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Book/Printed Material The Clear Guide on the Marriage of the Young.

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Title

  • The Clear Guide on the Marriage of the Young.

Summary

  • ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ḥumayyid al-Sālimī (circa 1869--circa 1914) was a leading Omani Ibadite (also seen as Ibadhite and Ibadi) scholar and poet, who was born in the town of Al-Ḥoqain in the Rustāq region of the interior of Oman. Ibadism (also seen as Ibadhism) is an Islamic denomination that traces its roots to the seventh century, at the time of the Sunni-Shiite schism. It is named after Abdullāh ibn Ibāḍ, one of the founding scholars of the doctrine. Today's adherents of Ibadism are found primarily in Oman, in addition to other communities in North and East Africa. Al-Sālimī first studied Islamic jurisprudence under the scholars of his area, before he traveled to the eastern region to broaden his knowledge by becoming a student of the renowned Sheikh Ṣālih ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥārithī (circa 1834-circa 1896). Despite his relatively short life, al-Sālimī wrote numerous books on a range of issues, including Islamic doctrine and jurisprudence, kalām (cosmological argument), comparative religion, Arabic grammar, ʻarūḍ (Arabic poetic meters), and history. His five-chapter Īḍāḥ al-bayān fī nikāḥ al-ṣibyān (The clear guide on the marriage of the young) is a short, well-organized treatise on the jurisprudence of marriage, particularly for those who cannot yet be considered responsible adults. The treatise approaches the subject from an Ibaḍite perspective. Al-Sālimī first divides the various opinions into three categories, namely permission, objection, and conditional permission, before he delves further into them, critically examining each category in detail. The manuscript is in good condition. The text is in black and red ink, with the locations of the different opinions rubricated throughout the text. This copy was produced by Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Muḥaidharī in 1339 AH (1921).

Names

  • Muḥaidharī, Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ Scribe.
  • Sālimī, Muḥmmad ibn ʻAbdallāh ibn Ḥumayyid Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1921.

Headings

  • -  Oman--Al Batinah--Ḩawqayn
  • -  1869 to 1921
  • -  Arabic manuscripts
  • -  Ibadites
  • -  Islamic law--Interpretation and construction
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Jurisprudence
  • -  Marriage customs and rites

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 116 pages : black and red ink; 22 centimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: ʻAbdallāh Ibn-Ḥumaid Sālimī, Nahḍat al-aʻyān bi-hurrīyat ʻUmān (Beirut: Dār al-Ǧīl, 1998).
  • -  Original resource at: Sultan Qaboos University 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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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667307

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Chicago citation style:

Muḥaidharī, Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ Scribe, and Muḥmmad Ibn ʻAbdallāh Ibn Ḥumayyid Author Sālimī. The Clear Guide on the Marriage of the Young. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1921] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667307/.

APA citation style:

Muḥaidharī, M. I. Ṣ. S. & Sālimī, M. I. ʻ. I. Ḥ. A. (1921) The Clear Guide on the Marriage of the Young. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667307/.

MLA citation style:

Muḥaidharī, Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ Scribe, and Muḥmmad Ibn ʻAbdallāh Ibn Ḥumayyid Author Sālimī. The Clear Guide on the Marriage of the Young. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1921] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667307/>.