Article Title

Rare Religious Documents Given to FARMS

Authors

Keywords

Orin Parker, Rita Parker, Hadith, Muhammad, 1549

Abstract

Two sets of authentic religious documents were recently donated to FARMS. BYU alumni Orin and Rita Parker donated a sixteenth-century abridgment of the Hadith, a compilation of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's official statements on Islamic beliefs and practices. The rare book, copied by hand in 1549 in exquisite Arabic script, reads from back to front and from right to left. After working in Iraq for five years, Orin received the book at a farewell party held in the deputy foreign minister's house in Baghdad.

Recommended Citation

(1998) "Rare Religious Documents Given to FARMS," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 18: No. 6, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol18/iss6/8