Reading al-Tabari's Fiqh Work Named Latif al-Qawl Through the Tafsir of Jami' al-Bayan
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2024
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Hitit Univ
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Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310/923) was a scholar who lived in Baghdad during the Abbasid period in the third and fourth centuries, when Islamic sciencesweresystematisedand a considerable literature was penned. He is famous for being a well-rounded scholar and author who was distinguished as a mufassir, faqih, and historian, as well as beingproficient in qira'ah, hadith, Arabic language and grammar, poetry, ethics, and medicine. In the fourth century, when the geography of Islam stretchedfrom Andalusia to Khorasan, and many scholars such as the mutakallim Ash'ari (d. 324/935), the linguist Zajjaj (d. 311/923), the faqih Tahawi (d. 321/933) and al-Karhi (d. 340/952), the muhaddith al-Nasai (d. 303/915), the historian al-Masudi (d. 345/956), the mufassir Ibn Abi Hatim (d. 327/938), al-Maturidi (d. 333/944) and al-Jassas (d. 370/981who influenced and shaped Islamic thought, were produced, he is one of the names that left a similar impact. Traveling to many Islamic lands and going on scholarly journeys, al-Tabari finally settled in Baghdad, where he would reside until his death, and wrote his famous tafsir Jami' al-bayan. In addition to his extraordinary tafsir, which is considered by some scholars to have not yet been surpassed, his extant Tarihu al-umam wa'l-muluk, al-Tabsir, Sarihu al-sunna, Zayl al-muzayyal,some of which have reachedtoday, al-Tahzib al-asar,and Ikhtilaf al-fuqaha, there are other works that have not been extant or have not yet been unearthed, such as Latif al-qawl, Basit al-qawl, adabal-kaza, al-Hafif, al-Radand Adab al-nufus, as well as other works mentioned in the sources. This article discusses his work Latifal-qawl fi ahkami shara i al-Islam, which covers the topics of the usul al-fiqh and some furu al-fiqh and which we do not have, and makes some remarks about its content. In Ikhtilaf al-fuqaha, al-Tabari discussed the Ijtihads of jurists such as Abu Hanifa(d. 150/767), Imam Shafi'i (d. 204/820), and Imam Malik (d. 179/795) and the differences of opinion between them, and then wrote Latif al-qawl, which consists of eighty-three chapters and is said to be around two thousand five hundred pages, and he summarized it in his work al-Hafif. Latif al-qawlis a very valuable work in which he explains his opinions on fiqh in a comprehensive manner and which is accepted as a basis by his followers. In this book, al-Tabari explained and elaborated on his fatwas as thefounder of the sect and his own preferences in usul al-fiqh. I have two books from which no faqih can be without: al-Ihtilaf and al-Latif. He saidso, emphasizing the importance he attached to these two works. Considering the fact that his tafsir of around three thousand manuscript leafs is now published in twenty-odd volumes, it is understood that Latif of two thousand five hundred leafs, which has not reachedto the present day,is also a work of twenty volumes. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of al-Tabari's identity as a faqih by presenting the work to the scholars and to trace how his knowledge in the field of fiqh is affected by his tafsir. Latif al-qawlis mentioned in almost all of the sources that offer information about his biography and works, but there is limited information about its features and content. In this context, the most detailed information about the features of the work can be found in Hamawi's (d. 626/1229) Mu'jam al-udaba. Information on the issues it covers can be seen in al-Tabari's references to Latif al-kawlin al-Jami' al-bayan. It was found that he referred to this work in more than twenty places, as he said, Since we have explained this issue in Latif al-kawl, we do not need to repeat it here. The author's references in his other works were also examined and then the information given by different authors about the content of Latif al-qawlwas compiled and evaluated. In this study, a special heading was opened for the topics of nasih, mensuh; 'amm, hass; ijma; qiyas;the obligation of statements of command and knowledge; and the related examples and tafsir of the verses were examined, thus examining how al-Tabari put into practice the method he followed and adopted in the usul al-fiqh and the method he adopted in the tafsir of the ahkam verses.Since there is no research on Latif al-qawl, it is hoped that the present work willcontribute to the literature
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Tafsir, Usul al-Fiqh, al-Tabari, Lost Book Latif al-qawl, Jami' al-bayan
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Hitit Theology Journal
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