Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar
Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar صدر الشريعة الأصغر | |
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| Title | Sadr al-Shari'a ("preeminent [scholar] of the Natural sciences |
| Notable work(s) | Ta'dil al-'Ulum, Sharh al-Wiqaya |
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Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar (
His lineage reaches
Name
He is 'Ubayd-Allah b. Mas'ud b. Mahmud b. Ahmad b. 'Ubayd-Allah al-Mahbubi al-Bukhari.
He is also called Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar. Generally, when Sadr al-Shari'a is said, it refers to him. The term al-Asghar (English: the younger) or al-Thani (English: the second) is sometimes added after his title to differentiate him from his great grandfather Ahmad b. 'Ubayd-Allah who is also known as Sadr al-Shari'a but with the suffix of al-Akbar (English: the older, the greater) or al-Awwal (English: the first).[4][5]
Birth
His date of birth is not recorded in the well-known bio-dictionaries.
Teachers
He was born into a family with a long line of scholars. He studied under his father as well as his grandfather.[6]
Works
His expertise expanded to many fields including
He authored of a number of influential works in the
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He authored a work (yet unpublished) known under the title Ta'dil al-'Ulum (
His Ta'dil al-'Ulum was recommended by the sixteenth-century Ottoman scholar and judge
Astronomy
Sadr's astronomical work represents an ongoing revision of
Sadr's astronomical writings are found in the third volume of his three‐volume encyclopedia of the sciences, the Ta'dil al-'Ulum (The Adjustment of the Sciences). The first two volumes dealt with logic and kalam. The third volume was called Kitab Ta'dil Hay'at al-Aflak (The Adjustment of the Configuration of the Celestial Spheres).
This encyclopaedia starts with logic, proceeds through theology, and ends with astronomy. It was written in Bukhara, and was finished shortly before the death of its author.
This work of Sadr is written in the traditional form of a commentary, where he gives his own text and then comments on the same. As is usual in such commentaries, the text is separated from the comments by the classical notation: a sentence preceded by the Arabic mim (short for matn) refers to the text, whereas the latter shin (for sharh) introduces the comment to that specific text. As a result, the work became voluminous, reaching some seventy densely written folios.[12]
Death
He died on 747 AH (1346–47 CE) and was buried in Bukhara.
See also
- Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi
- Ulugh Beg
- Al-Biruni
- Ali Qushji
- Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
- Cosmology in medieval Islam
- List of astronomers § Sadr
- List of scientists in medieval Islamic world
- List of Hanafis
- List of Muslim theologians
- List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
Notes
- ^ Sadr al-Shari'ah wrote Tanqih al-Usul (Refining the Fundamental Principles), in which he summarized Usul al-Bazdawi, al-Mahsul (Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's book), and the Mukhtasar al-Muntaha of the Maliki jurist Ibn al-Hajib (d. 646 AH). He then wrote a commentary on his own book entitled Tawdih al-Tanqih (Clarification of Refining) to which al-Taftazani (d. 792) added a marginal commentary entitled al-Talwih. All three books, al-Tanqih, al-Tawdih and al-Talwih are available in print.[8]
References
- ISBN 9789004190993.
- ^ Zannoun, Ghadir (October 2014). "Commentary on Islamic Law by Sadr Al-Shari'a (Image 3)". Middle Eastern Passage: Calligraphic Manuscripts from University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. UKnowledge / University of Kentucky Libraries.
- ^ "Sadr al-Sharī'ah al-Asghar: Ubaydullah bin Mas'ūd al-Mahbūbi al-Bukhāri". IlmGate — A Digital Archive of Islamic Knowledge. 2 July 2017.
- ISBN 9783110605792.
- ^ "Sadr al-Sharī'ah al-Asghar: Ubaydullah bin Mas'ūd al-Mahbūbi al-Bukhāri". IlmGate — A Digital Archive of Islamic Knowledge. 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Sadr al-Sharī'ah al-Asghar: Ubaydullah bin Mas'ūd al-Mahbūbi al-Bukhāri". IlmGate — A Digital Archive of Islamic Knowledge. 2 July 2017.
- ISBN 9789004323292.
- ISBN 9781565644045.
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- ISBN 9789004190993.
- ISBN 9789004099685.
- ISBN 9789004099685.
Further reading
- ISBN 9789401714167.
Arabic sources
- Mu'jam al-Mu'allifin by Umar Rida Kahhalah.
- Hadiyyat al-'Arifin by Isma'il Pasha al-Babani al-Baghdadi.
- Al-'Alam by Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli.
- Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence by the Kuwait Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
- كتاب: معجم الأصوليين - يحتوي على علماء أصول الفقه وأصحاب الآراء فيه والمؤلفين فيه، تأليف: أبي الطيب مولود السريري السوسي، الناشر: دار الكتب العلمية، ص: 330
External links
- A Biography of Sadr al-Shari'a al-Thani — McGill University
- Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar (d. 747 AH)
- Two Glosses on Sadr al-Sharia's Prolegomena (Arabic)
Arabic
- Sharh al-Wiqayah — World Digital Library (in Arabic)
- Sharh Mukhtasar al-Wiqayah — World Digital Library (in Arabic)
- The Logic in Ta'dil al-'Ulum (The Adjustment of the Sciences) (in Arabic)
- A Brief Biography of Sadr al-Shari'a (in Arabic)
