Just because it is written by a Harvard professor doesn't mean that you don't need to check the references!
So, I was reading this interesting line by Shady Hekmat about Qunbul's character, which reflects negatively on his role as a reciter of the Qurʾān.
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So, I was reading this interesting line by Shady Hekmat about Qunbul's character, which reflects negatively on his role as a reciter of the Qurʾān.
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Well, the only problem here is that by returning to the Arabic reference, which happens to be Abū Ghudda's edition of Lisān al-Mīzān, we find it saying: "He became chief of the police in Makkah and he was PRAISED."
Isn't that strange? So... How did this happen?
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Isn't that strange? So... How did this happen?
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Well, firstly, let us establish that Ibn Ḥajar did have it as "and he was praised" and not "but he grew corrupt".
The image on the left is from a manuscript that indicates this and the one right shows that the copy was reviewed by Ibn Ḥajar himself.
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The image on the left is from a manuscript that indicates this and the one right shows that the copy was reviewed by Ibn Ḥajar himself.
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Upon further inspection, we find that Shady most likely relied on an old printed edition of Lisān al-Mīzān that was printed by al-Niẓamiyyah in India.
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What I still don't have an answer for is how he references Abū Ghudda's edition in the footnotes...
Furthermore, the references page only includes Abū Ghudda's edition too! There is no mention of another edition.
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Furthermore, the references page only includes Abū Ghudda's edition too! There is no mention of another edition.
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I also found it surprising that Shady didn't realize that "and he was praised" was the correct wording when it can also be found in Al-Ḏahabī's Maʿrifat al-Qurrāʾ al-Kibār, a source that he relies on quite frequently.
Hmmm... Strange...
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Hmmm... Strange...
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In any case, we cannot be too trusting when it comes to references. Some authors are simply incompetent while others may very well be just deceptive. If you care enough about the subject, but in a few extra minutes to do the research.
More on Shady later, inshallah. <3
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More on Shady later, inshallah. <3
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