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8vo (140 x 220 mm). XXXII, 48, 117 pp. Contemporary red half calf over cloth covers with giltstamped title. All edges gilt. First publication of Abu-Shuja's work on Islamic law, one of the most important scriptures for the Shafi'i School. With a translation and annotations of the ethnologist Salomo Keizer, who is also known for his Dutch Quran translation. The French translation follows the Arabic text (with separate page count). - Abu Shuja was an Islamic scholar who lived in Basra in the 11th century, served as a qadi (judge) and taught Shafi'i fiqh for over forty years. He wrote this text, known as "al-Mukhtasar" as well as "Ghayat al-ihtisar", as a concise handbook for students to understand and memorize more easily the rulings of main issues according to Imam Shafi'i's "mezheb" (sect). It is known as the shortest fiqh book and remains in use as an introductory text to Shafi'i fiqh. - Light wear to covers and spine, stains not affecting the text. - GAL I, p. 492. Gay 3348. OCLC 11386640.…