Lot 446 DUR AL-MUKHTAR SHARAH TANWEER AL-ABSAR, WRITTEN BY SHEIKH MUHAMMAD ALA AL-DIN AL-HASKAFI AND DATED 1071 AH/165AD

Arabic manuscript is on paper, containing 351 folios, with each page comprising 27 lines written in black tali'q script. Titles are written in red ink, and the text is partially underlined in red. The manuscript is ruled with a red border, and there are occasional marginal commentaries.

The final page is signed: "The author, the humble, weak, and poor servant, Muhammad Alaa al-Din bin Sheikh Ali al-Haskafi, the Imam of the Bani Umayyah Mosque and later the Mufti of Damascus, said: 'I have completed its writing in the latter part of the month of Muharram in the year 1071 Hijri.'" The manuscript is bound in its original leather binding and measures 25 by 16 cm.

Dur al-Mukhtar (دُرُّ المختار) is a classical Hanafi fiqh text written by Sheikh Muhammad Ala al-Din al-Haskafi, an important 17th-century Islamic scholar. The full title of the work is Dur al-Mukhtar Sharh Tanweer al-Absar (دُرُّ المختار شرح تنوير الأبصار), which translates to "The Precious Jewel: A Commentary on Tanweer al-Absar." This book serves as a detailed commentary on Tanweer al-Absar (تنوير الأبصار), authored by the renowned Hanafi scholar Shams al-Din al-Ramli. Tanweer al-Absar itself is a seminal text that compiles various principles of Islamic jurisprudence based on the Hanafi school. Dur al-Mukhtar is considered one of the most authoritative works in Hanafi jurisprudence and is widely studied and referenced by scholars and students of Islamic law. The book covers a broad range of legal topics, including ritual acts of worship (such as prayer, fasting, and zakat), commercial transactions, personal status laws (such as marriage and inheritance), and penal law, among other aspects of Islamic legal theory and practice. Sheikh al-Haskafi's commentary offers deeper insights, clarifies difficult passages, and explains the application of the rulings within the context of the Hanafi madhhab. His writing style is known for its precision, and his explanations are highly regarded in the legal community.