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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; Unknown place of origin

Wadh.Minasian 274

Wadham College, University of Oxford

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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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; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 274

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

17th century

Language

Arabic

Contents

Author: ʿĀmilī, Bahāʿ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,‏ ‎1547-1621‏ Ḥāris̱ī ʿĀmilī Bahāʿī, Shaykh Bahāʿ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, 953-1031 AH/1546-1622‏ عاملی، بهاءالدین محمد بن حسین، ۱۵۴۷-۱۶۲۱ حارثی عاملی بهایی، شیخ بهاءالدین محمد بن حسین بن عبدالصمد (۹۵۳-۱۰۳۱ ۱۵۴۶-۱۶۲۲)‏ Title: al-Arbaʿūn ḥadīs̱ā Title: الاربعون حدیثا Title: Arbaʿīn Title: اربعین Title: Sharḥ-i Arbaʿīn Title: شرح اربعین Title: al-Arbaʿīnah Title: الاربعینة

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size, glossy. Paper corrosion due to infestation. Back bone mending of first folios.

Physical extent

1+156+1 ff.

Hands

Cursive calligraphic Naskh, fairly large hand, two hands. Marginalia in Nastaʿalīq; annotated. Bunah'dār, Muḥammad Sharīf بنه‌دار، محمد شریف

Acquisition

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

Subject

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Hadith

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  • Mohammad Emami
  • بنه‌دار، محمد شریف
  • ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621

  • Minasian, Caro Owen

  • Ali Mir-Ansari

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