Following the hadith quoted from the Prophet of Islam (S) saying "Whoever retaining 40 of our hadiths for the nation...", many religious scholars have used to collect and compile forty hadiths in an independent work. Such works are usually untitled and known as Forty Hadiths, or al-Arbaʿūn, or Arbaʿūn Ḥadis̱a based on their content, including the present work whose author is not known due to the missing of the copy's opening and ending folios. The first chapter of this copy, as appears, is من عرف امامه لم یضره تقدم هذا الامر او تاخر (f. 8). The following chapter is ما جاء عبدالمطلب و ابی طالب رض الله عنهما (f. 11), and then the chapter called ما جاء رسول الله (f. 13). The last chapter is باب الاربعون مما روی من حدیث ذی القرنین which is on the very last folio. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

Following the hadith quoted from the Prophet of Islam (S) saying "Whoever retaining 40 of our hadiths for the nation...", many religious scholars have used to collect and compile forty hadiths in an independent work. Such works are usually untitled and known as Forty Hadiths, or al-Arbaʿūn, or Arbaʿūn Ḥadis̱a based on their content, including the present work whose author is not known due to the missing of the copy's opening and ending folios. The first chapter of this copy, as appears, is من عرف امامه لم یضره تقدم هذا الامر او تاخر (f. 8). The following chapter is ما جاء عبدالمطلب و ابی طالب رض الله عنهما (f. 11), and then the chapter called ما جاء رسول الله (f. 13). The last chapter is باب الاربعون مما روی من حدیث ذی القرنین which is on the very last folio. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 635

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

16th-17th century

Language

Arabic

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper, plain and dark buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), glossy. Water damage on papers. The last four folios have been newly written.

Physical extent

59 ff.

Hands

Naskh, fairly large hand, several hands. Anonymous

Decoration

Rubricated titles and signs.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Hadith

Islam--Prayers and devotions