A CHAPTER ABOUT THE MERITS OF MECCA BY IBRAHIM IBN AHMED AL-SHAFI'I, IN MECCA AND DATED 1267 AH/1850 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 6 leaves with 23 lines to each page, written in black naskh script, catchwords in red ink, with detailed illustrations of al-Masjid al-Haram and Masjid al-Nabawi. This article is about the merits of Mecca, Manasik al-Hajj, Tawaf during Hajj and Umrah, Reward of praying in Mecca, holy places in Mecca, Safa and Marwa, Arafat mountain, Zamzam Well and the merits of dying in Mecca.
The last page with a prayer for the completion of article and written on Friday, Dhu al-Hijjah, in 1267 AH by Ibrahim bin Ahamed al-Shafi'i in in Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca between al-Kaaba and Zamzam well. The first page is with a different handwritten script but the script and the paper is of the same periode.
16.5 by 23 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Bajuri Al-Shafiʽi, was an Egyptian-Ottoman scholar, theologian and a dean of the al-Azhar University. A follower of Imam Al-Shafiʽi, he authored over 20 works and commentaries in sacred law, tenets of faith, Islamic estate division, scholastic theology, logic and Arabic.