AUTHORITIES OP MOSULMAN LAW. 48^ 



HuNEEPAH be the acknowledged head of the prevail- 

 ing sect, and has given his name to it, yet so great 

 veneration is shown to Aboo Yoosup, and the lawyer 

 MoiiuMMQD, that, vvhen they both dissent from their 

 master, the Moosulman judge is at liberty to adopt 

 either of the two decisions, which may seem to him 

 the more consonant to reason and founded on the better 

 authority." This remark corresponds with the re- 

 ceived opinion of present lawyers; and is sanctioned, 

 for the most part, by a passage to tl^e following effect 

 in the Huvimadeeyah * . " Futvcas {law decisions, or 

 opinions) are given primarily, according to the 

 doctrine of Aboo Yoosup ; next according to Im'am 



and succession to lands, rents, and goods." And it is of particular 

 value to the jurisprudence of British India, as the Hidajiah, trans- 

 lated by Mr. Hamilton, does not include the law of inheritance. 

 It has not been ascertained when the author of the original treatise 

 lived. But the KushJ oo Zunofm, (or dhwwouy as pronounced in 

 ^;fl^za) the bibliographical work of Hajeb Khulfah, which fur- 

 nished materials for a considerable part of tlie Bihhotheque Orientale, 

 fP'id. Galand's preface, p. xiv, Ed. M.DCC.LXXX'^I.) mentions 

 it, under the title of Fura:/id oo' Si.'ja=wii7idte'\n tfie following ternns ; 

 together with the date of the commentary of Syyud SiiuREEF ; the 

 substance of which is given by Sir W. Jt)n's, with that of a recent 

 Persian comment, by Moulavee Mokummud Kasim, whowas 

 employed by Mr. Hastings to translate, from the Arainc Into 

 Persian, both the Sirajcei;ah and the Shuree feei/ah. " The 

 Fura>:id-cd Snja-ticundet, composed by Imaw Siraj oo'deen, 

 Mahmood bin-i Abd oo' RutHEED, of Siijaivund, is commonly 

 called t!)e Fura/ezi Sirajtevali. It is held in high estimation and ia 

 general use. Manv of the learned have written commentaries upon 

 it, to tile number of f')rty ; the best of which is the comment of 

 Syycd oo'Shureee Alee bin-i Mohummud, o^ Juorjaii; finished, 

 Su!nttrku7id,\nx.h*i 'jtJAx {oi \.\ie. HijraJi) 104. This commentary is 

 of the tirst authority, and universal y received. Several Scholiasts, 

 of erudition, have civen annotations upon it. 



* A collection of legal expositions, by Aboo'l futha, Rokn oo 

 DEEN JBN-1 H0.-.AM, Mooftee of Niigor, in the Dukijun ; and de- 

 dica ed to hjs teaciier, Humad 00' ueen, Ahmud, chief Kazee, of 

 Nuhr IV ilak. The lirae when this work was compiled is not ex- 

 act y known ; bat, thought of modern date, it is held in consider- 

 able estimation. The court of N.zumut Ada/ut y)Ossess a compiste 

 CO )y, obtained for tiiem, with some other law books, by Lord 

 Teignmouth, from the Nuwab V izeer, in the year 1797. ' 



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