Al-Ahaadiith al-Mukhtaarah (MS 363)
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Title:
Al-Ahaadiith al-Mukhtaarah (MS 363)
Series Title:
Allen Collection : Religious Tendi and Historical Notes
Creator:
Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary )
Abibakr Muhammad Khatib ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten copy in black ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Islam ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Faith ( LCSH )
Imani za kidini
Muḥammad, Prophet, -642 ( LCNA )
Prophet Mohammed
Genre:
Stories
Hadithi
Literature ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Coordinates:
-9.633997 x 39.778998

Notes

Abstract:
This section contains the sayings of the Prophet Mohammed, The Hadithi, written by Sh. Alamin bin Ali Mazrui, in Arabic, with Swahili translation. Here there are 70 of the 130 sayings chosen by the author. Sh. Alamin had published the complete collection of sayings. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui was born in Mombasa in A.D 1891 (A.H. 1308) and died in A.D. 1947 (A.H. 1366). -- He was, and still is, considered one of the greatest scholar of Islamic religious science, in East Africa, and was appointed chief Kadhi (Muslim judge) of Kenya in 1937. -- During his life he wrote many books about Islam, literature, and the history of the Coast. His most important contribution was to provide Islamic religious books to the people of East Africa, in Swahili. -- His book ‘The History of the Mazrui Dinasty of Mombasa’ was translated by J.McL Ritchie and published by Oxford University Press in 1995. -- In 1932 he began the publication of the weekly newspaper in Arabic and Swahili called Al-Iswlah. -- He also began to translate the Qur’an, of which some parts have been published. -- He left many unpublished manuscripts, including a very relevant study of Swahili prosody, in which he gave a neat classification of the poetic forms for the study of Swahili poetry.
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Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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Extent: 13 leaves
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Donated to SOAS in 1982
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Incipit: Amma baadu hizi ni tafsiri za Al-ahadiithu-l-mukhtaarah zilizokusanywa na al-allamat-al-marhuu
General Note:
Al-Amin Bin Ali Mazrui was the Chief Islamic Judge in Kadhi courts of Kenya Colony.
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Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 13
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VIAF (name authority) : Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/39558103
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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Scribe: Abibakr Muhammad Khatib

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
MS 279888-Vol.8 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 363 ( SOAS manuscript number )