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and t-hey g-ave sanction to his disquisitions, as in the in- 

 stances of Shory'a and Shabee*, the concurrence 

 of the companions docs not bar the opposite exposition, 

 so admitted. . With respect, however, to expositions 

 which have no other auihority than part of the Tahi- 

 iec'!, there ;ire two reports of the sentiments of Aboo 

 HuNc^FAH. One, that he did not consider such to 

 be authoritative : a':d this appears to be the true doc- 

 trine. I'he other, contained in the Nuivadir'^', states, 

 that if '^nme of the folloAers of the companions have 

 given FaiWiis in their time, and have received from the 

 latter a sanction to their disquisitions ; as Shory'a, 

 HusuN %, and Musrook ein-i Ajda Ij, their decisi- 

 ons should be observed. It is thus written in the Mo- 

 hcet §. 



* The first was Kazft, the second Mooftee, of Koofah, in the first 

 century of the Hijrah ; and they were esteemed two of the most 

 learned men of iheir age. The former, whose name at length, is 

 Aiioo Omyyah Shokya bim ool Hiras oox. Kindee^ held the sta- 

 tion of Kazee, al Koofa':, for seventy-hvc years, and died A. H. 78 

 or 80 ; after resigning his office the year before his death. The en- 

 tire n;ime of the lat;er is Abo > Omur A.4mir bin-i Shuraiieeoo 

 Shabee. derivinc; his surname from the town of S/iab, in Arabia, 

 He died A. H. 104. 



f Ten difrerent works of this nan^.e, (meaning, literally, rare, 

 scarce) zr<t specified in the KushJ o» Zunoon; of which one was 

 composed by Imam Mohummud. the disci|)!e of Aboo Huneefah ; 

 and it is prcbably ihat here rel'erred to- It is considered to be of less 

 au'hority than bis five other works, the Ju?ria-t sugheer, Jama-i ku- 

 heer, Mubsout, Zeeadat, and Sh/w , which are well known, and fre- 

 quently quoted, under ihe general designation oi Zahir oo Ruwai/at, 

 the consp'cuoiis reports- 



X Vid. B'th. Or. Tit. HassajL al Basri. 



W A learned native o^ Hr/m,uLin, who became a convert to IsLA>f, 

 during the life of Mohummud ; and died at Koofah, A. H- 62- 



§ There are three works of this titlej all of which arc quoted in 

 the Fiitaiva-i Aalnm^terec ; but the two others are distinguished by 

 the addition of Snrukshee or Bocrhanec- The two latter will be men- 

 tioned in a subsequent note- The Mokeet. here referred to, is sup- 

 posed to have been written by Moulana Rlizee oq deen of Ni/sha.' 



