[FIQH / BOOK PRODUCING IN ARAB GEOGRAPHY] كتاب التلطف في الوصول الي التعرف الامام الهمام يتيمة الزمان الشيخ محمد بن الى بن / [i.e., The Book of Gentleness in Reaching Recognition of the Imam Al-Hammam, the Orphan of Time...

IBN ALLÂN, AL-SIDDIQÎ (?-1648).

Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi, Cairo, AH 1354 = [1936].

COMPLETE TITLE: [FIQH / BOOK PRODUCING IN ARAB GEOGRAPHY] كتاب التلطف في الوصول الي التعرف الامام الهمام يتيمة الزمان الشيخ محمد بن الى بن الصديقي الشافعى المسكى شرح كتاب التعرف في الا سلام بركة الا نام ابى العباس احمد شهابالدين ابن حجر الهيتمي الشافعي المسكى نفعنآلله تعالى بهما و بعلو مهمآمين / [i.e., The Book of Gentleness in Reaching Recognition of the Imam Al-Hammam, the Orphan of Time, Sheikh Muhammad bin Ali bin Al-Siddiqî Al-Shafi’î Al-Miskî. Explanation of the Book of Recognition in the Name of Peace, Barakat Al-Nam, Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad Shihab Al-Din Ibn Hajar Al-Haytamî Al-Shafi’î Al-Miskî, may God Almighty grant us benefit from them and their greatness, amen].

Loosely preserved in contemporary box, quarter grey & black cloth, yellow boards. 4to. (28 x 21 cm). In Arabic. 144 p.

The rare first and only “complete” Cairo edition of this famous significant fiqh book by Meccan hadith and tafsir scholar Al-Siddiqî. The first part (pp. 1-96) was printed in AH 1330 [1914] at the Al-Tarqi Al-Majwiyya Osmaniyya Printing House in Mecca, then the last part (pp. 97-144) was added and the whole book was printed in AH 1354 [1936] at the Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Sons Press in Egypt.

Ibn Allân was a Shafi scholar from Mecca and is best known for his work in tafsir and hadith. This book is annotation by him to Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (1503-1566)’s important work of the Shafi’i school titled “Al-Ta’arruf fî’l-ahlayn wa’l-tasavvuf”.

ABOUT THE PRINTING HOUSE:

Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Sons is a printing press located in Egypt and dates to the mid-nineteenth century. The original headquarters of the publishing house is located near Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo.

The beginning of the printing house goes back to Ahmed Al-Halabi, who immigrated to Egypt and founded there in 1859 the "Al-Maymaniyeh Press", which later became the Al-Babbi Al-Halabi Press. Ahmed Al-Halabi had no children, so he was sent to the village of Al-Bab in Aleppo, adopting his male brothers' sons to share the work with him.

The printing press was then divided between the Al-Halabi family, where Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi founded a printing press under the name "Dar Revival of Arabic Books", and Mustafa founded a company for himself separately under the name “Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi Library and Printing Company.”

After the death of Ahmad al-Babi al-Halabi in 1898, Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi succeeded him. Al-Halabi Press continued to retain its old name, which was (Al-Maymaniyah Press), until the year 1919 when the founder’s heirs separated and dissolved the company they had under the name (The Great Arab Book House Company for its owners, Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and his two brothers). In that year, Mustafa founded a new company for himself and his children under the name (Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Sons Library and Printing Company), headquartered on Sheikh Muhammad Abdou Street No. 12 (formerly Al-Tabrita).

The printing press was the first to publish major Arabic books such as Tafsir al-Qur’an by al-Tabarî, Ihya’ al-Ulum al-Din by al-Ghazalî, and al-Milal al-Nihal by al-Shahrastanî.”

As of May 2024, OCLC shows four copies (1227861745) worldwide (Orient-Institut Beirut, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek - Universität Hamburg, Sultan Qaboos University Library). None is in North American libraries.