Extract of the Qur'an from chapter 55 al-Rahman to chapter 56 Al-wāqia. Extent and format of original material: Unwatermarked paper 10 pages 155x100mm. Physical characteristics of original: some folios missing towards the end,light humidity damage
Collection of Arabic manuscripts of the Alphamoye Ba CISSE 2 family
Scope & Content:
A collection containing the Qur'an, Exegesis of the Qur'an, Theology, Prayer on the Prophet Muhammad, Philology, Jurisprudence, eulogy, Hadith, Invocation, Sermons and Esoteric material. Extent and format of original material: 25 paper manuscripts.
Invocations to be read in sleep, during a meal, while going in and out of the lavatory etc. Extent and format of original material: School notebook 68 pages 130x100mm. Physical characteristics of original: some folios missing at the beginning and end
Instructions on how to be protected against misfortune, be sexually potent, also describes the virtues of certain medicinal plants. Extent and format of original material: Unwatermarked paper 2 pages 155x105mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some folios damaged through humidity
The Qur'an from the chapter al-Fātiha to the chapter al-Nās. Extent and format of original material: Unwatermarked paper 296 pages 220x180mm. Physical characteristics of original: the manuscript is in good condition
Kitāb ḍiyā’ al-ta’wīl fī bayān al-tanzīl: Exegesis of the Qur'an
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Exegesis of the Qur'an from the chapter al-Kahf to the chapter al-Nās. Author: ‘Abdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Fodiye b. ‘Uthmān Ibn Ṣāliḥ (Ibn Fodiye) M : 1829. Scribe: Bāba b. Modi b. Ḥaman Ghāya b. Aḥmad. Extent and format of original material: Unwatermarked paper 976 pages 215x170mm. Physical charac...
Commentary on the oneness of Allah, death, paradise, hell etc. with some instruction on how to resolve certain problems. Author: ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad al-Tha‘ālabī al-Hawārī : Arbāb al-Kharṭūmī. Extent and format of original material: Unwatermarked paper 72 pages 205x165mm. Physical characte...
Dalā’il al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr ṣalāt ‘alā Nabiy al-Mukhtār: Prayer upon the Prophet Muhammad
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Prayer upon the Prophet Muhammad, divided into 7 chapters correponding to the 7 days in the week. It begins with the 99 names of Allah followed by the 201 names of the Prophet after which follows an invocation. It ends with another invocation which is to be read at the end of each reading of the ...
Instructions on the invocations to be made in the course of daily life, as well as the rules to be adhered to in the mosque etc. Extent and format of original material: Unwatermarked paper 152 pages 210x155mm. Physical characteristics of original: some folios missing at the beginning and end
Instructions on the hours of prayer, ablutions, ritual bathing,cleanliness, fasting, alms giving, pilgrimage, menstruation, neighbourly relations, marriage, the repudiation of a wife, the consumption of certain types of food and drink,breast feeding, weaning, commercial transactions, partition of...