Small 8vo. 136 pp., Arabic text in double columns within borders, contemporary red half calf with marbled boards and flap, rubbed and slightly worn at lower spine, browning to pages, small closed tear to inner margin of title page without any loss to text, otherwise copy in overall good condition, Matba'at Hasan Ahmad al-Tukhi, Cairo, 1296 AH [1879].

Synopsis

An exposition in verse of Hanafi jurisprudence, Ibn al-Attar was a Jurist, notary and member of the judge’s advisory council. He lived most of his life in the city of Cordoba. He did not reach any important judicial position, apparently, due to his bad character, which caused him to have several conflicts with almost all the jurists of his time. He also cultivated a poetic facet and had training in calculus, linguistics and grammar.
He had no qualms about facing the supreme judge of Córdoba, an issue that did not cause him too many problems because he had the support of Almanzor, who he dared to publicly correct for that same character, violent in some cases. As a consequence of this act, Almanzor withdrew his support. A prominent group of jurists wrote a letter against Ibn al-Attar, signed by Almanzor himself and forced him to retire from public life. Being in this uncomfortable situation, Ibn al-Attar asked for the necessary permission to carry out the pilgrimage, permission that was granted. During the duration of this trip he studied with different ulama, who granted him the necessary permission to spread his knowledge. Among his disciples,
Upon his return to al-Andalus in 383/991 he reconciled with Almanzor, who signed an act that helped his integration into the community of jurists and ordered him to take care of taxation.