Kitāb fī faḍāʼil al-Shāfiʿī

Name: Kitāb fī faḍāʼil al-Shāfiʿī
Author: Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210, Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, active 1625, Mansur al-Attar

Title	Kitāb fī faḍāʼil al-Shāfiʿī
Author	Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210, Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, active 1625, Mansur al-Attar
Author Original	رازي، فخر الدين محمد بن عمر منصور العطار
Publication Date:	1625
Subject	Shāfiʻī, Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, 767 or 768-820 -- Early works to 1800, Shafiites -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Practice of law (Islamic law) -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	164 leaves : paper ; 195 x 148 (165 x 97) mm. bound to 200 x 155 mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194684733
Record ID	990068052900106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	1625
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from 'title page' (p.1)., Incipit: "The Sheikh Imam said... The pride of the faith and the religion, Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Omar Al-Razi, may God restore his resting place. Praise be to God, who has no Creator of things except Him and no Sustainer of the living except Him... Now, a group of distinguished companions and noble lineages asked me to compile a brief summary of the virtues of Al-Shafi’i Al-Muttalabi, may God be pleased with him, and in the preponderance of his doctrine. So I compiled this summary...”, Explicit: “So we prove that what they wrote [?] is an argument for them, so it is an argument for us against them, and God knows best, and I know that the obligation [in] specifying issues and enumerating them is not appropriate for this book. And when we have reached this place, let us stop our speech, praising God Almighty, and praying for His Messenger Muhammad the Chosen One, may God bless him and grant him peace and upon his family and companions, and grant them abundant peace.”, Colophon: “Scribal,” reads “by Mansour Al-Attar.” He and his parents were forgiven on the twentieth of Rabi’ al-Thani of the months of the year 1034.”, Collation: ii, V-1 (9), 15 V(159), II+1 (164), ii ; chiefly quinions; quire numbering in the form of whole words in the upper outer corner of the opening recto of the second and third quire, thereafter in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals (red or black ink); catchwords present though often lost to trimming ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 21 lines per page., Script: Naskh ; clear 'Syrian' or Egyptian [?] hand ; Virtually serifless (though occasional rightward serifs appear on freestanding alif, lām, etc.) and quite rounded, pointing in distinct dots, curvilinear descenders, kāf mashqūqah preferred (even final kāf), partially vocalized., Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas or discs (occasionally in threes)., Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle with trefoil above watermark (see p.28, 29, etc.); dark cream in color, fairly crisp though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy (in vicinity of p.179 extremely smooth and glossy); some staining., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark blue cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding); Type III binding (without flap), approaching Western style (not flush with text block, etc.) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in brown wove paper; upper and lower covers bear embossed emblems of the Ottoman Empire - upper cover, what appears to be the tuğra / ṭughrā of the Sultan [Mahmut II?] and lower cover, crescent and star; resewn over cords in white thread, six stations; overall in somewhat poor condition with spine leather lifting (printed waste used in spine lining and lower hinge), splitting and deteriorating, minor abrasion and staining of cloth, some spine slant (slightly cocked)., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover "IL 270" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.323, copied by Manṣūr al-ʻAṭṭār [?] with transcription completed 20 Rabī II 1034 [ca. 30 January 1625». ; collation marks and notes (“An interview is canceled according to capacity and possibility”, etc.) on verso of final leaf of practically every quire ; marginal corrections (with Renvo signs); added excerpts at close “A book containing the issues of Abu Hatim, may God be pleased with him” (pp.326-328)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 604
Sample Text	Fine copy of the well-known hagiographical work by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.1210) on the life and merits of al-Imām Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʻī (d. 820), the eponym of the Shāfiʻī school (madhhab).
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Manṣūr al-ʻAṭṭār, active 1625, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251211
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Biography, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 506 (no.1), Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 149, no.13014
Elde Ediliş	Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.

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Kitāb fī faḍāʼil al-Shāfiʿī

Author Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210, Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, active 1625, Mansur al-Attar

Author Original رازي، فخر الدين محمد بن عمر منصور العطار

Publication Date 1625

Subject Shāfiʻī, Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, 767 or 768-820 -- Early works to 1800, Shafiites -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Practice of law (Islamic law) -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 164 leaves : paper ; 195 x 148 (165 x 97) mm. bound to 200 x 155 mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194684733

Record ID 990068052900106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 1625

Notes Ms. codex., Title from 'title page' (p.1)., Incipit: "The Sheikh Imam said... The pride of the faith and the religion, Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Omar Al-Razi, may God restore his resting place. Praise be to God, who has no Creator of things except Him and no Sustainer of the living except Him... Now, a group of distinguished companions and noble lineages asked me to compile a brief summary of the virtues of Al-Shafi’i Al-Muttalabi, may God be pleased with him, and in the preponderance of his doctrine. So I compiled this summary...”, Explicit: “So we prove that what they wrote [?] is an argument for them, so it is an argument for us against them, and God knows best, and I know that the obligation [in] specifying issues and enumerating them is not appropriate for this book. And when we have reached this place, let us stop our speech, praising God Almighty, and praying for His Messenger Muhammad the Chosen One, may God bless him and grant him peace and upon his family and companions, and grant them abundant peace.”, Colophon: “Scribal,” reads “by Mansour Al-Attar.” He and his parents were forgiven on the twentieth of Rabi’ al-Thani of the months of the year 1034.”, Collation: ii, V-1 (9), 15 V(159), II+1 (164), ii ; chiefly quinions; quire numbering in the form of whole words in the upper outer corner of the opening recto of the second and third quire, thereafter in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals (red or black ink); catchwords present though often lost to trimming ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 21 lines per page., Script: Naskh ; clear 'Syrian' or Egyptian [?] hand ; Virtually serifless (though occasional rightward serifs appear on freestanding alif, lām, etc.) and quite rounded, pointing in distinct dots, curvilinear descenders, kāf mashqūqah preferred (even final kāf), partially vocalized., Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas or discs (occasionally in threes)., Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle with trefoil above watermark (see p.28, 29, etc.); dark cream in color, fairly crisp though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy (in vicinity of p.179 extremely smooth and glossy); some staining., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark blue cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding); Type III binding (without flap), approaching Western style (not flush with text block, etc.) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in brown wove paper; upper and lower covers bear embossed emblems of the Ottoman Empire - upper cover, what appears to be the tuğra / ṭughrā of the Sultan [Mahmut II?] and lower cover, crescent and star; resewn over cords in white thread, six stations; overall in somewhat poor condition with spine leather lifting (printed waste used in spine lining and lower hinge), splitting and deteriorating, minor abrasion and staining of cloth, some spine slant (slightly cocked)., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover "IL 270" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.323, copied by Manṣūr al-ʻAṭṭār [?] with transcription completed 20 Rabī II 1034 [ca. 30 January 1625». ; collation marks and notes (“An interview is canceled according to capacity and possibility”, etc.) on verso of final leaf of practically every quire ; marginal corrections (with Renvo signs); added excerpts at close “A book containing the issues of Abu Hatim, may God be pleased with him” (pp.326-328)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 604

Sample Text Fine copy of the well-known hagiographical work by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.1210) on the life and merits of al-Imām Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʻī (d. 820), the eponym of the Shāfiʻī school (madhhab).

Katkıda Bulunanlar Manṣūr al-ʻAṭṭār, active 1625, scribe.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251211

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Biography, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 506 (no.1), Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 149, no.13014

Elde Ediliş Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.