حَمداً لِمالِكِنا لَفظاً وَمُستَطَراً
مِن كاتِبٍ سائِلٍ لِمَن هُنا حَضَرا
Praise be to our Master outwardly and inwardly
From a scribe asking those present here
إِنّي أُسائِلُكُم يا أَهلَ زاوِيَةٍ
إِلّا الوَلِيَّ الوَجيهَ نَسل مَن نَصَرا
I ask you, O people of the shrine
Except for the eminent guardian, progeny of the helper
ما بَينَ حَمدٍ وَمَدحٍ فَرَقوا لَهُما
أَيُّهُما عَمَّمَ مِن آخِر كَثرا
Tell the difference between praise and eulogy
Which of them has a broader scope?
إِعادَةِ الجِسمِ وَالأَعراضِ مَع زَمَنٍ
فَهَل تُعادُ كَما كانَت وَلا غِيرا
The reconstitution of the body and attributes over time
Will they be reconstituted as they were and not otherwise?
وَمَن تَيَمَّمَ عِندَ بابِ مَسجِدِهِ
نَوى بِهِ النَّفلَ وَالدُخول مُختَصِرا
One who does dry ablution at the door of his mosque
Intending optional prayer and brief entry
فَهَل يُصَلّي بِهِ فيهِ تَحِيَّتُهُ
مَعَ النَوافِلِ يا كَنزَ الَّذي اِفتَقَرا
Can he pray his greeting prayer in it with extra prayers
O treasure for the needy?
وَمُدرِكٍ بِإِمامِهِ تَشَهُّدَهُ
أَعني الأَخيرَةَ ثُمَّ قامَ مِنهُ قَرا
One who catches up with the imam in his tasbih
The last one, then rises from it quickly
فَهَل يُصَلّي بِهِ وَراءَهُ أَحَدٌ
أَو لا يُصَلّي بِهِ أَصلاً وَلا فَكَرا
Can anyone pray behind him?
Or can none pray behind him at all without thinking?
ما حُكمُ مَن فاتَهُ بَعض الصَلاةِ إِذا
قامَ لِيَقضي مِن تَشَهُّدٍ وَدَرى
What is the ruling for one who misses some of the prayer
When he stands to make it up from the tasbih, realizing
قَبلَ سَلامِ الإِمامِ كَيفَ تَأمُرُهُ
يا ذا الَّذي كانَ لِلعُلومِ مُنتَثِرا
Before the imam's salam - how do you instruct him
O possessor of knowledge once scattered about?
وَمَن يُصَلّي صَلاتَهُ بِمُسمِعِهِ
لَم يُسمِعَن سَلامَهُ وَإِن جَهَرا
One who prays his prayer aloud but did not
Hear his own salam, even loudly
فَهَل يُعيدُ صَلاتَهُ إِذاً أَبَداً
أَو يَتَحَرّا ما لَدَيكُمُ شَهُرا
Must he repeat his prayer then forever?
Or should he investigate what you have declared?
وَقاتِلٌ في الصَلاةِ قَملَةً عَبَثاً
فَهَل يُعيدُ وَما المَشهورُ يا نُظَرا
One who aimlessly kills a louse while praying
Must he repeat it? What is the well-known view, O observer?
وَراكِبٌ مَحمَلاً صَلّى فَرائِضَهُ
وَمَع كَمالِ شُروطِها الَّذي ذَكَرا
A rider prayed his obligatory prayers
With all its stipulated conditions that were mentioned
كَذا مُعَلِّمُ قُرآنٍ بِبادِيَةٍ
وَهوَ بِهِ جُنُبٌ وَلَيسَ مُطَهَّرا
Likewise, a Quran teacher in the desert
Is in a state of impurity with no ablution
لَم يَجِدِ الماءَ ما يَفعَلُ ساعَتَهُ
يَمَسُّ لَوحَ كِتابِ اللَهِ أَو هَجَرا
Finding no water, what does he do at that time
Touching the pages of Allah's Scripture or abstaining?
وَمَن يُرِد حَجَّ بَيتِ اللَهِ ذا حَرَمٍ
وَعِندَهُ زَوجَةٌ فَما بِهِ أَمَرا
One who wants to perform hajj to Allah's Sacred House
And he has a wife, so what is his matter?
فَهَل يُخَيِّرُها أَو لا يُخَيِّرُها
هَل يوجِبُ الحَجَّ يا أَخي لَها الخِيَرا
Should he give her the choice or not give her the choice?
Does hajj become obligatory for her, my brother, by choice?
وَمَن يُريدُ نِكاحَ مَرأَةٍ رَغَباً
وَعِندَهُ زَوجَةٌ جَمعُهُما نَظَرا
One who wants to marry a woman out of desire
While having a wife, the combination of them raises concern
وَذي الَّتي خُطِبَت قالَت لَهُ هُوَ لا
حَتّى تُطَلِّقَها طَلَّقَها جَبَرا
And one whose proposal was accepted, she said no
Unless you divorce her - so he divorced her unwillingly
ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَها أَعنى الَّتي خُطِبَت
فَراجَعَ الزّوجَة الّتي لَها بَتَرا
Then married the one proposed to
So he remarried the wife he had abandoned
طَلاقُها بائِنٌ أَو هِيَ رِجعِيَّةٌ
بَيَّنَ لَنا الحكم في هَذا الَّذي غَبَرا
Is her divorce final or is she revocable?
Clarify for us the ruling in this murky matter
وَمَرأَتانِ لِزَوجٍ عائِشٍ مَثَلاً
طَلَّقَ إِحداهُما فَطُلِّقَت أُخَرى
A man has two wives - living sensuously for example -
He divorced one, so the other was also divorced
فَلا طَلاقَ لَها إِذ لَيسَ طَلَّقَها
فَأَظلَمَ اللَيلُ فيها كُن لَها قَمَرا
She was not divorced since he did not divorce her
So darkness has set in, be a moon for her
وَحالِفٌ بِطَلاقِ مَرأَةٍ رَغَباً
لَيَفعَلَنَّ عبادَةً بِها نَذَرا
One who vows to divorce his wife out of desire
That he will certainly perform an act of devotion by it as a vow
وَلا يُشارِكُهُ فيها لَهُ أَحَدٌ
وَكَيفَ يَفعَلُ غَيرَ الشَرعِ مُبتَدَرا
And none shall share it with him
How can he act outside the law recklessly?
وَمَن لَهُ زَوجَةٌ أَيضاً فَطَلَّقَها
وَالحالُ أَن صَداقَها الَّذي مَهَرا
One who also has a wife, so he divorced her
While her dowry which he gave as a bride-price
فَمِنهُ نَقدٌ وَبَعضُهُ إِلى أَجَلٍ
فَهَل يُعَجِّلُ بِالبَعضِ الَّذي أَخَّرا
Some of it was cash and some was deferred
Should he expedite the deferred portion?
هَدِيَّةُ الزَوجِ مِن مالٍ لِزَوجَتِهِ
هَل هُوَ يَحسِبُها مِنَ الصَداقِ تُرا
A husband's gift to his wife from his money
Does he count it as part of the dowry, do you think?
وَمَن لَهُ أَمَةٌ زَوَّجَها رَجُلاً
فَهَل لَهُ وَطئُها أَو هَل لَهُ حَظُرا
One who has a female servant, marries her off to a man
Can he have sex with her or is it prohibited for him?
أُمُّ اليَتيمِ إِذا كانَ لَها وَلَدٌ
وَعِندَها المالُ إِن رَأَت بِهِ ضَرَرا
An orphan's mother who has a son
And she has wealth, if it would bring harm
هَل تُنفقَنَّ عَلَيهِ مَعَ كِسوَتِهِ
أَم لا وَما حُكم حَقِّها بِما عَسُرا
Should she spend on the son beyond his clothing?
Or not, and what is her due right if it is difficult?
مَنِ اِشتَرى الجَمَلَ الهَزيلَ عَلَّفَهُ
حَتّى بَدا سَمنُهُ لَدَيهِ فَاِنجَبَرا
One who buys a scrawny camel, fattens it up
Until its plumpness becomes visible
ثُمَّ اِستَحَقَّ مِنَ المُبتاعِ في يَدِهِ
ما حُكمُ آخِذِهِ بِالشَرعِ فَاِفتَخَرا
Then the purchaser rightfully claims it while in his hand
What is the sharia ruling for the taker, O proud one?
مَنِ اِشتَرى فَرَساً عَيباً رَآهُ بِهِ
أَعارَهُ لِفَتىً غَزا بِهِ الفُجَرا
One who buys a horse, sees a defect in it
Lends it to a youth who marches with it at dawn
وَقامَ بِالعَيبِ بَعدَ الشَهرِ مُدَّعِياً
إِنّي ظَنَنتُ بِغَيرِ العَيبِ إِن ظَهَرا
Then after a month claims the defect
Saying: I thought it had no defect when it appeared
أَرجو لَها بُرءَها هَل القِيامُ لَهُ
أَو لا قِيامَ لَهُ أَفتوا بِما شَهُرا
I hope for its annulment - does he have standing
Or no standing - issue a fatwa on what is famous
وَبائِعٌ فَرَساً وَآخِذٌ غَنَماً
فَبَعضُها ماتَ وَالعَيبُ القَديمُ يُرى
A seller of a horse taking sheep in exchange
Some died while an old defect can be seen
وَكَيفَ يَصنَعُ في مَوتِ البَهائِمِ ذي
وَحُكمُ عِلَّتِها الَّتي مَضَت غَبَرا
How does he act regarding the animals' death, O wise one,
And the ruling on their unknown illness long passed?
مَنِ اِكتَرى جَمَلاً أَيضاً إِلى بَلَدٍ
إِذا بِهِ اللِصُّ وَالمَتاعَ قَد ظَفَرا
One who buys a camel to go to a town as well
When a thief seizes both it and the goods by force
هَل ساقِطٌ لَهُما قَدرُ مَسافَتِهِ
عَن مُكتَريهِ أَيا مَن حَلَّ مُختَصَرا
Is the quantity of the distance exempted for the renter
From the lessor? O solver of complex issues!
هَل يقتَضي حَيَوانٌ عِندَ ذي نَظَرٍ
بِاللَّحمِ وَالعَكسِ وَالرِبا حَوى شَرَرا
Does an animal necessitate its kind and vice versa, O wise one,
And interest contain evil and wickedness?
هَل ثَمَنُ الأَرضِ بِالطَعامِ مُمتَنِعٌ
أَم لا أَمن هُوَ في العُلومِ قَد مَهَرا
Is the price of land paid by food impermissible?
Or not - are you well-versed in the sciences?
إِقالَةٌ في الطَعامِ أَو مُرابَحَةٌ
أَو شُفعَةٌ هِيَ بَيعٌ لازِمٌ بَتَرا
Cancelling in food or murabaha sale
Or preemption - is it a binding sale conclusively?
أَو لا وَلَيسَت بِبَيعٍ لازِمٍ لَكُم
أَمِ الإِقالَةُ بَيعٌ جاءَنا سَطَرا
Or not, and it is not a binding sale for you
Is cancellation a sale that came to us in script?
وَالغائِبُ الغَيبَةَ الطَويلَ في سَفَرٍ
زَوجَتُهُ قَد دَعَت لِوَطئِهِ ضَرَرا
One absent for prolonged travel, his wife
Called for intercourse, as it brought harm
ذا بِمُجَرَّدِهِ غَيرُ مَعيشَتِها
هَلِ الطَلاقُ لَها أَم لا وَلا خَيَرا
By itself without maintenance - is divorce
Permissible for her or not, with no choice?
وَمَن وَكَّلتَ عَلى قَبضِ مَتاعِكَ أَي
مِن ثَمَنٍ لِطَعامِكَ الَّذي اِتَّجَرا
One you appointed to collect your goods, that is
Some price for your foodstuff in trade
قَد أَكَلَ الطَعامَ المَقبوضَ أَجمَعَهُ
هَل تَأخُذَن لِطَعامٍ مِثلِهِ ثَمَرا
Ate all the collected food
Can you take similar food in compensation for fruit?
وَما ضَمير يَصِلونَ لِآخِرِهِ
يَعصِهِما في الحَديثِ بَينَ ما ذُكِرا
What is the pronoun "they" referring to in the end
"Disobeying them" in the hadith between what is mentioned
قَولُ الخَطيبِ فَالاِعتِراضُ يَصحَبُهُ
أَو لا وَأَوضِح لَنا هَذا الَّذي سُتِرا
Emphasized or softened according to experts
Or incorrectly vocalized by an ignorant scholar?
فَأَنتِ يا هِندُ لا تَرضَي بِفاحِشَةٍ
فَالضادُ مَفتوحَةٌ أَو عِندَكُم كُسِرا
What is the difference between "no" and "yes"
The state of answering, O perceptive one?
وَاِسمٌ يُثنى وَمُفرَدٌ وَتَجمَعُهُ
مُذَكَّرٌ وَمُؤَنَّثٌ بِذا اِعتَبَرا
Between an obligation and a recommendation when confused
And equity and justice - do not err and be cautious
وَالقَلبُ وَالبَدَلُ الصرفانِ عِندَكُمُ
ما الفَرقُ بَينَهُما أَيضاً لِمَن فَكَرا
Likewise, if two hadiths oppose each other for you
A command and prohibition, so what is commanded by it?
ما ضَبطُ هَينٍ وَلَينٍ في الحَديثِ أَتى
عَنِ النَبِيِّ الرَسولِ جاءَنا خَبَرا
Which of them, according to you, is acted upon
Your sea still casts pearls for us
مُشَدَّدانِ لَدى أَهلِ البَراعَةِ أَو
مُخَفَّفانِ وَلَحن عالِمٍ قَذُرا
Like the prohibition and obligation if they come
Which of them is given priority by the order?
ما الفَرقُ بَينَ لا كَذا وَبَلى
حالُ الجَوابِ أَيا مَن أَمعَنَ النَظَرا
Likewise, if one of them comes with a permission for you
Which of them is given precedence and what is passed on?
ما بَينَ شَرطٍ وَواجِبٍ لَمُلتَبِسٍ
وَالقِسط وَالقَسطِ لا تَغلَط وَكُن حَذِرا
Between the reform and prevention, so which of them
Is preferred over the other that was composed?
كَذا الحَديثانِ إِن تَعارَضا لَكُمُ
أَمراً وَنَهياً فَما الَّذي بِهِ أَمَرا
The origin and custom, if opposed for you
What is given precedence between them, O great one?
أَيُّهُما عِندَكُمُ يَصحَبُهُ عَمَل
لا زالَ بَحرُكُمُ يُلقي لَنا دُرَرا
The origin and obvious meaning, O keen one
What is the difference between them? Judge for us openly
كَذا المُحَرَّمُ وَالواجِبُ أَن أَتَيا
أَيُّهُما عِندَكُم قَدَّمَهُ الأُمَرا
Regarding this contradiction in the words of Allah's Messenger
Which also came to us narrated
كَذاكَ أَحَدَيهما مَعَ جائِزٍ لَكُم
أَينَ المُقَدَّمُ مِنهُما وَما غَبَرا
The best of witnesses is one who gave his testimony
Before being asked, by a ruler who was lost
كَذا المُبيحُ وَمانِعٌ فَأَيُّهُما
مُقَدَّمٌ عَلى الآخَرِ الَّذي اِستَطَرا
Every ignorant person whose knowledge does not permit him
To do an act until he knows the news
وَالأَصلُ وَالعُرفُ أَن تَعارَضا لَكُمُ
فَما المُقَدَّمُ مِنهُما لَدا الكُبَرا
If its doer coincides with truth without being asked
Has he sinned or been rewarded?
وَالأَصلُ وَالظاهِرُ الجَلِيُّ يا فَطِنٌ
ما الفَرقُ بَينَهُما فَاِقضوا لَنا وَطَرا
Inform me of a woman who inherited
An inheritance from their dead after he was buried
وَفي حَديثِ رَسولِ اللَهِ مُستَنَداً
هَذا التَعارُضُ أَيضاً جاءَنا أَثَرا
One half, another one sixth
And another one third is their allotted share
خَيرُ الشُهودِ الَّذي أَدّى شَهادَتَهُ
قَبلَ السُؤالِ لِحاكِمٍ وَقَد خَسرا
A woman who inherited from four
Each being her husband - half of all you see
وَكُلُّ جاهِل عِلم لا يَحُلُّ لَهُ
أَن يَفعَلَ الفِعلَ حَتّى يَعلَمَ الخَبَرا
If you want more, I will quickly add
My sword shows itself emerging from its sheath
إِن كانَ فاعِلُهُ مِن غَيرِ مَسأَلِةٍ
قَد وافَقَ الحَقَّ هَل ياثِمُ أَو أُجِرا
Is there a bold expert to duel with me
As if he were a lion whose peers are dazzled?
فَأَخبِروني عَن مَرأَةٍ وَرَثَت
إِرثاً لِمَيِّتِهم مِن بَعدِ ما قُبِرا
The habit of two bulls, whenever they meet
Is to butt heads until the fleeing one takes off
وَواحِدٌ نِصفُهُ وَآخَرٌ سُدُسا
وَآخَرٌ ثُلُثاً نَصيبُهُم نَقَرا
A lion needs to unsheathe his claws
To answer this question, needy for a response
وَاِمرَأَةٌ وَرِثَت إِرثاً مِن اِربَعَةٍ
فَكُلُّهُم زَوجُها نِصفَ الجَميعِ تَرى
So all of you, if you can, respond to it
In prose or verse as was conveyed to you
إِن تَستَزيدوا أَزِد لَكُم عَلى عَجَلٍ
سَيفِيَ ذا يُبدي مِن غمدِهِ ظَهَرا
Your sky of knowledge lightning with thunder
Hopefully rain will pour on us from the clouds
هَل مِن شَجيعٍ وَماهِرٍ يُبارِزُني
كَأَنَّهُ أَسَدٌ أَقرانَهُ بَهَرا
One who finds composing difficult, O astute one
And was no poet to produce prose
عادَةُ ثَورَينِ دائِماً إِذا اِلتَقَيا
يَنتَطِحانِ إِلى هُروب مَن نَفَرا
Think well in this discussion
Between me and you, I am no pretender
يَحتاجُ لَيثٌ لَإِخراجِ مَخالِبِهِ
في ذا السُؤالِ إِلى الجَوابِ مُفتَقِرا
Good thinking is obligatory from excellent conduct
The epitome of glory is its good thinking, as ordered
فَكُلُّكُم بِجَوابِهِ إِن أَمكَنَكُم
نَظماً وَنَثراً كَما إِلَيكُمُ سُطِرا
If knowledge was sought for boasting, it would refuse
Except for the Lord of the heavens, who created
سَماءُ عِلمِكُمُ بِالرَعدِ بارِقَةٌ
عَسى مِنَ المُزنِ أَن تُمطِر لَنا مَطَرا
So let one who answers, answer with evidence not passion
Your answers from you are awaited
وَمَن يَشُقّ عَلَيهِ النَظم يا فَطِناً
وَلَم يَكُن شاعِراً يَأتي بِما نُثِرا
Send me a conclusive answer freeing distress
Like this answer you were prepared for
فَحُسّنوا الظَّنَّ في هذا مذاكرةً
بَيني وَبَينَكُم وَلَستُ مُختَخِرا
Whoever sees a shortcoming in its composition
Let him correct it, I am constantly traveling
فَحُسنُهُ واجِبٌ مِن خُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ
وَذَروَةُ المَجدِ حسنُهُ كَما أُمِرا
Preoccupied by concerns and my breast seized by anxiety
Like me also, that is considered an excuse
لَو طُلِبَ العِلمُ بِالفَخرِ بِهِ لأَبى
إِلّا لِرَبِّ السَمَواتِ الَّذي فَطَرا
O Lord, bless our master forever
The best of those who performed hajj to Allah's House and `Umrah
فَمَن يُجِب فَليُجِب بِالنَصِّ لا بِهَوىً
جَوابُكُم مِنكُمُ إِلى مُنتَظَرا
عَجِّل عَلَيَّ جَواباً شافِياً غُلَلاً
لِمِثلِ هَذا الجَوابِ كُنتَ مُدَّخرا
فَمَن رَأى مِنكُمُ في نَظمِها خَلَلاً
يُصلِحهُ إِنَّني مُلازِمٌ سَفَرا
مَشغولُ بالٍ وَصَدري شابَهُ قَلَقٌ
مِثلِيَّ أَيضاً لِذا يُعَدُّ مُعتَذِرا
يا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلى سَيِّدِنا أَبَداً
أَفضَلُ مَن حَجَّ بَيتَ اللَهِ وَاِعتَمَرا
