This is an account containing 40 hadiths on ethical and worship matters cited from Shiite Imams that Shaykh Bahāʾī completed on 13 Ṣafar 995 in Iṣfahān. The work is devided into 40 sections under 40 hadiths. The sections/hadiths include: "Reward for memorizing Arbaʿūn ḥadīs̱ā" (first hadith), "Attributes of the Friends of Allāh" (second hadith), "Importance of the priority times for prayers" (third hadith), ... "Ablution of Amīr al-Muʾminīn" (fifth hadith), ... "Importance of Ḥajj" (tenth hadith), ... "Disparage of the worship of idolatry and love in the world" (twentieth hadith), ... "An account of inhibitions cited from the Prophet of God" (thirtieth hadith), ... "Fate of the believers' spirits after death" (fortieth hadith). The work has been taken seriously as of its creation time, so as there have since been many commentaries, annotations, and translations created for it. — Multiple dates; Shiraz

Title

This is an account containing 40 hadiths on ethical and worship matters cited from Shiite Imams that Shaykh Bahāʾī completed on 13 Ṣafar 995 in Iṣfahān. The work is devided into 40 sections under 40 hadiths. The sections/hadiths include: "Reward for memorizing Arbaʿūn ḥadīs̱ā" (first hadith), "Attributes of the Friends of Allāh" (second hadith), "Importance of the priority times for prayers" (third hadith), ... "Ablution of Amīr al-Muʾminīn" (fifth hadith), ... "Importance of Ḥajj" (tenth hadith), ... "Disparage of the worship of idolatry and love in the world" (twentieth hadith), ... "An account of inhibitions cited from the Prophet of God" (thirtieth hadith), ... "Fate of the believers' spirits after death" (fortieth hadith). The work has been taken seriously as of its creation time, so as there have since been many commentaries, annotations, and translations created for it. — Multiple dates; Shiraz

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 682

Place of origin

Shiraz

Date

17 century

Language

Arabic

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin and regular), one size, glossy. First folio has back bone mending.

Physical extent

1+148 ff.

Hands

Cursive Nastaʿalīq, regular hand, one hand. Marginalia in Nastaʿalīq; annotated. Jurfādiqānī, Z̤‭‭īyāʾ al-Dīn ibn Amīr Abū Ṭālib جرفادقانی، ضیاءالدین ابن امیر ابوطالب

Acquisition

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

Subject

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Hadith