الجواهر المنيفة في شرح وصية ابي حنيفة ... [الخ.]

al-Jawāhir al-munīfah fī sharḥ Waṣīyat Abī Ḥanīfah ... [etc.]

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[18th century?]
Description
21 leaves : paper ; 204 x 151 (153 x 88) mm.

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    Summary note
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    Other title(s)
    • Sharḥ mukhtaṣar ʻalá Kitāb al-waṣīyah.
    • شرح مختصر على كتاب الوصية.
    OCLC
    1340421603
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