Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Shihab al-Din ibn Khalid al-Barmawi’s (d. 1106 AH) Manuscript Risalah Fi Al-Mutawalled Wa Ahkameh: An Inspective Study

Abstract

This study aims to examine Ibrahim Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Din ibn Khalid al-Barmawi’s (d. 1106 AH) manuscript Risalah Fi Al-Mutawalled Wa Ahkameh (Treatise on Birth and its Regulations), one of the most unique credible jurisprudential treatises found in the Shafi’i manuscripts Islamic world, enriched with eminent Shafi’i scholars’ opinions, and regulations on strange and rare issues in jurisprudence. The historical, descriptive textual verification approaches were employed for historical documentation of the author, description of the manuscript's handwriting, themes, and presentation of manuscript as the author intended or as close to it as possible. The study consists of an introduction, two sections, and a conclusion. The first section was concerned with study and investigation. The second section focused on inspection and verification. The key findings revealed that the attribution of the manuscript to its author was authentic and correct without doubt, as evidenced by mentioning the author’s name on the manuscript cover. The sources of the manuscript were diverse, as the author drew from various Shafi'i jurisprudential sources, notably Shaikh Ramli’s Nihayat Al-Muhtaj fi Sharh Minhaj and Hashiyah Qailubi among others.