al-Jawahir min Fiqh al-Hanafiyya

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 authored by Tahir ibn Islam ibn Qasim al-Khwarizmi, commonly known as Saʿd Ghadbush (d. after 771 AH / 1370 CE) al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…+1.

Authorship and Composition

The work is attributed to the Hanafi jurist Tahir ibn Islam ibn Qasim ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi, known as Saʿd Ghadbush, who studied under Jalal al-Din al-Karlani, the author of al-Kifaya al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…+1. In other biographical and bibliographical records, his name is transmitted as Tahir ibn Qasim ibn Ahmad al-Ansari al-Khwarizmi, with the epithet rendered as Saʿid Namdbush, or as Tahir ibn Salam ibn Qasim al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…+1.

According to the author's own preface, after completing the pilgrimage to Mecca, he traveled to the lands of Rum and subsequently returned to Egypt, where he compiled the treatise by drawing upon widely circulated legal works al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…+1. Another account states that he composed it in Rum al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…. The composition was completed on the first of Ramadan 771 AH (April 1370 CE) al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…+1.

Structure and Contents

The text opens with the doxology: "Praise be to God in whose Hand are the keys of all matters" (الحمد لله الذي بيده مقاليد الأمور) al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…+1. It is structured as an abridgment divided into ten chapters (abwab) al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta…+1:

• The first chapter addresses theology, focusing on proving the Necessary Existent and His divine oneness (ithbat al-wajib wa-tawhidih) Kashf al-Zunun an Asami a….
• Subsequent chapters cover core areas of ritual worship, notably ritual purity (al-taharah) and prayer (al-salah), alongside various legal rulings (fawaʾid shatta) Kashf al-Zunun an Asami a…. Within the chapter on the manner of prayer (sifat al-salah), the author records a legal inquiry (istiftaʾ) he directed to his teacher Jalal al-Din al-Karlani regarding the validity of testimony from residents of a settlement who abandoned the congregational prayer al-Fawaid al-Bahiya fi Ta….
• The tenth chapter concludes the treatise with the spiritual manners and conduct expected of disciples (adab al-muridin) Kashf al-Zunun an Asami a….

Throughout the work, the author relies on citations and excerpts from mainstream Hanafi references, employing letter symbols (ʿalamat huruf) as abbreviations to identify his sources Kashf al-Zunun an Asami a….