كتاب مجموع فيه ثلاث كتب : التمهيد والكوكب الدري والفتاوى ال[...] لابن فركاح

Kitāb majmūʻ fīhi thalāth kutub : al-Tamhīd wa-al-Kawkab al-durrī wa-al-Fatāwá al-[...] li-Ibn Firkāḥ

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Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
774-Shaʻbān 963 [1372-1556]
Description
174 leaves : paper ; 277 x 190 (210 x 145) mm bound to 278 x 193 mm.

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    Summary note
    Two treatises related to Shāfiʻite jurisprudence by al-Isnawī followed by a poem. The fatāwá mentioned on the collective title page does not appear to be a separate work in the current manuscript.
    Notes
    • Ms. composite codex.
    • Title from collective title page (fol. 1a).
    • Marginal notes and glosses. Some folios are missing between folios one and two.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. 174 ; catchwords ; quires signed: thālith-tāsiʻ ʻashr ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 20 lines per page.
    • Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
    • Origin: [al-Kawkab al-durrī] Copied 774 in Cairo (fol. 52b) -- [al-Tamhīd] Copied Rajab 774 (fol. 174a) -- [Hādhihi Qaṣīdat al-Qurṭubīyah] Copied Shaʻbān 963 (fol. 175b).
    • Incipit: [الکوکب الدري] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله الحمد لله على ما افهم من البيان والهم من التبيان ... وبعد فان علم الكلال والحرام ... -- [التمهيد] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله مزيل اعذار المکلفين بارشاد العقول وتمهيد الاصول ... وبعد فان اصول الفقه علم عظم نفعه وفدره ... -- [هذه قصيدة القرطبية] ىا مولعا بالعضب * والهجر والتجنب
    • Colophon: [الکوکب الدرّي] وکان الفراغ من نسخه في ليلة ... صبيحتها عن رابع رجب الفرد من شهور سنة اربع وسبعين وسبعمائة احسن الله ... بالمدرسة ... بالقاهرة المحروسة غفر الله لکاتبه ولمصنفه ولمن قرأ فيه ودعا لهما ولجميع المسلمين بالمغفرة والصفح عن ذنوبهما امين يا رب العالمين -- [التمهيد] تم بتاريخ منتصف رجب الفرد سنة اربع [وسبعين] وسبعمائة في المدرسة... احسن الله ... ورحم الله من ترحم على کاتبه وجميع المسلمين -- [هذه قصيدة القرطبية] نظمه في مدحي .. سلطان فطربي واله اعلم له الفقير عمر الو..ير الشافعي الخلواتي في شهر شعبان سنة 963
    Binding note
    Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark material and blue paper with block-pressed design. Multi-colored endbands.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1a: [Collective title page]
    • 2. 1b-52b: al-Kawkab al-durrī. A treatise dealing with the grammatical elements in Shāfiʻite jurisprudence. This is a supplement to the authorʼs other work al-Tamhīd fī tanzīl al-furūʻ ʻalá uṣūl al-fiqh.
    • 3. fol. 53b-174a: al-Tamhīd. A treatise on the principles of Shāfiʻite law and jurisprudence. There are several small gaps, and one large gap (fol. 122a-123a) in the text.
    • 4. fol. 174b-175b: Hādhihi Qaṣīdat al-Qurṭubīyah. Versification by ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Muhallabī al-Bahnasī of al-Muthallath, the ternaries of Quṭrub, which is a treatise on those words which bear three different significations according as the first syllable is pronounced with the vowels a or i or u.
    Provenance
    Ownership signatures: Muḥammad ibn [?] dated 886, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad (fol. 1a); ʻUmar ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb (fol. 174a). Seal impressions with the text: al-Sayyid Muḥammad Wafā, 1188 (fol. 122a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    • Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1817, 1816.
    • Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqlānī, Durar (1326 AH), II, p. 354.
    • Ḥusn al-Muḥādarah, I, p. 180.
    • Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, pp. 263/4; II, pp. 423/4.
    • Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4410, 4409.
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    Other title(s)
    • Tamhīd wa-al-Kawkab al-durrī wa-al-Fatāwá
    • تمهيد والكوكب الدري والفتاوى
    • تمهيد
    Title on lower edge of text block
    • Tamhīd
    OCLC
    1371111756
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