Wadh.Minasian 300 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: This is one of the most authoritative texts in Shiʿa jurisprudence. It contains all aspects of jurisprudence, with a sequence known to the authors within Shia discipline, namely Prayers, Contracts, Unilateral Obligations, and Precepts. The author provides a clear, explicit, and brief overview of the Shia jurisprudence in this book. Muḥaqqiq Ḥillī had a book called 'Sharāyiʿ al-Islām fī Masāyil al-Ḥalāl va al-Ḥarām' in jurisprudence. He abridged it some time later to create al-Nāfiʿ fī Mukhtaṣar al-Sharāyiʿ, which gained a reputation as al-Mukhtaṣar al-Nāfiʿ. Mukhtaṣar-i Nāfiʿ is a book in jurisprudence that Muḥaqqiq Ḥillī has compiled based on his own Fatwas, containing the most important Shia jurisprudential issues in a concise manner. The book includes a full course of Shia jurisprudence with very detailed definitions and discussions, which show the mastery of the author in the field. The author himself has written a commentary on this work, called by him as 'al-Muʿtabar'.

Language(s): Arabic

Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

Title: al-Mukhtaṣar al-Nāfiʿ

Title: المختصر النافع

Title: al-Nāfiʿ fī Mukhtaṣar al-Sharāyiʿ

Title: النافع فی مختصر الشرایع

Author: ‎Muḥaqqiq al-Ḥillī, Jaʿfar ibn al-Ḥasan, 1205 or 1206-1277‏ محقق الحلی، جعفر ابن الحسن، ۱۲۰۵ یا ۱۲۰۶-۱۲۷۷ Muḥaqqiq Ḥillī, Jaʿfar ibn al-Ḥasan‏ محقق حلّی، جعفر بن حسن Najm al-Dīn نجم‌الدین Abu al-Qāsim ابوالقاسم

Incipit: بسمله، الحمد لله الذی صغرت فی عظمته عبادة العالمین و حصرت عن شکر نعمته… فانی مورد لک فی هذا المختصر خلاصة المذهب المعتبر بالفاظ محبّره و عبارة محرره تظفرک…

Explicit: … الثالثه لا یفعل العاقله بهیمة و لا اتلاف مال و لا یختفی ضمانها با الجنایة علی الادمی حسب فهذا ما اردنا زکوة و قصدنا… تم الکتاب بعون الملک الوهاب.

Colophon: قد فرغ من تسویده قاسم بن حسین فی یوم الجمعه الثمان شهر الشوال المکرم سنه خمسون و اربعون و ماتان بعد الالف من الهجرة…

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 833

Similar copies in other libraries:

NLI, 7/73
UTL, 5/1569
MAJ, 2/407
MNL, 2/212

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

DEN, 9/257
ALZ, 20/213

Printed editions:

Tehran, 1387 AH/1967
Translated into Persian; Tehran, 1362 Shamsī/1983

On the Web:

Digitized version of another copy of this work.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular, thick), one size, glossy.

Extent: 115 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 14.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 13 × 8 cm.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Graceful Naskh, one hand, regular hand. Qāsim bin Ḥusayn قاسم بن حسین

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Additions: Oval stamp, apparently belonging to the scribe: عبده محمد حسین

Binding

Light brown leather, 15 × 21 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.

History

Origin: 1254 AH; 1839 CE ; Unknown place of origin

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Record Sources

This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).

Availability

Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Key to bibliographical abbreviations of alternative versions:

Libraries:

AQR: Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi; FAW: Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection); GIE: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts; GIP: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts; GUL: Library of Ayatollah Gulpayigani; LAH: Library of Ayatollah Ha'iri (Library of Faydiyya Seminary); MAJ: Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; MAL: Malek National Museum and Library; MNL: Mar'ashi Najafi Library; NLI: National Library of Iran; SEP: Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran; TCL: Tabriz Central Public Library; UTL: Central Library of University of Tehran.

Catalogues:

ALZ: الذریعه; ARP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی; COM: فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; DEN: فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران (دنا); FAM: فهرست نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; FAP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی; FIH: فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی; KAS: کشف الظنون عن اسامی الکتب و الفنون; RAY: ریحانة الادب فی تراجمِ المعروفین بالکنیة او اللّقب; TAB: طبقات اعلام الشیعه.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World