[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Belles-lettres and wisdom literature](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.adab) › لزوم ما لا يلزم # لزوم ما لا يلزم The Luzūmiyyāt Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī's collection of rhymed reflections, in which he praises the Indian custom of cremating the dead and the Indians' abstention from killing animals. - **Language:** Arabic - **Date:** 1010–1040 CE - **Author:** [Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/maarri) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.adab.luzumiyyat](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.adab.luzumiyyat) · Pramāṇa