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Nūr al-Anwār

Al-Jawnpūrī's commentary on al-Nasafī's Manār al-Anwār — a core Ḥanafī usūl text.

Hanafi

Contents

Lessons in this series

8 lessons

01Introduction to Manār al-AnwārʿAllāmah al-Nasafī opens Manār al-Anwār with a doxology and a statement of the four sources of the sharīʿah: the Qurʾān, the Sunnah, ijmāʿ, and qiyās.
02Meaning of Khāṣṣ and Its TypesʿAllāmah al-Nasafī defines khāṣṣ as any utterance fixed for a single known meaning, whether of a genus, a species, or an individual, and lays out its ruling and seven subsidiary applications.
03AmrʿAllāmah al-Nasafī establishes that the requirement of amr (command) is wujūb, not nadb, ibāḥah, or suspension; he then surveys the sixteen senses in which a command may be used.
04The Obligation of AmrʿAllāmah al-Nasafī establishes that the requirement of amr (command) is wujūb, not nadb, ibāḥah, or suspension; he then surveys the sixteen senses in which a command may be used.
05Amr Does Not Demand Repetition, Nor Encompass ItThe amr does not demand repetition, nor does it encompass it: the difference between mūjib and muḥtamil, and how the Aḥnāf trace the repetition of acts of worship to their asbāb.
06Ism Fāʿil Is Like Amr; It Does Not Encompass RepetitionThe ism fāʿil is derived from the maṣdar and encompasses no repetition: why the Aḥnāf read the āyah of sariqah as requiring one cutting only, against al-Shāfiʿī and the Jamhūr.
07Types of WujūbAdāʾ is to carry out the command itself and qaḍāʾ to produce its likeness: the Ḥanafī view that a single sabab makes both wājib, and the fiqhī rulings that turn on it.
08Types of Adāʾوالأداء أنواع كامل و قاصر و ما هو شبيه بالقضاء. Adāʾ is of three types: kāmil, qāṣir, and that which resembles qaḍāʾ.