Nuzhat al-naẓar fī tawḍīḥ Nukhbat al-fikar نزهة النظر في توضيح نخبة الفكر Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ابن حجر العسقلاني، أحمد بن علي

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Commentary by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-ʻAsqalānī (أحمد بن علي العسقلاني , d. 1449) known as Ibn Ḥajar (ابن حجر) on his own Nukhbat al-fikar fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر; A Selection of Thoughts Concerning the Terminology of the Traditionists ), a treatise on the science of prophetic traditions (علم الحديث).

Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-4):

قال الشيخ الفاضل العالم العلامة الحافظ وحيد دهره وأوانه وفريد عصره وزمانه شهاب الملة والدين

أبو الفضل أحمد بن علي العسقلاني الشهير بابن حجر أثابه الله الجنة بفضله وكرمه الحمد لله الذي لم يزل

عالمًا قديرًا حيًا قيومًا سميعًا بصيرًا ...

Ends (f. 27r, lines 12-15):

... وهي أي هذه الأنواع المذكورة

في هذه الخاتمة نقل محض ظاهرة التعريف مستغنية عن التمثيل وحصرها متعسر فليراجع لها

مبسوطاتها ليحصل الوقوف على حقائقها والله الموفق والهادي لا إله إلا هو عليه

توكلت وإليه أنيب وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم

Extent and format

Ff. 2v-27r

It is part of

Composite volume containing the Nukhbat al-fikr fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر) by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني), and the Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq (ديوان العدد الوفق)

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Ref: Delhi Arabic 110

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 270 x 180 mm leaf [180 x 95 mm written]

Foliation: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. foliation in pencil

Ruling: No ruling visible; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm

Script: Nasta‘līq

Ink: Black

Binding: Full cloth case binding

Condition: Extensive insect damage and water stains; many folios torn and repaired

Marginalia: Ff. 2v-4r are heavily annotated; some marginal notations on subsequent folios

Seals: Ff. 2r

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Delhi Arabic 110, ff 2v-27r

History of this record

Date(s)

18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Provenance

• The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (f. 2r);
• Partially legible seal (f. 2r).

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Editions:

• Ibn Ḥajar al-‘Asqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī, Nukhbat al-fikar fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar, wa-sharḥuhā, Nuzhat al-naẓar fī tawḍīḥ Nukhbat al-fikar , ed. by William Nassau Lees et. al. (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal,1862)
• Ibn Ḥajar al-‘Asqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī, Nuzhat al-naẓar f ī tawḍīḥ Nukhbat al-fikar; sharḥ al-Nukhbah fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar , ed. Nūr al-Dīn ‘Itr (Dimashq-Bayrūt: Dār al-Khayr, 1993)

Translation and study:

• Hussain, Ather Shahbaz, The 'Nuzhah' of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalānī (d. 852/1449): a translation and critical commentary , unpublished PhD thesis (Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 2012) http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.552933

Subjects

Hadith--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Aḥmad ibn 'Alī Ibn Ḥajar al-'Asqalānī, Shaykh al-Islām

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Nuzhat al-naẓar fī tawḍīḥ Nukhbat al-fikar نزهة النظر في توضيح نخبة الفكر Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ابن حجر العسقلاني، أحمد بن علي, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Delhi Arabic 110, ff 2v-27r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040730535.0x000001> [accessed 2 January 2025]

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