al-Siraj al-Munir Sharh al-Jami al-Saghir fi Hadith al-Bashir al-Nadhir
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- 1070 AH
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- al-Siraj al-Munir Sharh al-Jami al-Saghir fi Hadith al-Bashir al-Nadhir
al-Sirāj al-Munīr Sharḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr fī Ḥadīth al-Bashīr al-Nadhīr (The Illuminating Lamp: Commentary on the Small Collection of the Hadith of the Bearer of Glad Tidings and Warner) is a commentary on Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti’s hadith compendium al-Jami al-Saghir, authored by the Egyptian Shafi'i scholar Ali ibn Ahmad al-Azizi (d. 1070 AH / 1659–1660 CE) .
Scope and Methodology
In the introduction to the work, al-Azizi describes the book as a concise commentary (sharḥ laṭīf) designed to elucidate the hadiths compiled in al-Suyuti's al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr . He compiled the text from preceding commentaries on the collection, outlining specific conventions for his references:
- When using the phrase "the Shaykh said" (قال الشيخ), he specifically refers to his teacher Muhammad Hijazi al-Sha'rani, known as al-Wa'iz .
- When transmitting commentary without attributing it to an explicit authority, the material is predominantly sourced from the works of Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munawi, whom he also occasionally mentions by name .
Biographers, such as al-Muhibbi in Khulasat al-Athar, noted that al-Azizi's written works were characterized by compilations where direct transmission and excerpts from earlier authorities exceeded his own independent restructuring .
Supercommentaries and Editions
The text received further scholarly engagement, including a marginal gloss (ḥāshiyah) composed by Muhammad al-Hifni .
The commentary has been published in multiple multi-volume editions, including:
- The Bulaq press edition (1292 AH), published with al-Hifni's marginalia .
- Editions from al-Matba'a al-Khayriyya (1304 AH) and al-Maymaniyya (1305 and 1312 AH) in Cairo .
- The Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi printings in three volumes (including editions in 1357 AH / 1938 CE and 1377 AH / 1957 CE) .
Manuscript copies of the commentary are preserved in various libraries, including the Azhar Library and the Khedivial Library in Cairo, the Ez-Zitouna Mosque library in Tunis, the Gazi Husrev-beg Library in Sarajevo, and Princeton University Library .
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