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Why the works follow the Fihrist’s order

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ملاحظة حول طريقة ترتيب كتب الشيخ محي الدين · Read the complete Arabic source

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Therefore, after critically editing the Fihrist on the basis of the manuscript authenticated by Shaykh Muhyiddin himself, we found that the best way to number these works was to follow the same sequence used by the author in that list. He first names works on hadith, composed during his early period in the Maghreb, and then moves to works on the mysteries, without following any clearly apparent sequence.

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لذلك، وبعد أن قمنا بتحقيق رسالة الفهرست وفق المخطوطة المصدّقة من قبل الشيخ محي الدين نفسه، وجدنا أنّ أفضل طريقة لترقيم هذه المصنّفات هي اتباع نفس التسلسل الذي اتبعه المؤلف في هذا الفهرس، وهو يذكر فيه كتب الحديث أولاً، وهي التي ألّفها في المراحل الأولى في المغرب العربي، ثم ينتقل إلى كتب الأسرار، لكن دون اتباع أي تسلسل واضح.

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