Booklist 1 - Quadragintae, the Arbayins

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  1. Aqib alQadri

    Aqib alQadri Veteran

    To avoid any confusion, I suggest let Sidi Abu Hasan complete his list.
     
  2. Haqbahu

    Haqbahu Veteran

    Nice thread, maybe others can add more?
     
  3. abu Hasan

    abu Hasan Administrator

    List of ‘Quadraginta’ [Collection of Forty]


    I will list the Quadragintae I have at hand, and thereafter, I will add some more from the bibliographic reference, Kashf az-Žunūn, inshāAllāh. I wish to make it atleast forty, wa billahi't tawfiq; if i do, then I shall name the list:
    Al-Arbaúūn al-Arbaýīn [A list of forty books titled Quadraginta]

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    1. Al-Arbaýīn fī Ūsūli’d Dīn
    • Name of the book: Al-Arbaýīn fī Ūsūli’d Dīn
    • Name (English): The Quadraginta of Al-Ghazali, Forty Religious Principles
    • Author: Imām Abū Ĥāmid Muĥammad al-Ghazālī [450-505 AH]
    • Pages: 360
    • Subject: Taşawwuf
    • Brief Description: A summary of Iĥyā’a, where the book is divided into four parts and each part further divided into 10 sections; four major domains and ten topics in each domain adding up to make forty principles. See a detailed review here [link shortly].
    2. Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Irshādi’s Sāyirīn Ilā Manāzil’l Muttaqīn
    • Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Irshādi’s Sāyirīn Ilā Manāzil’l Muttaqīn
    • Name (English): The Forty: The Guidance for the Pilgrims towards the High Ranks of the Righteous and Pious
    • Author: Imām Abu'l Futūĥ Majduddīn Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Álī at-Ţāyī al-Hamdānī [475-555 AH]
    • Pages: 254
    • Subject: Taşawwuf
    3. Al-Arbaúūn fi’l Ĥath’th ála’l Jihād
    • Name of the book: Al-Arbaúūn fi’l Ĥath’th ála’l Jihād
    • Name (English): The Forty: Exhortation of Jihad
    • Author: Imām Hafiž Abu’l Qāsim Álī ibn al-Ĥasan ibn Hibatullah ibn Ásākir [499-571 AH]
    • Subject: Ĥadīth, Targhīb wa’t Tarhīb
    4. Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Manāqib Ummahāti’l Mu’minīn
    • Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Manāqib Ummahāti’l Mu’minīn
    • Name (English): The Forty: In Praise of Mothers of Believers.
    • Author: Abū Manşūr Ábdu’r Raĥmān ibn Muĥammad ibn Al-Ĥasan ibn Hibatullāh ibn Ásākir [d.620 AH]
    • Subject: Biography
    5. Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Taş’ĥīĥ al-Muáāmalah
    • Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Taş’ĥīĥ al-Muáāmalah
    • Name (English): The Forty: Mending One’s Affairs [Purification of Actions]
    • Author: Imām Abu’l Qasim Ábd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī [376-465 AH]
    • Subject: Taşawwuf, Ĥadīth, Explanation of Hadith
    6. Al-Arbaúūna Ĥadīthan
    • Name of the book: Al-Arbaúūna Ĥadīthan min Riwāyati Mālik án Nāfiý án Ibn Úmar
    • Name (English): The Forty: Narrations of Imām Mālik through Nāfiý reporting from Ibn Úmar
    • Author: Imām Jalāluddīn Ábd ar-Raĥmān as-Suyūţī [d.911 AH]
    • Subject: Ĥadīth
    7. Al-Arbaýīna Ĥadīthan
    • Name of the book: Al-Arbaýīna Ĥadīthan
    • Name (English): The Forty Ĥadīth
    • Author: Imām Abū Bakr Muĥammad ibn al-Ĥusayn al-Ājurriy [d.360 AH]
    • Subject: Ĥadīth
    8. Kitāb Al-Aĥādīth Al-Qudsiyyah Al-Arbaýīniyyah
    • Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Aĥādīth Al-Qudsiyyah Al-Arbaýīniyyah
    • Name (English): The Forty Ĥadīth Qudsi [reports that contain ‘Allāh táālā says:’]
    • Author: Imām Mullā Álī ibn Şulţān al-Qārī [d.1016 AH]
    • Subject: Ĥadīth
    9. Al-Arbaúūn Al-Kīlāniyyah
    • Name of the book: Al-Arbaýúūn Al-Kīlāniyyah
    • Name (English): The Forty Ĥadīth of Kilani (Jilāni, Gilānī)
    • Author: Imām Ábd ar-Razzāq ibn Shaykh Ábd al-Qādir al-Jīlāni
    • Subject: Ĥadīth
    10. Al-Arbaúūn as-Şughrā
    • Name of the book: Al-Arbaúūn as-Şughrā al-Mukharrajah fī Aĥwāli Íbādillāh táālā wa Akhlāqihim
    • Name (English): The Forty: A Smaller Collection on the Morals of Pious Slaves of Allāh táālā.
    • Author: Imām Abū Bakr Aĥmed ibn al-Ĥusayn al-Bayhaqī [384-458 AH]
    • Subject: Taşawwuf, Ĥadīth
     
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