Hashiyat Ibn Qaid ala Muntaha al-Iradat
- Author died
- 1097 AH
- Editions
- Mu’assasat al-Risālah
Hashiyat Ibn Qaid ala Muntaha al-Iradat (Arabic: حاشية ابن قائد على منتهى الإرادات) is a 17th-century Hanbali legal supercommentary composed by the Najdi jurist Uthman ibn Ahmad ibn Qaid (1022–1097 AH / 1613–1686 CE) . It serves as an extensive marginal gloss on Muntaha al-Iradat fi Jam' al-Muqni' ma'a al-Tanqih wa-Ziyadat, the authoritative legal manual compiled by Ibn al-Najjar al-Futuhi (d. 972 AH) .
Composition and Compilation
The work originated as marginal annotations and loose leaves written by Ibn Qaid in his personal working copy of Muntaha al-Iradat . Following the author's death, his student Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Iwad al-Mardawi (known as Ibn 'Iwad) extracted, organized, and transcribed these scattered glosses into a standalone, comprehensive volume . In catalog records and manuscript collections, the work is also identified by the fuller title Tadqiq Uli al-Nuha wa-al-Hawashi ala al-Muntaha .
In his preface to the compilation, Ibn 'Iwad outlined the system of abbreviations used across the text to cite the authorities from whom Ibn Qaid drew:
- (م ص / m-s): Mansur ibn Yunus al-Bahuti (d. 1051 AH) and his commentaries or glosses .
- (خ / kh) or (م خ / m-kh): Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khalwati (d. 1088 AH), Ibn Qaid's primary teacher in Cairo .
- (تاج / Taj): Taj al-Din al-Bahuti, a direct student of Ibn al-Najjar .
- (شرحه / sharhuh): Ibn al-Najjar's own commentary on his text, titled Ma'unat Uli al-Nuha .
- (فارضي / Faridi): Muhammad al-Faridi al-Qahiri (d. 981 AH) .
- (الشهاب / al-Shihab) or (الفتوحي / al-Futuhi): Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Abd al-Aziz, the father of Ibn al-Najjar .
Additional citations in the text derive from other Hanbali figures such as Abd al-Qadir al-Danushari .
Method and Scope
The supercommentary provides meticulous textual scrutiny and verification of the legal doctrines codified in Muntaha al-Iradat . Ibn Qaid unpacks terse phraseology, resolves ambiguities, links interconnected legal rulings across different chapters, and draws nuanced distinctions (furuq) between seemingly similar cases .
While some scholars suggested that Ibn Qaid's gloss was primarily an offshoot of al-Khalwati's supercommentary, comparative analysis indicates that although Ibn Qaid frequently drew upon his teacher, his work contains numerous independent investigations, verifications, and discussions not present in al-Khalwati's text .
Scholarly Reception and Printings
Later Hanbali bio-bibliographers and jurists held the work in high regard. Ibn Humayd characterized it as a precious and valuable gloss (hashiyah nafisah), and Abd al-Qadir ibn Badran described it in al-Madkhal as a beneficial work that strongly inclines toward rigorous critical verification and precision (tahqiq wa-tadqiq) . Modern Hanbali scholars consider it, alongside al-Khalwati's gloss, among the foremost references for studying al-Muntaha .
The text was edited as an academic doctoral dissertation at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh . It was published in five volumes alongside Muntaha al-Iradat under the editorship of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Turki in 1419 AH (1999 CE) by Mu'assasat al-Risalah in Beirut .
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