The treatise «Yatimat ad-dahr fi fatawa ahl al-’asr» (A Unique collection of fatwas of our time scholars) and the problem of its authorship
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-4-924-936
Abstract
This article analyzes one of the classical works «Yatimat ad-dahr fi fatawa ahl al-’asr» (a Unique collection of fatwas of our time scholars) by a traditional for the Volga Region Muslim Hanafi School of Theology (madhhab). Most biographical writings ascribe the authorship of this work to Muhammad Ibn Mahmud at-Tarjumani (d. 645/1247). But the authors of the paper, having analyzed the manuscripts, which were compiled to form the work and having examined the Ijaza of al-Zamakhshari, naming arrays of his students, found out that the work actually belongs to the pen of his grandfather ‘Abd ar-Rahim Ibn’ Umar at-Tarjumani (approx. born in 515/1122). As well as the authors managed to identify some events concerning the biography of the theologian, for example, they made an assumption about his date of birth and revealed some textual features of this work.
Keywords
Islamic law (fiqh),
Hanafi School of Theology (madhhab),
‘Abd ar-Rahim atTarjumani,
Islamic Theology,
Yatimat ad-dahr
UDC: исламское право (фикх); ханафитская богословско-правовая школа (мазхаб); ‘Абд ар-Рахим ат-Тарджумани; исламское богословие; Йатимат ад-дахр
About the Authors
R. k Adygamov
Institute of History after Sh. Marjani of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences;
International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ramil K. Adygamov, Cand. Sci. (History), Associate Professor, Senior Researcher of the Institute of History after Sh. Marjani of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor of the ISESCO Department of International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan
Kazan; Tashkent
Kh. Kh. Abdurrakhman
Russian Islamic Institute;
Bolgar Islamic Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Khusam Kh. Abdurrakhman, postgraduate at Russian Islamic Institute,; a student working for doctor’s degree of Bolgar Islamic Academy
Kazan; Bolgar
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Adygamov R.k., Abdurrakhman Kh.Kh. The treatise «Yatimat ad-dahr fi fatawa ahl al-’asr» (A Unique collection of fatwas of our time scholars) and the problem of its authorship. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2020;13(4):924-936. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-4-924-936
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