Islamic Traditions [IO Islamic 618] الشمائل المحمدية

Tradition.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 618 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 133 here with further notations and hyperlinks].

133.

618. Size 91/4 in. by 5 in.; foll. 143. Nine lines in a page.

شمائل النبیّ

An account [known sometimes as الشمائل المحمدية] of the person, manners, and character of the Prophet, by Abu ‘Îsa Muḥammad b. ‘Îsa b. Sanrah TIRMIDHÎ (d. A. H. 279). CF. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 70; Catal. Mus. Brit. 98; Bibl. Sprenger. 107. Printed at Calcutta, A. H. 1252, with a Hindûstânî translation, entitled انوار محمدی.

In fifty-six chapters. The following is a list of them1 as they occur in the present MS.: Fol. 1 خَلْق; fol. 10 خاتم النبوّة; fol. 14 شَعْر; fol. 16 ترجّل; fol. 17 شَیْب; fol. 19 خِضاب; fol. 21 کحل; fol. 22 لباس ; fol. 27 عيش; ib. خُفّ; fol. 28 نعل; fol. 31 خاتم; fol. 33 تختّم ; fol. 35 سیف ; fol. 36 درع; ib. مغفر; fol. 37 عمامة ; fol. 38 ازار; fol. 39 مِشْیة; fol. 40 تقنّع; ib. جِلْسة; fol. 41 تُکْأة; fol. 42 اتّکاء; fol. 43 اکل; fol. 44 خُبْز; fol. 46 إِدام; fol. 56وضوء ; fol. 57 قوله قبل الطعام و بعد ما یفرغ منه; fol. 59 قدح; ib. فاکهة; fol. 61 شراب; fol. 63 شرب; fol. 65 تعطّر; fol. 67 کلام; fol. 68 ضحک; fol. 71 مزاج ; fol. 74 کلامه فی الشعر; fol. 77 کلامه فی السمر; fol. 80 نوم; fol. 82 عبادة ; fol. 90 صلوة; fol. 92 صلوة التطوّع فی البیت; fol. 93 صوم; fol. 97 قراءة; fol. 99 بُکاء ; fol. 102 فراش; ib. تواضع; fol. 108 خُلْق; fol. 115 حیاء; fol. 116 حجامة ; fol. 117 اسماء; fol. 118 عیش; fol. 123 سنّ ; fol. 125 وفاة ; fol. 134 میراث; fol. 137 رویته فی المنام.

The text consists entirely of traditions. It is introduced by the following words only:

الحمدلله و سلام علی عباده الذین اصطفی

Well written, with vowel-points, by Muḥammad Yaḥya. Collated in Rabî’ I., 1107. Numerous interlinear and marginal notes in the earlier portion.

The verso of the last folio contains several sayings of Muḥammad, relating to eating, etc., compiled by Abu’l-Wazîrân Aḥmad الایهوی.

[Tippu.]

1 For the sake of brevity, only the names of the subjects are given, instead of the full phrase introducing each chapter, viz. باب ما جاء فی ...رسول الله.

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