Al-Mustatraf fi Kull Fan Mustathir 3/1

A brief about the book Al-Mustatraf fi Kull Fan Mustazraf in 3 volumes - Al-Abshihi: "Al-Mustatraf fi Kull Fan Mustazraf by Shihab al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Abshihi is one of the most enjoyable and amusing literary, religious, and historical books. Its author collected in it all that his memory served him with of anecdotes, news, poetry, sermons, and good speech. Hajji Khalifa described it in his book (Kashf al-Zunun) as the best description, saying: 'It includes every fine art, and contains references with verses from the Quran, authentic hadiths, good stories from the righteous, and many things from Al-Zamakhshari's Rabi' al-Abrar and Ibn Abd al-Rahman’s Al-'Aqd. It also contains many subtleties from the products of useful books, and it includes proverbs, humorous anecdotes, strange stories, and delicate writings, poetry, and more. It is organized into eighty-four chapters.'"