Islamic Traditions [IO Bijapur 363]

Tradition.

This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 363 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 185 here with further notations and hyperlinks].

185.

B 363. Size 101/4 in. by 73/4 in.; foll. 461. Nineteen lines in a page.

کتاب الزواجر عن اقتراف الکبائر تصنیف الامام العالم العلامة العارف بالله الشیخ احمد بن حجر الهیثمی مصنّف التُّحْفة و غیرها الخ.

A diffuse treatise on mortal sins, founded upon the tradition, by AḤMAD b. ḤAJAR Haithamî. It has been printed at Bûlâḳ, A. H. 1284. Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 151.

The author, who does not give his name, tells us that he began this treatise in A. H. 953, at Makkah (امّ القری), and that he made use of a work of Abu ‘Abdallah Dhahabî (d. A. H. 748). The treatise consists of an introduction (مقدّمة), on the definition of mortal sin, etc., and two parts (باب), one (fol. 23) treating of the “internal” or mental sins (الکبائر الباطنة), and the other (fol. 108) of the “external” sins, or crimes in practice (الکبائر الظاهرة). The latter is divided into special chapters, according to the system of the law-books, باب الطهارة, etc. The appendix (الخاتمة, fol. 436) treats of four subjects: I. of penitence (التوبة); II. (fol. 440) of the day of judgment; III. (fol. 448v.) of Hell; and IV. (fol. 452) of Paradise, and it concludes with a prayer.

Well written. Dated as follows: عشیة یوم الخمیس و عشرون خلت من شهر المحرم عاشورا سنة الف و مائة و اثنی عشر من الهجرة. This copy was made by ‘Abd al-raḥmân b. Suleimân1..Bâ Faḍl, by order of Wajîh al-dîn Saiyid ‘Abd al-raḥmân b. ‘Alawî b. Aḥmad al-‘Aidarûs Bâ ‘Alawî Ḥusainî.

The signature of Wajîh al-dîn is at the end and on the titlepage; the above title is also in his hand-writing.

Cat. 223, x.

1 The following word is effaced.