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Daiber I Ms. 162

6 folios; 13×19 cm; 19 lines; naskhi. Titles in red ink. Hand of the 12-13th/18-19th century.

IIIF Collection

Contents

  1. [2] [1430] fol. 1r

    Some verses by Ibn Kamal Pasha ابن كمال باشا . On this scholar (died 940/1533) cf. GAL II 449 and S II 668.

  2. [3] [1431] fol. 1v - 3v

    al-Hadith al-thalith "idha tahayyartum fi al-umur fa-ista'inu min ahl al-qubur" الحديث الثالث " إذا تحيرتم في الأمور فاستعينوا من أهل القبور "

    al-Hadith al-thalith "idha tahayyartum fi al-umur fa-ista'inu min ahl al-qubur" الحديث الثالث " إذا تحيرتم في الأمور فاستعينوا من أهل القبور " . An explanation of the tradition that people being in confusion can profit from a visit to tombs. Perhaps identical with a text by Ibn Kamal Pasha ابن كمال باشا (see above) about the secret influences of tombs on visitors of which a fragment is preserved in ms. Berlin 2466, fol. 50r. The same ms. continues - as does our ms. - with the following text

  3. [4] [1432] fol. 4r - 4v

    R. fi mas'alat ba'th kulli abdin ala ma mata alay-hi رسالة في مسألة بعث كل عبد على ما مات عليه

    al-Suyuti السيوطي Risala fi mas'alat ba'th kulli abdin ala ma mata alay-hi رسالة في مسألة بعث كل عبد على ما مات عليه . This treatise by al-Suyuti (died 911/1505) proves that the player of a flute will arrive with a flute on the day of the Last Judgement, whilst the drunkard will arrive with a jug of wine and the muezzin as a muezzin. - The same text is preserved on fol. 50v of ms. Berlin 2466.

  4. [5] [1433] fol. 5r - 6v

    Isbagh al-minna fi anhar al-janna إسباغ المنة في أنهار الجنة

    Isbagh al-minna fi anhar al-janna إسباغ المنة في أنهار الجنة . On the difference between the geographical names Shayhan شيحان , Jayhan جيحان , Jayhun جيحون and Sayjun سيجون .