Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Sakhāwī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad—Durrah al-bahīyah fī al-masāʼil al-fiqhīyah [Browse]
• Islamic law—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Hanafites—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 914H [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• holographs (autographs) [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on al-Durrah al-bahīyah fī al-masāʼil al-fiqhīyah, the authorʼs own ode on Hanafite law. This is labelled the fourth part of the commentary, beginning with the section on al-nadhr and ending with that on al-ʻaqīqah.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Marginal notes and glosses. MS incomplete at the end; written by the author. Some leaves trimmed.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 162 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 26-30 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition. Rare.
• Origin: Probably from XVIIth century.
• Ending: ... رواه البيهقي باسناده الصحيح عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت امرنا رسول الله
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم باب النذرقلت: من مسلم ومطلق التصرف ...

Binding note

Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather and purple marbled paper. Purple paper pastedowns.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1772.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Sharḥ Kitāb al-Durrah al-bahīyah fī al-masāyil al-fiqhīyah
• شرح كتاب الدرة البهية في المسايل الفقهية

OCLC

1340425410

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