al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtisar al-Durr al-Nadid = al-Muid fi Adab al-Mufid wa al-Mustafid

al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtisar al-Durr al-Nadid (The Ancient Necklace in Abridging the Arranged Pearls), also titled al-Muid fi Adab al-Mufid wa al-Mustafid (The Assistant on the Etiquette of the Teacher and the Student), is a sixteenth-century pedagogical treatise by the Damascene Shafi'i scholar Abd al-Basit ibn Musa al-Almawi (d. 981 AH / 1573 CE) al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1. It serves as an abridgment of al-Durr al-nadid fi adab al-mufid wa-al-mustafid by Badr al-Din Muhammad al-Ghazzi, which drew primarily from the pedagogical introduction of al-Nawawi’s Sharh al-Muhadhdhab alongside other works al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.

Composition and Purpose

Al-Almawi prepared the work during the lifetime of al-Ghazzi, creating a condensed manual addressing Islamic pedagogical principles, educational decorum, and the roles of educators, students, and jurisconsults al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1. The author assigned the work two alternate titles: al-Iqd al-talid fi ikhtisar al-Durr al-nadid and al-Muid fi adab al-mufid wa-al-mustafid al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1. The book treats religious pedagogy, instructional ethics, the classification of legal knowledge, and the norms of scholastic debate al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.

Structure and Contents

The book is structured into an introduction, six thematic chapters (abwab), and a concluding section (khatimah) al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1:

• Introduction: On the obligation of sincerity, truthfulness, and rectifying one's intention in pursuing knowledge al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.
• Chapter One: On the merit of occupying oneself with sacred learning, teaching, and attending scholarly gatherings, divided into three sections that also caution against insincere scholarly motives and warn against harming or disparaging scholars al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.
• Chapter Two: On the branches of religious learning (Qur'anic exegesis, hadith, and jurisprudence) and its legal categories (individual obligations, communal obligations, and supererogatory pursuits), along with rulings on disciplines outside sacred law al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.
• Chapter Three: On the conduct of the instructor and the student, divided into three parts covering shared decorum in study sessions, rules specific to teachers regarding their demeanor and pupils, and rules specific to students regarding self-discipline, reverence for instructors, and text authorship al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.
• Chapter Four: On the etiquette of legal opinions (fatwas), the qualifications and ranks of the mufti, the procedure of answering inquiries, and the manners expected of the questioner (mustafti) across four parts al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.
• Chapter Five: On the conditions, etiquette, and spiritual hazards of scholarly debates (munazarah), illustrated by historical disputations including debates involving al-Shafi'i, Malik ibn Anas, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani, and Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.
• Chapter Six: On the handling of books as instruments of learning, addressing acquisition, textual verification, vocalization, copying, physical placement, purchasing, and lending al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.
• Conclusion: Spiritual exhortations (raqa'iq), didactic anecdotes, and select poetic verses al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1.

Manuscripts and Publications

A manuscript copy bearing the title al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtisar al-Durr al-Nadid is preserved in the Chester Beatty Library (MS 3211) al-Alam lil-Zirikli+1. The text was first edited and published under the title al-Muid fi Adab al-Mufid wa al-Mustafid by Ahmad Ubayd in Damascus in 1349 AH (1930 CE), based on an autograph manuscript located in Aleppo al-Iqd al-Talid fi Ikhtis…+1. Subsequent editions were published in Beirut in 1413 AH (1993 CE) Mujam Tarikh al-Turath al…, by Marwan al-Attiyyah in Cairo in 1424 AH (2004 CE) Bina al-Furu ala al-Furu …, and by Samih al-Hasan in Damascus in 1434 AH (2013 CE) al-Majalis al-Fiqhiyya.