Kitab Tanwir Basa'ir al-Muqallidin : Arabic, New,
*[A4] Hardback - 309 pages,
by Imam Mar'i bin Yusuf al-Karmi al-Hanbali [d.1033h],
Tahqiq by Abdullah al-Qandiri,
Published by Dar ibn Hazm.
Description :
Kitab Tanwir Basa'ir al-Muqallidin fi Manaqib al-'Aimm'a al-Mujtahidin : 'The Book of the Enlightening Insights of the Conformists : In the Excellence of the Four Imams.' Shaykh Mar'i bin Yusuf al-Karmi extolls the righteousness and reasoning of the 4 Mujtahid Imams, Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Malik ibn Anas, Imam Idris al-Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, Ridwan-Allahi ta'ala alayhi 'majmain.
About the Author :
He is Imam Mar'i ibn Yusuf ibn Abi Bakr ibn Ahmad al-Hanbali al-Maqdisi al-Karmi. He was a Palestinian born scholar who resided in Egypt and wrote extensively on various sciences. Mar'i ibn Yusuf al-Karmi was particularly remembered for making two important contributions to Hanbali fiqh :
---[i]. Ghayat al-Muntaha, which came as a merger between the two relied-upon manuals, al-Iqna’ and Muntaha al-Iradat ; and,
---[ii]. Dalil al-Talib, a summarisation of Muntaha al-Iradat. This manual received various commentaries, the most famous of which is Manar al-Sabil, by Ibn Dhuwayan.
Amongst his known works :
---Kitab Tanwir Basa'ir al-Muqallidin,
---Risala fi ma Waqa'a fi Kalam al-Sufiyah min al-Alfaz al-Muhimah lil Takfir,
---Ghayat al-Muntaha,
---Dalil al-Talib,
---Fawaid al-Fikr fil Mahdi al-Muntazar,
---Aqawilut fi Tasiqat fi Tawil wa Asma' wa-Sifat,
---Kawkab al-Gharib fi al-Ikhtisar Dalil al-Talib li-Nayl al-Matalib,
---Al-Burhan fi Sha'n Shurb al-Dukhan,
---Nuzhat al-Nazirin fi-man waliya Misr min al-Khulafa' wa-al-Muluk wa 'al-Salatin,
He passed away in 1033 After Hijri [1624 Common Era].
*Dimensions : 24.6 x 17.5cm.