Bayt al-ahzan (book)

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Bayt al-ahzan (book)
AuthorShaykh Abbas Qummi
Original titleبَیْتُ الْاَحْزان فی مَصائبِ سَیّدةِ النِّسْوان
LanguageArabic
Series1 vol.
SubjectFatima al-Zahra' (a)
GenreHistoric and Narrative
Published1330/1911-2


Bayt al-aḥzān fī maṣāʾib sayyidat al-niswān (a) (Arabic:بیت الاحزان في مصائب سیدة النسوان) is a historical book in Arabic about the life of Lady Fatima al-Zahra' (a). Shaykh Abbas Qummi, a Shi'a scholar of the fourteenth/twentieth century wrote this work in 1330/1911-2 and organized it in different chapters from Lady Fatima's (a) birth until her martyrdom and mentioned only the historical events. The book has had different translations and different prints.

Author

Main article: Shaykh Abbas Qummi

'Abbas b. Muhammad Rida al-Qummi (b. 1294/1877-8 - d. 1359/1941), known as Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi and Muhaddith Qummi, was a Shiite scholar of the fourteenth/twentieth century. He was well-known in hadiths and history as well as preaching and orations. Shaykh Abbas Qummi wrote many books, the best-known of which are Mafatih al-jinan, Safinat al-bihar, and Muntaha al-amal. He died in Najaf in 1359/1941 and was buried in the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (a).[1]

Date of Writing and Title of the Book

The book was written in Qom in 1330/1911-2.[2] In its introduction, Qummi mentioned the title of the book as Bayt al-ahzan fi masa'ib Sayyidat al-Niswan (a),[3] but in some prints, its title is mentioned as Bayt al-ahzan fi dhikr ahwalat Sayyidat Nisa' al-Alamin.[4].[5]

Content

Shaykh Abbas Qummi discussed the life of Lady Fatima al-Zahra' (a) in four chapters and in each chapter, he mentioned different issues. The author's approach is not analytical; and in some cases, he has only reviewed hadiths.

Chapters

According to what the author has mentioned in the introduction of the book, Bayt al-ahzan contains some chapters, but he did not mention their number; and since the text of the book is written continuously without headings, the order of the chapters is mentioned differently in different prints and translations.

Manuscripts

There are two manuscripts of the book in two libraries:

Prints

There are various prints of the book by various publications including:

  • Sayyid Mahmud Kitabchi Publications, edited by Muhammad Ali Tihrani.
  • Husayniyya 'Imad Zadi, Isfahan, 1404 AH/1983-4.
  • Madrasa al-Zahra (a), Isfahan, 1365 sh/1986-7.
  • Dar ak-Hikma, Qom, 1412 AH/1991-2.
  • Mu'assisa Naba', edited by Baqir Qurbani Zarrin, 1414 AH/1993-4.
  • Farus, Qom, 1425 AH/2004-5.[8]
  • Dar al-Ta'aruf li l-Matbu'at, Beirut, 1425 AH/2004-5.[9]

See Also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Ṭāliʿī, "Sālshumār-i ḥayāt wa āthār-i muḥaddith-i Qummī", p. 13-48.
  2. ↑ Muḥaddith Rabbānī, Maqālāt kungira-yi buzurgdāsht, vol. 1, p. 402.
  3. ↑ Qummī, Bayt al-aḥzān, 1412 AH. p. 17.
  4. ↑ Muḥaddith Rabbānī, Maqālāt kungira-yi buzurgdāsht, vol. 1, p. 403.
  5. ↑ Qummī, Bayt al-aḥzān fī dhikr aḥwālāt Sayyida Nisāʾ al-ʿĀlamīn, Lib.IR.
  6. ↑ Qummī, Bayt al-aḥzān, 1412 AH, index of the book.
  7. ↑ Muḥaddith Rabbānī, Maqālāt kungira-yi buzurgdāsht, vol. 1, p. 403.
  8. ↑ Muḥaddith Rabbānī, Maqālāt kungira-yi buzurgdāsht, vol. 1, p. 403.
  9. ↑ Qummī, Bayt al-aḥzān fī dhikr aḥwālāt Sayyida Nisāʾ al-ʿĀlamīn, Lib.IR.

References

  • Khurshīdī, Mujtabā. Tarjuma-yi Bayt al-aḥzān. Gisūm Book Network. visited: 2020/12/29
  • Muḥaddith Rabbānī. Maqālāt kungira-yi buzurgdāsht. Qom: Nūr Maṭāf, 1389 Sh.
  • Qummī, Shaykh ʿAbbās. Bayt al-aḥzān fī dhikr aḥwālāt Sayyida Nisāʾ al-ʿĀlamīn. Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ Rasānī-yi Kitābkhānahā-yi Iran. visited: 2020/12/29.
  • Qummī, Shaykh ʿAbbās. Bayt al-aḥzān fī maṣāʾib sayyidat al-niswān. Qom: Dār al-Ḥikma, 1412 AH.
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