Item Summary

A commentary on Waṣīyat Abī Ḥanīfah, the dogmatic testament of Abū Ḥanīfah to his friends on the principles of Islam. Followed by Risālah al-Ghawth, and several sermons and extracts.

Descriptive Information

Title
الجواهر المنيفة في شرح وصية ابي حنيفة ... [الخ.]
Transliterated Title
al-Jawāhir al-munīfah fī sharḥ Waṣīyat Abī Ḥanīfah ... [etc.]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 230L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc70795j920
Publisher
[18th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
21 leaves : paper ; 204 x 151 (153 x 88) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1769.
Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, II, p. 13.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1a-14b: al-Jawāhir al-munīfah fī sharḥ Waṣīyat Abī Ḥanīfah. Later title (fol. 1a): Sharḥ mukhtaṣar ʻalá Kitāb al-waṣīyah al-mansūb ilá al-Imām al-Aʻẓām Abī Ḥanīfah al-Nuʻmān.
2. fol. 14b-17a: Risālat al-Ghawth.
3. fol. 17b-21b: [Fawāʼid] Sermons and extracts.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from preface (fol. 1b).
A few marginal notes. Extracts and notes (fol. 1a, 17a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 21 ; 2 quires ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 19 lines per page.
Description: Text commented upon overlined in red ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent, anchor, roman-alphabet countermark initials) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from XVIIIth century.
Incipit: [الجواهر المنيفة في شرح وصية] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله المتوحد بوجود والبقا ... وبعد فاني استخرت الله تعالى في وضع شرح مختصر على كتاب الوصية المنسوب الى الامام الاعظم ابى حنيفة ... -- [رسالة الغوث] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله كاشف الغمة والصلوة على تبى خير الآمة اما قال الغوث الاعظم ...
Colophon:[الجواهر المنيفة في شرح وصية] والحمد لله على التمام والصلوة والسلام على رسوله خير الانام تم تم -- [رسالة الغوث] تمت رسالة الغوث بعون الله تعالى تم
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Abū Ḥanīfah -767 or 768—Waṣīyah
Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800
Hanafites—Early works to 1800
Wills, Ethical—Early works to 1800
Islamic sermons, Arabic—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
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Physical Characteristics

File Count
42

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0c43991c-e3df-4d4d-824a-ca615fa01338/manifest