Item Summary

Part 2 of al-Shahīd al-Thānī's commentary on Sharāʼiʻ al-Islām, a well-known work on Shiite fiqh. Contains al-Qism al-thānī fī al-ʻuqūd.

Descriptive Information

Title
مسالك الافهام شرح شرايع الاسلام في مسائل الحلال والحرام / للشيخ الامام العلام الشهير عند الخواص والعوام بالشهيد الثاني.
Transliterated Title
Masālik al-afhām sharḥ Sharāyiʻ al-Islām fī masāʼil al-ḥalāl wa-al-ḥarām / lil-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻallām al-shahīr ʻinda al-khawāṣṣ wa-al-ʻawāmm bi-al-Shahīd al-Thānī.
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 534q
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bg257h704
Publisher
[between 1840 and 1860]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1840-1860
Format
Manuscript
Extent
208 leaves : paper ; 301 x 200 (216 x 130) mm bound to 304 x 208 mm
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 683
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 515 (commentary a); SI, 711f.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 1b.
Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining.
Origin: Likely mid-19th century.
Incipit: الحمد لله ... القسم الثاني في العقود وفيه خمسة عشر كتابا قوله كتاب التجارة
Binding Note
Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets.

Discovery Information

Subject
Muḥaqqiq al-Ḥillī, Jaʻfar ibn al-Ḥasan 1205 or 1206-1277—Sharāʼiʻ al-Islām
محقق الحلي، جعفر بن الحسن، 1205 or 1206-1277—شرائع الاسلام
Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
215

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/30a01c92-ad3a-454b-867f-e8b484ca3266/manifest