Radde al-Muhannad by Mawlana Hashmat Ali Khan

Qasim Salih Kuzaym.

 

Endorsement by the *Mufti of the Ḥanafī’s in Yemen, Shaykh Qāsim Ṣāliḥ Muhammad Kuzaym al-Zabīdī al-Yamānī* حفظه الله, upon:

*_Rādd al-Muhannad Ꜥalā al-Mufannad_*

by the *Lion of the Ahl al-Sunnah, the accomplished debater, Mufti Abū al-Fath, Muhammad Ḥashmat ꜤAlī Khan* رحمه الله (d. 1380 AH)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

All praise belongs to Allah, Dominant over his servants, the Wise, the All-Aware. May the most superior, noble, complete and perfect peace and blessings be upon the giver of glad tidings, the warner, our liege-lord Muhammad, upon his lofty family and companions and all those who follow them until the Day of Resurrection.
Indeed, to the best of my ability, I looked into the book entitled ‘ _Rādd al-Muhannad Ꜥalā al-Nahīq al-Ambhetī al-Mufannad_ ', by the illustrious shaykh, the erudite scholar, Lion of the Ahl al-Sunnah, the accomplished debater, Mufti Abū al-Fatḥ, Muhammad Ḥashmat ꜤAlī Khan al-Ḥanafī al-Māturīdī al-Qādirī al-Riḍawī al-Hindi رحمه الله , translated and edited by al-Shaykh al-ꜤAllāmah Abū ꜤĀtikah Azhār Aḥmad al-Amjadī al-Miṣbāhī al-Azharī, graduate of the department of Hadith in the faculty of Usūl al-Dīn at JāmiꜤat al-Azhar (may Allah grant him well being, protect him and benefit the Muslims through him. Indeed, Allah is Most Generous), I found it to be the translation of a scholar of great proficiency in expressing meanings, with coherent arrangement of words and phrases. I ask Allah Most Transcendent to place it in his balance of good deeds on the Day when neither wealth nor offspring will benefit, except he who brings a pure heart in the court of Allah.

Dear reader! Know that I am unable to express the virtues of this book and its author in his expending of effort in careful analysis of the transmitted statements and explanation of the deceptions, more than the author himself has manifested and refuted the doubts and lies upon those who fabricated them. I am in fact spurred on by the hope of becoming affiliated with this illustrious company of the author, the translator and ‘ _Ḥusām al-Ḥaramayn Ꜥalā Manḥar al-Kufr wa al-Mayn_ '. So, that I raise my voice with theirs, help to swell their ranks and become part of this most noble support for the truth and its people.

Indeed, the author has excelled and benefited others in this regard and is most certainly of a lofty stature in understanding and explanation. He has arranged this book upon three discourses: general creed, Prophethood, and visitation of the resting places of Prophets عليهم السلامand Saints رحمهم الله and that which is associated with it. On this basis, he has established forty-one chapters in this book.

ꜤAllāmah Abū ꜤĀtikah has excelled in including the names of the prominent scholars who strove in refuting the *Wahhābiyyah, Deobandiyyah and Qādiyāniyyah and other deviant sects*. He has arranged their mention according to five historical classes and I mention here from amongst them in particular, in the third generation, *the gallant Imam, the hadith master, the jurist, Imam Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-JamāꜤah Aḥmad Riḍā Khan* عليه رحمة الرحيم الرحمن. The listing of these imams arises from the realisation and belief that the concern of the scholars in every age is to awaken the Muslims to the threat of those who corrupt the beliefs of the believers and divide their ranks. No doubt every just student and reader will be pleased with this glorious documentation that includes the scholars and their refutation of the heretical sects.

Indeed, the deceivers raised objections upon _Ḥusām al-Ḥaramayn Ꜥalā Manḥar al-Kufr wa al-Mayn_ of *the gallant Imam, the jurist, the Mujaddid, Imam Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-JamāꜤah, Aḥmad Riḍā Khan* عليه رحمة الرحيم الرحمن and brought accusations against him that they themselvesy were actually deserving of. So, it was necessary that a scholar enter the battle field who knows how to debate, a formidable knight versed in combat. Therefore, he raised _Ḥusām al-Ḥaramayn_ (the Sword of the two Holy Sanctuaries) against the false _al-Muhannad_ (blade) and confuted it. So, praise be to Allah, _al-Muhannad_ was shattered.

In closing, I supplicate to Allah Almighty, Most High, Most Transcendent, that He strengthen the Muslims and bring them together on the clear truth, there is no might and no power except with Allah, Most High, Most Transcendent and may the peace and blessings of Allah Almighty be upon our liege-lord Muhammad, his family and all his companions.
The poor slave of Allah Almighty,

Qāsim Ṣāliḥ Muhammad Kuzaym

Muftī of the Hanafis, Zabīd, Yemen

5th Jumādā al-Ākhirah, 1442 AH

 

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