Adab al-Ulama wa al-Mutaallimin
- Author died
- 1050 AH
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- Adab al-Ulama wa al-Mutaallimin
Adab al-Ulama wa al-Mutaallimin (The Etiquette of Scholars and Learners) is a treatise on pedagogical ethics and scholarly conduct by the Zaydi jurist and prince al-Husayn ibn al-Mansur al-Yamani (999–1050 AH / 1590–1640 CE) .
Authorship and Context
The author, al-Husayn ibn al-Imam al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Yamani (honorifically titled Sharaf al-Din), was a Yemeni scholar, legal theorist, and poet from the Zaydi school . He studied under his father, the Imam al-Mansur al-Qasim, as well as scholars such as Lutf Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ghiyath al-Muzaffari and Abd Allah al-Mahla, before dying and being buried in the city of Dhamar .
Content and Source
Adab al-Ulama wa al-Mutaallimin forms part of the broader Islamic literary tradition dedicated to educational ethics, student etiquette, and the responsibilities of instructors . Al-Husayn composed the treatise as an abridgment (mukhtasar) of the work Jawahir al-Iqdayn by al-Samhudi (also recorded in some biographical sources as al-Samnudi) .
Publication
The work was published in modern print by al-Dar al-Yamaniyyah in Jeddah (second edition, 1987) .
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