Sharh al-muwatta [Kitab al-bai']

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Sharh al-muwatta [Kitab al-bai']
Spain or North Africa, circa thirteenth century

a chapter from the commentary on the famous collection of Traditions and juristic opinion, the muwatta of Malik bin Anas (d.AH 179/795 AD), manuscript on vellum and buff or pink paper, 45ff., each with 27ll. of brown andalusi script, occasional words in red and blue, headings in larger script with red or blue diacritics, in more than one hand
folio 10½ x 8in. (27 x 20.2cm.)

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This is an extremely well-edited copy of the commentary on al-muwatta with comments made in the llight of other schools of fiqh; it was very probably the author's own copy.
45 folios of the manuscript make up its Book of commerce.

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