Matn Ibn Ashir

Matn Ibn Ashir or Al-Murshid al-Mu'een is a Maliki fiqh book written by Ibn Ashir (1582 – 1631 CE) for learning Islam in North Africa.[1][2]

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Matn Ibn Ashir
AuthorIbn Ashir (1582 – 1631 CE)
Original titleالمرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين
Working titleمتن ابن عاشر
LanguageArabic
SubjectIslam, Iman, Ihsan, Aqidah, Fiqh, Sufism
GenreQasida, Poem

Presentation

Abd al-Wahid ibn Ashir summarises in verses the three sciences of Islam, Iman and Ihsan upon the reference of Maliki fiqh, Ash'ari aqidah and Junaydi sufism.[3][4]

This book is presented as a Qasida including a collection of the fundamentals of religion that contains 317 lines from Bahr al-Rajaz.[5]

It is usually approached after learning Mukhtasar Khalil in the Maliki fiqh.[6]

From the Matn Ibn Ashir, the talibe then proceeds to the Risala fiqhiya written by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani.[7]

This book is the shortest and best known of the Maliki texts in the Islamic world.[8]

It is still widely recitated and memorised in zawiyas, madrasas and Quranic schools throughout North Africa to this day.[9]

Contents

Ibn Ashir begins the poem with five verses in which he mentions what he intended to compose it, and that he started it when he made it for Hajj, then when he completed his Hajj he completed what related to the five rules of Islam.[10]

This introduction was followed by a doctrinal introduction in which he explained the Ash'ari belief and the Five Pillars of Islam within the limits of 42 verses, then followed by another introduction to the Principles of Islamic jurisprudence in 6 verses in which he explained the legal ruling, its divisions and conditions.[11]

Then the provisions of purity including ghusl, wudu and tayammum in 45 verses in which he explains the obligations, Sunnahs and negatives of ablution, the rituals of ablution, its delegates, its obligations, and the rulings of tayammum.[12]

Then he organized the rules of Salah and what is related to it within the limits of 85 verses in which he mentioned its obligations, conditions, Sunnah prayers, delegates and dislikes, the rulings of the Adhan and Salah al-Musafir.

Then he mentioned the five obligatory prayers and the Sunnah and recommended prayers, the rulings for the Sujud Sahwi and the Friday prayer and the conditions of the imam, then the rulings of Zakat, its types and its disbursements in 29 verses.[13]

Then the rulings of Fasting it is obligatory and desirable in 18 verses, then the rulings of Hajj and Umrah in 62 verses, then he concluded his poem with Sufism and his principles in 27 verses in accordance with the Tariqa of Imam Junayd of Baghdad regarding Tawba and Istighfar, cessation of incest, cleansing of the qalb of evil, and Muhasabah.[14]

References
  1. "متن ابن عاشر" – via Internet Archive.
  2. "📖 ❞ كتاب متن ابن عاشر المسمى بالمرشد المعين على الضروري من الدين ❝ ⏤ عبد الواحد بن عاشر 📖" – via books-library.online.
  3. "متن ابن عاشر – الإصدار الثالث -" – via Internet Archive.
  4. "شبكة مشكاة الإسلامية - المكتبة - (متن ابن عاشر) المرشد المعين علي الضروري من علوم الدين". www.almeshkat.net.
  5. "العرف الناشر في شرح وأدلة فقه متن ابن عاشر".
  6. "شرح منظومة ابن عاشر في الفقه المالكي" – via Internet Archive.
  7. الفاسي, أبي عبد الله محمد بن أحمد/ميارة (January 1, 2008). "الدر الثمين والمورد المعين شرح المرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين لابن عاشر". Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية – via Google Books.
  8. المستغانمي, أحمد بن مصطفى/ابن عليوه (January 1, 2009). "المنح القدوسية في شرح المرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين بطريق الصوفية لابن عاشر". Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية – via Google Books.
  9. الأنصاري, عبد الواحد بن أحمد/ابن عاشر (January 1, 2013). "متن ابن عاشر المسمى - المرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين". Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية – via Google Books.
  10. "متن ابن عاشر (المرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين) | خزانة الفقيه".
  11. "المرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين". QuranicThought.com.
  12. الإسلامية, وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون. "مقدمة مَتْنُ المُرْشِدِ المُعِينِ". www.habous.gov.ma.
  13. "متن ابن عاشر - المرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين". www.goodreads.com.
  14. "كتاب:المرشد المعين على الضروري من علوم الدين للإمام عبد الواحد بن عاشر 990هـ/1040هـ – بوابة الرابطة المحمدية للعلماء".
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