Item Summary

A short treatise on jurisprudence according to the Shāfiʻite school, giving decisions concerning the claims for things which are not determined.

Descriptive Information

Title
القول المقبول فيما يدعي فيه بالمجهول / تصنيف علم الدين البلقيني الشافعي.
Transliterated Title
al-Qawl al-maqbūl fīmā yuddaʻá fīhi bi-al-majhūl / taṣnīf ʻAlam al-Dīn al-Bulqīnī al-Shāfiʻī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 932H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcm039kh40b
Language
Arabic
Format
Manuscript
Extent
9 leaves : paper ; 185 x 140 (140-150 x 110) mm bound to 185 x 144 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signatures: Muḥammad Amīn [?], Muḥammad ibn [?] ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥanbalī known as Ibn al-[?] (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1828.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Immediately after the colophon begins a treatise on the traditions pertaining to the excellences of learning and learned men, said to be a section of a work entitled Adab al-ʻālim wa-al-mutaʻallim attributed to Badr al-Dīn ibn Jamāʻah (fol. 8a-9b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 9 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اللهم يسر يا كريم الحمد لله الذي بين لنا المعلوم من المجهول ... اما بعد فهذه كراسه يشتمل على مسايل يدعى فيها بالمجهول ...
Colophon: فهذا ما تيسر جمعه من المسائل التي احبينا جمعها وهي بالتعداد الى سبعين والله تعالى يوفق ويعين بمنه وکرمه والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلوته على سيد المرسلين محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين. حسبنا الله ونعم الوکيل. ان شاء الله تعالى
Binding Note
Later limp binding in light blue paper lined with re-used printed pages.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Shafiites—Early works to 1800
Islamic learning and scholarship—Early works to 1800
Autographs

Physical Characteristics

File Count
26

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/016d5f97-d661-4b86-8634-2e89ebc403b5/manifest