá bi-al-Jawhar نقد الجئء الاول من شرح القدوري، المسمى بالجواهر / Title on [fol. ]: Jawharah al-nayyirah

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Title

  • Naqd al-juzʼ al-awwal min sharḥ al-Qudūrī, al-musammá bi-al-Jawhar

Other Title

  • نقد الجئء الاول من شرح القدوري، المسمى بالجواهر
  • Title on [fol. ]: Jawharah al-nayyirah

Summary

  • Commentary on the Mukhtaşar of al-Qudūrī.
  • Mukhtaşar al-Qudūrī (Al-Quduri's compendium), a text summarizing Islamic jurisprudence according to the Hanafi school, is among the earliest and most important works in the field. Known for its plain language and flowing style, the work gained such prominence among Hanafi scholars that it is referred to simply as al-Kitāb (The book). It bears the name of its author, jurist and traditionalist Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri (972 or 973-1037), who was the leading scholar of his school in Iraq in his day. Some 15 commentaries were written on the compendium, including al-Jawharah al-nayyirah (The radiant jewel), the first part of which is presented here. The commentator is Abu Bakr ibn ʻAli al-Haddad (died 1397 or 1398), another Hanafi jurist, who was from Yemen. The commentary follows al-Quduri's original division of his compendium into books, of which some are further divided into chapters. This first part of the commentary discusses, in consecutive order, the books of ṭaharah (purification), salat (prayers), zakat (almsgiving), sawm (fasting), and hajj (pilgrimage). A second colophon in a later hand proclaims tamma kitāb al-buyūʻ (the end of the financial dealings book). The financial dealings book is not included here, however, although it is known to follow immediately after the book on hajj. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Ḥaddād, Abū Bakr ibn ʻAlī, -1397 or 1398

Created / Published

  • [17--]?

Headings

  • -  Qudūrī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad,--972 or 973-1037.--Mukhtaṣar al-Qudūrī
  • -  Hanafites--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic law--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Folios 1a-236b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, SM-17.
  • -  Manuscript
  • -  Naskh; 19 lines in written area 15 x 8 cm.
  • -  Oriental envelope binding; brown leather with embossed medallion in center and decoration at corners; rebacked with darker brown leather; flap of envelope binding has been reinforced and new brown heavy paper tab has been added.
  • -  Paper: thick cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines; no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; text blocks from fol. 1b-11b enclosed within black, single-line border; text blocks from fol. 82a-123b enclosed with in red single-line border; numerous marginal notes and corrections; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Place of writing not indicated.
  • -  Scribe not indicated.
  • -  Second colophon in later hand: "Tamma kitāb al-buyūʻ".
  • -  Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fi Maktabat al-Kūnghris, 17
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Colophon: والله اعلم.
  • -  Incipit: الحمد الله، ولا حول ولا قوة الا بااه ... وبعد فهذا شرح المختصر القدوري ... وسميته الجوهرة المنيرة ...

Medium

  • 237, 1 leaves (23 lines) bound : paper ; 22.8 x 15.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP300.Q38 A3634 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015377136

Online Format

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Ḥaddād, Abū Bakr Ibn ʻAlī, -1397 Or 1398. Naqd al-juzʼ al-awwal min sharḥ al-Qudūrī, al-musammá bi-al-Jawhar. [17--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015377136/.

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Ḥaddād, A. B. I. ʻ. Naqd al-juzʼ al-awwal min sharḥ al-Qudūrī, al-musammá bi-al-Jawhar. [17--?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015377136/.

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Ḥaddād, Abū Bakr Ibn ʻAlī, -1397 Or 1398. Naqd al-juzʼ al-awwal min sharḥ al-Qudūrī, al-musammá bi-al-Jawhar. [17--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015377136/>.