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Subject(s)

• Shāfiʻī, Muḥammad ibn Idrīs 767 or 768-820—Musnad [Browse]
• Hadith—Criticism, interpretation, etc—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Hadith—Authorities—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic law—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shafiites—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 701H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]

Summary note

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.

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.

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.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

شرح مسند الشافعي

Title on lower edge of text block

• Sharḥ Musnad al-Shāfiʻī

OCLC

1340420835

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