Item Summary

Volume I of a commentary on al-Shāfiʻīʼs collection of traditions, preceded by a short account of his life and works, and an essay on the science of tradition. Then follows a section in eight parts on ablutions and another in six parts on prayer.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب الشافي في شرح مسند الشافعي / لابن الاثير.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb al-Shāfī fī sharḥ Musnad al-Shāfiʻī / li-Ibn al-Athīr.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 701H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcj3860k19k
Language
Arabic
Extent
244 leaves : paper ; 245 x 169 (195 x 122) mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: Aḥmad ibn Badr al-Muqriʼ (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1380.
Yāqūt, Muʻjam al-udabāʼ (1907-27), VI, p. 241.
Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt (1299 AH), II, pp. 203/4.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, pp. 540/1.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal glosses in different hands. First folio in different hand and of later replacement. On the twenty-sixth folio there are two verses of satire against women ascribed to Ḥassān ibn Thābit, the poet laureate of the Prophet.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 244 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; MS in good condition. MS is old and rare.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن ال رحيم وبه ثقتى الحمد لله الذي انطق السنة الفصحاء بجوامع الكلم واغرق قلوب البلغا بينابيع الحكم ...
Colophon: تم المجلد الاول من کتاب الشافي في شرح مسند الشافعي رضي الله عنه. ويتلوه في الثاني الفرع الخامس في القنوت. والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي الامّي وآله اجمعين
Binding Note
Unbound. Sewn.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
492

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

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