Zakariyya al-Ansari's Additions in Lubb al-Usul to al-Subki's Jam‘ al-Jawami‘: "Sunnah and Ijma‘" as a Model – Compilation and Study

Abstract

This study examines the additions made by Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari in Lubb al-Usul to Jam‘ al-Jawami‘, with the scope limited to the sections on Sunnah and Ijma‘ as a model of compilation and analysis. These additions are explicitly identified by al-Ansari in his commentary, entitled Ghayat al-Wusul Sharh Lubb al-Usul. In this study, the additions vary in form, including preferences (tarjih), qualifying restrictions (qayd), the inclusion of issues not mentioned by Taj al-Din al-Subki, and references to scholarly disagreement. The total number of additions identified in the discussions of Sunnah and Ijma‘ amounts to sixteen. The study aims to present these additions systematically, to enumerate them, and to clarify their types and underlying methodological bases. The research is structured into three sections: an introductory section and two main sections addressing Sunnah and Ijma‘ respectively. The introductory section provides brief biographical sketches of Taj al-Din al-Subki and Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari, along with concise descriptions of Jam‘ al-Jawami‘ and Lubb al-Usul. The second section examines al-Ansari's additions in the chapter on Sunnah, while the third section analyzes his additions in the chapter on Ijma‘.