al-Zahr al-Faih fi Dhikr man Tanazzaha an al-Dhunub wa al-Qabaih
- Author died
- 833 AH
- Editions
- Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya
al-Zahr al-Fāʾiḥ fī Dhikr Man Tanazzaha ʿan al-Dhunūb wa-l-Qabāʾiḥ (The Fragrant Blossom Concerning Those Who Kept Pure from Sins and Abominations) is a work of exhortation and spiritual counsel (waʿẓ wa-irshād) authored by the Quranic scholar and hadith specialist Ibn al-Jazari (Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Jazari, d. 833 AH / 1429 CE).
Content and Title Variations
The book is classified in Islamic literature under the genre of preaching, moral guidance, and spiritual refinement (waʿẓ wa-irshād), focusing on pious individuals who abstained from sinful and disgraceful acts. In bibliographic lists and manuscript records, the title appears with minor variations, including al-Zahr al-Fāʾiḥ fī Waṣf Man Tanazzaha ʿan al-Dhunūb wa-l-Qabāʾiḥ and al-Zahr al-Fāʾiḥ fī Man Tanazzaha ʿan al-Dhunūb wa-l-Qabāʾiḥ.
Manuscript Tradition and Attributions
Manuscript copies of the work are preserved in several collections:
- A copy recorded in the Ez-Zitouna library collection.
- A manuscript preserved in the Central Library in Makkah, cataloged anonymously.
- Multiple manuscripts housed at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh; across different library records, some copies of this title or variant phrasing have been attributed to Ibn al-Jawzi (recorded as ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, d. 656 AH / 1258 CE), or to Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Sayih (active ca. 10th–11th century AH).
Publication
The work was edited by Muhammad Basyuni and published under its attribution to Ibn al-Jazari by Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi in a first edition in 1406 AH (1985/1986 CE).
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