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They apply the term mushāfahah (1) to an ijāzah that is conferred verbally, and mukātabah to an ijāzah (2) that is granted in writing.
They stipulate, for a munāwalah to be valid, that it be accompanied by explicit permission to transmit—this being the highest rank among the various kinds of ijāzah.
Likewise, they require such authorization (3) in the case of wijādah, the bequest of a book (4), and mere iʿlām (notification) (5); without it none of these modes counts for anything—just as a blanket ijāzah, or one addressed to an unidentified (6) or non-existent (7) person carries no weight—according to the sounder view in all of these matters.
(1) MS H reads “al-mushafihah” (face-to-face oral transmission) with a kasrah on the fa; this is incorrect.
(2) MS W has “wa-l-ijazah” (and ijazah) instead of “fi-l-ijazah” (concerning ijazah); this is a slip.
(3) The word “al-idhn” (permission) is omitted in MS W.
(4) MS H reads “bi-l-kutub” (through books).
(5) MS H adds “wa-fi-l-iʿlam” (and in notification).
(6) MSS D, H, W, and Z include “wa-l-majhul” (and the unknown). The author remarks in Nuzhat al-Nazar: “Likewise, an ijazah granted to an unknown person.”
(7) MSS B and H read “wa-li-l-maʿdum” (and to the nonexistent); the prefixed preposition lam is carried over from Nuzhat al-Nazar.
وَأَطْلَقُوا المُشَافَهَةَ (١) فِي الإِجَازَةِ المُتَلَفَّظِ بِهَا، وَالمُكَاتَبَةَ فِي الإِجَازَةِ (٢) المَكْتُوبِ بِهَا.
وَاشْتَرَطُوا فِي صِحَّةِ المُنَاوَلَةِ: اقْتِرَانَهَا بِالإِذْنِ بِالرِّوَايَةِ - وَهِيَ أَرْفَعُ أَنْوَاعِ الإِجَازَةِ -.
وَكَذَا اشْتَرَطُوا: الإِذْنَ (٣) فِي الوِجَادَةِ، وَالوَصِيَّةِ بِالكِتَابِ (٤)، وَالإِعْلَامِ (٥)، وَإلَّا فَلَا عِبْرَةَ بِذَلِكَ - كَالإِجَازَةِ العَامَّةِ، وَلِلْمَجْهُولِ (٦) وَالمَعْدُومِ (٧) - عَلَى الأَصَحِّ فِي جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ.
(١) في هـ: «المشافِهة» بكسر الفاء؛ وهو خطأ.
(٢) في و: «والإجازة» بدل «فِي الإِجَازَةِ»؛ وهو وَهَمٌ.
(٣) «الإِذْنَ» سقطت من و.
(٤) في هـ: «بالكتب».
(٥) في ح: «وفي الإعلام».
(٦) في د، هـ، و، ز: «والمجهول». قال المصنِّف ﵀ في نزهة النَّظر -: «وكذا الإِجَازَةُ لِلمَجهُول».
(٧) في ب، ح: «وللمعدوم»، وزيادة لام الجرِّ من ضمن نزهة النَّظر.