Muslim law in the 16th century

[Muslim jurisprudence]. [Al-ashbah wa al-nazair].

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A work on Muslim jurisprudence, discussing the details and interpretation of laws and debating the merits of works by earlier authors active in Cairo and Damascus, such as Shafi'I scholar Taj al-Din al-Subki (1327-70). It covers in great detail the approach of Islamic law to topics such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, property disputes, and even the rights of citizens to water wells in a city.

The work likely constitutes a commentary on - or perhaps a copy of - one of the two Muslim jurisprudence texts by the name "Al-ashbah wa al-nazair". Of these two distinct texts by the same title, the earlier al-Ashbah was written by the famous Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (ca. 1445-1505). Its slightly later counterpart was the al-Ashbah penned by Cairo legal scholar Zayn al-Din (or al-Abidin) ibn Nujaym (1520 - ca. 1563), whose disputed death date is roughly equivalent to the dating of this manuscript. Both men provided important contributions to their respective fields of fiqh, or traditional Muslim law. Al-Suyuti was an established figure of the Shafi'i school, while Ibn Nujaym was a proponent of the Hanafi school.

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