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This work contains a thousand answers to the queries about the duties for Islamic prayer (Ṣalāh), prepared in an introduction, three chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction is on "al-Ṣalāt al-Wājibah", the first chapter on "al-Muqaddamāt", the second chapter on "al-Muqārināt", and the third chapter on "al-Munāfīyāt",... Of the famous commentaries written on this work, one may refer to a book called "Sharḥ-i Alfīyat al-Shahīd" by Muḥaqqig Karakī. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Wadh.Minasian 753

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 work contains a thousand answers to the queries about the duties for Islamic prayer (Ṣalāh), prepared in an introduction, three chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction is on "al-Ṣalāt al-Wājibah", the first chapter on "al-Muqaddamāt", the second chapter on "al-Muqārināt", and the third chapter on "al-Munāfīyāt",... Of the famous commentaries written on this work, one may refer to a book called "Sharḥ-i Alfīyat al-Shahīd" by Muḥaqqig Karakī. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 753

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

19th century

Language

Arabic

Contents

Author: Shahīd al-Awwal, Muḥammad ibn Makkī, 1333 or 1334-1380‏ شهید اول، محمد ابن مکی، ۱۳۳۳ یا ۱۳۳۴-۱۳۸۰ Shahīd al-Awwal, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Makkī ʿĀmilī Jazīnī شهید اول، ابو عبدالله محمد بن محمد مکی عاملی جزینی ابو عبدالله Abū ʿAbd Allāh Title: al-Alfīyat al-Shahīd Title: الالفیة الشهید Title: al-Alfīyat fī al-Fiqh Title: الالفیة فی الفقه

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, thick, one size, glossy.

Physical extent

65 ff.

Hands

Graceful Naskh, one hand, fairly large hand. Marginalia in both Naskh and Nastaʿalīq. Anonymous

Acquisition

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

Subject

Islamic Law

Islam--Doctrines

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  • Mohammad Emami
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  • Ali Mir-Ansari

  • Minasian, Caro Owen

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