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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb al-ʻUmdah fī al-aḥkām ; Arbaʻīn ḥadīthan fī faḍāʼil al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-Ṣūfīyah كتاب العمدة في الاحكام ؛ اربعين حديثا في فضائل الفقراء والصوفية

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Title

  • Kitāb al-ʻUmdah fī al-aḥkām ; Arbaʻīn ḥadīthan fī faḍāʼil al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-Ṣūfīyah

Other Title

  • كتاب العمدة في الاحكام ؛ اربعين حديثا في فضائل الفقراء والصوفية

Summary

  • This volume preserves manuscript copies of two treatises that are bound together. The first, Al-ʻUmdah fī al-aḥkām (The dependable book of Islamic rulings), is a compilation of hadiths found in the collections of both Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810-70), and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (circa 821-75), generally regarded as the two most authoritative hadith scholars in Sunni Islam. The author is Hanbali scholar ʻAbd al-Ghani ibn ʻAbd al-Wahid (1146-1203), better known as ʻAbd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi. The treatise is divided into 17 "books," each containing hadiths stipulating the prophetic guidance on a certain aspect of Muslim life. The books are: purification, prayers, burials, almsgiving, fasting, pilgrimage, financial dealings, divorce, sworn allegation of adultery, baby nursing, requital, hudud (limits of God) punishments, foods, beverages, clothing, jihad, and emancipation (from slavery). Al-Maqdisi provided no commentary, except for the explanation of some uncommon vocabulary found in the hadiths he selected. The title page has an elaborate ʻunwan (decorative opener) in gold, blue and dark red inks. This copy of Al-ʻUmdah, written in a fully voweled naskh script, was produced in 1401, probably in Egypt. The second manuscript copy preserves Arbaʻūn ḥadīthan fī faḍāʼil al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-Ṣūfīyah (Forty hadiths on the virtues of ascetics and Sufis), a treatise by Ahmad ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Tusi, a Sufi scholar who was the imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca. The treatise is part of the "Forty Hadiths" genre, of which more than 500 works were written on various subjects over the centuries, beginning as early as the third century AH (tenth century). The basis for this genre is a hadith that encourages Muslims to learn and memorize forty hadiths of benefit to the Muslim community. Al-Tusi chose to omit the isnad (chain of transmission) for his hadiths to "facilitate reading ... and memorization." But he claims that they all have a sahih (authentic) chain of transmission, the highest degree of authority in hadith classification. This manuscript copy was also written in a fully voweled naskh, probably in Egypt, and produced in 1541. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Ibn al-Ṣāyigh, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, -1441 or 1442, scribe
  • Jammāʻīlī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid, 1146-1203
  • Ṭūsī, Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Ḥasan

Created / Published

  • Ramaḍān 947 [December 1540 or January 1541]

Contents

  • Kitāb al-ʻumdah fī al-aḥkām -- Arabʻīn ḥadīthan fī faḍāʼil al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-Ṣūfīyah.

Headings

  • -  Hadith--Early works to 1800
  • -  Hanbalites--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islamic law--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Sufis--Early works to 1800
  • -  Sufism--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  "Katabahu ... ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ṣāyigh"--Colophon (1st work).
  • -  First work: 1a-83a; second work 83b-85b.
  • -  First work: Naskhī mashkūl; 11 lines in written area 20 x 11.5 cm ; Second work: Naskhī; 20 lines in written area 20 x 11.5 cm.
  • -  Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, SM-40.
  • -  Manuscript
  • -  Modern binding incorporating remains of front and back embossed geometric designs; other remnants of original binding preserved in case along with the manuscript.
  • -  Paper: thick, cream color oriental paper; black ink with chapter and section headings in gold; text block has no borders; title page has an elaborate ʻunwan in gold, blue and dark red; no marginal notes or corredtions; no catchwords.
  • -  Probably Egypt.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a (1st work); title from fol. 83b (2nd work)
  • -  Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fi Maktabat al-Kūnghris, 32
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Arabic.

Medium

  • 85 leaves (first work 1a-83a; second work 83b-85b) (first work 11 lines; second work 20 lines), paper : bound ; 28 x 19 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBP310.J35 A386 1540

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015377614

Online Format

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Ibn Al-Ṣāyigh, ʻAbd Al-Raḥmān, -1441 Or 1442, Scribe, ʻAbd Al-Ghanī Ibn ʻAbd Al-Wāḥid Jammāʻīlī, and Aḥmad Ibn Abī Al-Ḥasan Ṭūsī. Kitāb al-ʻUmdah fī al-aḥkām ; Arbaʻīn ḥadīthan fī faḍāʼil al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-Ṣūfīyah. [Ramaḍān 947 December or January 1541, 1540] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015377614/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Al-Ṣāyigh, ʻ. A., Jammāʻīlī, ʻ. A. I. ʻ. A. & Ṭūsī, A. I. A. A. (1540) Kitāb al-ʻUmdah fī al-aḥkām ; Arbaʻīn ḥadīthan fī faḍāʼil al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-Ṣūfīyah. [Ramaḍān 947 December or January 1541] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015377614/.

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Ibn Al-Ṣāyigh, ʻAbd Al-Raḥmān, -1441 Or 1442, Scribe, ʻAbd Al-Ghanī Ibn ʻAbd Al-Wāḥid Jammāʻīlī, and Aḥmad Ibn Abī Al-Ḥasan Ṭūsī. Kitāb al-ʻUmdah fī al-aḥkām ; Arbaʻīn ḥadīthan fī faḍāʼil al-fuqarāʼ wa-al-Ṣūfīyah. [Ramaḍān 947 December or January 1541, 1540] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015377614/>.