Saad Ghadboush
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- 771 AH
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Saad Ghadboush (d. after 771 AH / 1370 CE) was a Hanafi jurist of Khwarazmian origin, best known as the author of the legal manual al-Jawahir min Fiqh al-Hanafiyya (also known as Jawahir al-Fiqh).
Identity and Lineage
His given name was Tahir, and biographical authorities record his lineage with slight variations. He is commonly cited as Tahir ibn Islam ibn Qasim ibn Ahmad al-Ansari al-Khwarazmi, as transmitted by Ali al-Qari and others. Other sources give his father's name as Salam, omit it to read Tahir ibn Qasim ibn Ahmad, or style him Tahir ibn Shaykh al-Islam ibn Qasim ibn Radi al-Din (Ahmad). Alongside the title Saad Ghadboush, he held the kunya Abu Said and was also known by the Persian appellation Said Namadbush (or Namadbush), meaning a wearer of felt garment.
Education and Travels
Ghadboush studied Islamic jurisprudence under Jalal al-Din al-Karlani, the author of al-Kifaya (a commentary on al-Marghinani's al-Hidaya). He recorded consulting al-Karlani on legal matters, including a ruling on whether the legal testimony of the people of a locality who collectively abandon congregational prayer remains admissible.
After leaving Khwarazm, Ghadboush performed the pilgrimage to Mecca and subsequently traveled through Anatolia (Bilad al-Rum) before relocating to Egypt, where he took up residence.
Jurisprudential Contribution
Ghadboush authored the concise legal handbook Jawahir al-Fiqh (also referenced as Jawahir al-Fiqh fi al-ʿIbadat), structured across ten distinct chapters. The work was compiled by drawing upon material from roughly one hundred authoritative classical manuals in Hanafi positive law and legal theory (furuʿ and usul). He completed the text on the first of Ramadan 771 AH (April 1370 CE), with biographical sources reporting its composition either in Egypt or during his time in Anatolia. He lived beyond this date in 771 AH.
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Al-Jawahir min Fiqh al-Hanafiyya (also known as Jawahir al-Fiqh and Jawahir al-Fiqh fi al-ʿIbadat) is a concise manual of Hanafi jurisprudence. Completed on the first of Ramadan 771 AH (April 1370 CE), the treatise is structured as an abridgment drawing upon widely circulated legal works.