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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb matn al-Lumaʻ fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb
كتاب متن اللمع في علم الحساب / | Lumaʻ fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb The treatise preserved in this manuscript, Al-Luma'al-yasīra fī 'ilm al-hisāb (The little sparkles on the science of calculation), deals with Muslim inheritance. Of the social innovations that came with the Islamic conquest, the introduction of the system of fara'id (shares) for inheritances was one of the most radical and socially advanced. The fourth surah of the Qurʼan, verses 11-12, criticizes the traditional pre-Islamic system...- Contributor: Ibn Al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 15??
- Resource: - 20 pages
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialḌawʼ al-lumaʻ fī al-ḥisāb
ضوء اللمع في الحساب Text is a poem on arithmetic dedicated to Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Bahwashī al-Shāfiʻī, as mentioned at the end of the manuscript. This work is a versified treatise on arithmetic ('ilam al- ḥisāb), and specifically the art of dividing inheritance (farā'iḍ), which has application in Islamic law. After a standard expression of praise for the Prophet, his companions, and later followers,...- Contributor: Ibn Al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad - Bahwāshī, Shihāb Al-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn Shams Al-Dīn Muḥammad - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Ḥamīdī, ʻabd Al-Raḥmān Ibn Aḥmad Ibn ʻalī - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām
- Date: 1588
- Resource: - 34 pages