Majmuat Rasail al-Allama Qasim ibn Qutlubugha
- Author died
- 879 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Nawādir
Majmuat Rasail al-Allama Qasim ibn Qutlubugha (A Collection of Treatises by the Scholar Qasim ibn Qutlubugha) is a compilation of specialized legal treatises and fatwas authored by the Egyptian Hanafi jurist and hadith scholar Qasim ibn Qutlubugha (802–879 AH / 1399–1474 CE) . The collection addresses specific issues across Islamic jurisprudence, judicial administration, transactions, endowments, and ritual acts .
Contents and Structure
The original codex did not bear a formal collective title at its beginning; rather, it opened with an index listing the treatises contained within the compilation . The collection includes over twenty separate monographs, inquiries, and legal responsa :
- Raf al-Ishtibah 'an Masa'il al-Miyah (Clarifying Doubts regarding Water Issues)
- Risala fiha Ajwiba 'an Ba'd Masa'il Waqa'at (Answers to Various Occurring Questions)
- Ahkam al-Fa'ra idha Waqa'at fi al-Zayt (Rulings regarding a Mouse Falling into Oil)
- Ahkam al-Salat 'ala al-Janaza fi al-Masjid (Rulings on the Funeral Prayer inside the Mosque)
- Fi al-Tarawih wa-l-Witr (On the Tarawih and Witr Prayers)
- Al-Fawa'id al-Jilla fi Mas'alat Ishtibah al-Qibla (Major Benefits regarding Uncertainty over the Qibla)
- Ahkam al-Qahqaha (Rulings on Loud Laughter)
- Al-Asl fi Bayan al-Fasl wa-l-Wasl (The Principle regarding Disconnection and Connection)
- Al-Usus fi Kayfiyyat al-Julus bayn al-Sajdatayn (Foundations on the Manner of Sitting between the Two Prostrations)
- Tahrir al-Aqwal fi Sawm al-Sitt min Shawwal (Refining Opinions on Fasting the Six Days of Shawwal)
- Risala fi Qada' al-Qadi (Treatise on the Judge's Verdict)
- Fi al-'Idda (On the Waiting Period)
- Fi Hatt al-Thaman wa-l-Ibra' Minhu wa-Sihhat Dhalik (On Price Reduction and Discharge of Debt)
- Masa'il fi al-Shuyu' (Issues of Undivided Joint Ownership)
- Ahkam al-Shahada wa-l-Tazkiya (Rulings on Testimony and Witness Character Endorsement)
- Al-Qawl al-Qa'im fi Bayan Ta'thir Hukm al-Hakim (The Definitive Word on the Effect of a Judge's Decision)
- Ma Yunqad min al-Qada' (Judicial Decisions Subject to Revocation)
- Tahrir al-Aqwal fi Mas'alat al-Istibdal (Refining Opinions on the Exchange of Endowment Property)
- Fi al-Waqf wa-Ishtirat al-Nazar li-l-Arshad fa-l-Arshad (On Endowments and Stipulating Trusteeship to the Most Competent Successor)
- Su'alat wa-Ajwiba 'anha (Inquiries and Responses)
- Fi Talaq al-Marid Zawjatahu (On the Terminally Ill Husband Divorcing His Wife)
- Fi Hafr al-Murabba'at (On Digging Square Land Plots)
- Hukm al-Khul' wa-Hukm al-Hanbali fih (The Ruling on Khul' and the Hanbali Position on It)
Appended at the end of the manuscript is a treatise by another scholar, Shams al-Din Ibn Amir Hajj al-Halabi, titled Ta'rif al-Mustarshid fi Hukm al-Ghiras fi al-Masjid (Informing the Seeker regarding Planting inside the Mosque) .
Method and Reception
In these treatises, Ibn Qutlubugha presents legal topics with doctrinal analysis, engaging with evidence and viewpoints across schools without partisan bias . His discussions cite his teachers, course readings, and references to his other writings, such as his commentary on Muqaddimat al-fara'id .
Many of these treatises were documented by his contemporary al-Sakhawi in his biographical dictionary . Later Hanafi scholars frequently cited the collection under the title Fatawa al-Allama Qasim (The Fatwas of the Scholar Qasim); Ibn Nujaym referenced it in al-Bahr al-Raiq, and Ibn Abidin drew upon it in Radd al-Muhtar, explicitly citing several treatises by their individual titles .
Manuscript and Publication
The collection is preserved in a manuscript codex held at Princeton University Library (Garrett Collection, MS 3393), consisting of 123 folios written in a clear hand .
An edited edition of the collection, prepared and annotated by Abd al-Hamid Muhammad al-Darwish and Abd al-Alim Muhammad al-Darwish, was published in one volume by Dar al-Nawadir (Syria – Lebanon – Kuwait) in 1434 AH / 2013 CE .
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