An Inspective Study of Ibn Al-Jawhari’s Book Ithaf Al-Lateef Bissihat Al-Nathr Lil Moser Washareef Validity of Making Vows for the Wealthy and Noble (d. 1215 AH)

Abstract

This study examines and inspects a traditional jurisprudential manuscript by one of the later Shafi’i scholars, Muhammad ibn Ahmed, known as Ibn Al-Jawhari (d. 1215 AH). He aimed to refute the prohibition of including the wealthy and those of noble lineage in vows of charity. He demonstrated the permissibility of this using textual evidence from the leaders of the Shafi'i school, both from their transmitted texts and their logical discussions. The verified inspection approach was employed, focusing on the manuscript's sources and the author's references. The study is divided into an introduction and two sections. The first section dealt with the author and the manuscript in many sub-sections. The second section focused on the inspected text of the manuscript. The study main findings showed that this manuscript highlighted the status of the scholar Ibn Al-Jawhari in jurisprudence generally and within the Shafi'i school specifically. It was concluded that the manuscript was of no less importance than what previous scholars of the school have authored. Ibn Al-Jawhari contributed to clarifying some problematic areas in Shafi'i jurisprudence texts.