IBN NUJAYM’S “AL-ASHBAH WA-N-NAZA’IR”: REASONS FOR ITS COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND PLACE IN HANAFI LEGAL MAXIM SCHOLARSHIP
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.57033/95879w61Keywords:
Ibn Nujaym, “al-Ashbah wa-n-naza’ir”, legal maxims, Hanafi school, particular rule, “Majalla”, al-Hamawi, Ibn AbidinAbstract
The article analyses “al-Ashbah wa-n-naza’ir” by Zayn al-Din ibn Nujaym (d. 970/1563) within the history of Hanafi scholarship on legal maxims. It examines the reasons for the work’s composition, its seven-part structure, the author’s distinction between a maxim (qa‘ida) and a particular rule (dabita), and its relation to the works of Ibn al-Subki and al-Suyuti. The publication history of the work, the commentaries written on it and its role as a source for the “Majallat al-ahkam al-‘adliyya” are also discussed. The study substantiates its status as the work that bridged a long gap in Hanafi legal theory.
References
1. Al-Hamawi, A. (1985). Ghamz ‘uyun al-basa’ir ‘ala mahasin al-Ashbah wa-n-naza’ir. Beirut: Dar al-kutub al-‘ilmiyya. (in Arabic)
2. Al-Nadawi, A. A. (1993). Al-Qawa‘id al-fiqhiyya. Damascus: Dar al-qalam. (in Arabic)
3. Boymirov, M. (2026). The Treatment of the Maxims of Hanafi Law in Zayn al-Din ibn Nujaym’s “al-Ashbah wa-n-naza’ir”: PhD dissertation. Tashkent: International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan. (in Uzbek)
4. Ibn Abidin, M. (2003). Nashr al-‘urf fi bina’ ba‘d al-ahkam ‘ala al-‘urf. Beirut: Dar al-kutub al-‘ilmiyya. (in Arabic)
5. Ibn Nujaym, Z. (2011). Al-Ashbah wa-n-naza’ir (A. Fuzayli, ed.). Beirut: al-Maktaba al-‘asriyya. (in Arabic)
6. Majallat al-ahkam al-‘adliyya (1876). Istanbul. (in Ottoman Turkish)
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Muzaffar Kamilov (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
All contributions published in the SGELC proceedings are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Authors retain copyright and grant the conference the right of first publication. Readers are free to share and adapt the material for any purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original publication.
