wa `alaykum salam: na`am---Sayyidi alaHazrat can be given many titles including: Mujaddid al-Din wal Millah Hakim al-Ummah Mufassir al-Islam Muhaddith al-Zaman Shaykh al-Islam Hujjat al-Muhaddithin Sanad al-Muhaddithin Imam al-Mutaqqin Faqih al-Ummah Imam al-Rabbani Imam Ahl al-Sunnah Qutb al-Rabbani Imam al-Fuqaha Ra`is al-Fuqaha Rais al-`Ulama al-Hanafi Shaykh al-Hind Imam al-Hind Muhaddith al-Hind I remember he was given the name "Diya al-Din Ahmad" by one of the Shuyukh in the Haramayn. He was given many other titles including titles given by Shaykh Isma`il al-Makki raHimahullah and other blessed Shuyukh in the Haramayn. He is also "Al-Qandari Thumma al-Baraylawi". raHimahullah ta`ala wa yanf`an Allahu bihi wa bikum ajmai`n wa nawarAllahu ta`ala marqadahu wa raDhiy allahu `anhu wa ardah. Ameen. Al-Fatiha wassalam al-faqir il Allah ta`ala abu abbas
salam alaykum: another place you can see Sayyidi alaHazrat faqih al-hind raHimahullah's fatawa razwiya is at www.razanw.com (previously alaHazrat network) wassalam abu abbas
fatawa ridawiyyah as pdf here. as a searchable software of all 30 volumes here: http://www.trueislam.info/Downloads/FatawaRazvia/default.htm http://www.faizaneraza.org/softwares.php [click on the first link to download: it is in zip format and 102MB] http://www.faizaneattar.net/ click on the banner on the top and here is a direct link [caution: clicking on this link will prompt you to save a zip file of 102 MB] torrent is attached in this post as a zip.
Masha Allah.. Assalaamu Alaykum Abu Abbas is Fatawa Razawiyyah available online or can it be downloaded for free?
One of the best Hanafi books of Fatawa available--it is 30 volumes and I happen to have 12 of the 30 volumes
Fatawa Ridawiyyah Is anyone aware of the Fatawa (entire compendium) being translated into English (and by whom)?.
it is a beautiful preface indeed, but there are precedents. imam ibn abidin shami wrote a similar preface [but not such an extensive or complex one] in his radd al-muHtar and if i remember correctly al-Haskafi wrote such in his sharH of multaqa al-ab'Hur. as for the preface in hadith, i do not know if anyone has written such a gorgeous one - a translation like most of alaHazrat's works will not do any justice to the beauty of the orginal. yet, it is too tempting. wa billahi't tawfiq.
Jazak Allah brother for translating this wonderful preface. There is no example of such kind of prefance in the world. I will be grateful if you can arrange to translate Alahazrat's preface regarding hadith. Please locate the original one here. http://www.alahazratnetwork.org/hadith/jamiul_ahadees/02/Index.htm
wonderful assalamu alaykum. That preface is wonderful and, though I knowest not Arabic, the translation is also very fluent and attractive. This is enough to show the Imam's facility with the Arabic tongue. Subhan Allah!
Jazakallah Khair Sidi for this post - I was thinking of copying this over from the older forum and then saw your post. Subhan Allah - Just this preface is telling enough to prove the peerlessness of the pen of Imam Rida - may allah grant him the best of stations amongst the siddiqeen. simply awesome ! wassalam, abu nibâs
footnotes for the preface of fatawa riDawiyyah - 1 Explanation of names/titles used in the preface of Al-Fatāwā ar-Riđawiyah. Most of these are names of books; sometimes, the first word of the book is mentioned. I shall try to complete (as much as my meager knowledge permits) the names. Please feel free to correct/add to this list. Wherever possible, the year of the author's passing away is given. The convention will be: Name Literal meaning Author Subject Remarks. Example: fayđ is Fayđ (al-Qadīr) Favors (of the All Powerful) Ábd ar-Raūf Munāwī Sharĥ Ĥadīth Sharĥ of Jāmiý aş-Şaghir of as-Suyūťi . --- In cases of books with the same name by different authors, all (known) will be listed. Example: Jāmiý al-Kabīr a)Jāmiý al-Kabīr The greatest collection Imām Muĥammad ibn Ĥasan ash-Shaybani (disciple of Abū Ĥanifah) Fiqh b)Jāmiý al-Kabīr The greatest collection Jalāluddin Ábd ar-Raĥman ibn Abū Bakr as-Suyūţi A compilation of Ĥadīth. --------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fiqh al-Akbar The greatest knowledge Imām Abū Ĥanīfah Núman bin Thābit rađiyallāhu ánhū Áqīdah/Kalām. 2. Jāmiý al-Kabīr a) Jāmiý al-Kabīr The greatest collection Imām Muĥammad ibn Ĥasan ash-Shaybāni (disciple of Abū Ĥanīfah d.189 AH) Fiqh b) Jāmiý al-Kabīr The greatest collection Jalāluddin Ábd ar-Raĥmān ibn Abū Bakr as-Suyūţi A compilation of Hadīth. (d. 911 AH) 3. Ziyādāt Additional, beyond Imām Muĥammad ash-Shaybāni (d.189 AH) Ĥanafi fiqh. 4. Fayđ (al-Qadīr) Favors (of the All Powerful) Ábd ar-Raūf Munāwi (d.1031 AH) Sharĥ Ĥadith Sharĥ of Jamiý as-Şaghīr of as-Suyūţi. 5. Al-Mabsūţ a) Al-Mabsūţ The outstretched Shams al-Ayimmah Muĥammad ibn Aĥmed Sarkhasi (d.483 AH) Fiqh b) Al-Mabsūţ The outstretched Abū Bakr Qawahir Zādah Muĥammad ibn Ĥasan al-Bukhārī (d.483 AH) Fiqh c) Al-Mabsūţ The outstretched Imām Muĥammad (d.189 AH) Fiqh The original resource of Hanafi fiqh d) Al-Mabsūţ The outstretched Ábd al-Ázīz ibn Aĥmed al-Halwānī (d.456 AH) Fiqh 6. Durar The pearls Qađi Muĥammad ibn Farāmuz Mulla khusraw (d.885 AH) Fiqh Durar al-Hukkām sharĥ of Ghurar al-Aĥkām; durar plural of durrah/pearl. 7. Al-Ghurar The shining, sparkling Qađi Muĥammad ibn Farāmuz Mullā Khusraw (d.885 AH) Fiqh From Qāmus: al-Gharr – a fine stream on earth; the sheen on the blade of the sword; al-Ghurrah – the whiteness in bright foreheads. 8. Al-Hidāyah a) Al-Hidāyah Guidance Áli ibn Abū Bakr Mirghinani (d.593 AH) Basic text of Ĥanafi fiqh Sharĥ of Bidāyatu’l Mubtadī b) Al-Hidāyah Guidance Ábd ar-Raĥmān bin Muĥammad al-Ímadi Fiqh 9. Bidāyah a) Bidāyah (al-Mubtadī) The beginning Áli ibn Abū Bakr Mirghinani (d.593 AH) Fiqh b) Bidāyah (al-Mujtahid wa Nihāyatu’l Muqtaşid) The beginning (An elementary work for the master and an advanced treatise for the commoner) Muĥammad ibn Rushd al-Azdi al-Qurtubi (also known as Averroes the philosopher 520-595 AH) Comparitive fiqh - Fiqh of all madh’habs. c) Bidāyah (wan Nihāyah) The beginning (and the end) Abu’l Fidā Ismāýīl ibn Kathīr (701 – 774 AH) History. (Genesis et Terminus, as Afzal al-Manchestiri puts it) 10.Nihāyah a) Nihāyah The end Ĥusam ad-Dīn Ĥusayn ibn Áli as-Saghnāqi (d. 711 AH) Fiqh b) [Bidāyah wa’n] Nihāyah [The beginning and] The end Abu’l Fidā Ismāýīl ibn Kathīr (701 – 774 AH) History. 11. Wiqāyah Preservation, protection Mahmud ibn Şadr ash-Shariáh (d.673 AH) Fiqh 12. Nuqāyah a) Nuqāyah Purity Ábdullāh ibn Masúūd (d. 745 AH) Fiqh An abridgement of al-Wiqāyah. b) Nuqāyah Purity Jalāluddin as-Suyūţi (d. 911 AH) Description of 14 branches of knowledge. 13. Ad-Dirāyah a) Ad-Dirāyah (fī Takhrīji Aĥādīth al-Hidāyah) Intelligence (in referencing the Ĥadīth of al-Hidāyah) Aĥmed ibn Ĥajar al-Ásqalani (d.852 AH). b) [Itmām] ad-Dirāyah Perfecting the intelligence Jalāluddin as-Suyūţi sharH of niqayah (12). c) [Miýraj) ad-Dirāyah Elevating the intelligence Qiwāmuddīn Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad al-Bukhārī as-Sakkāki (d.749 AH) 14. Ínāyah a) Al-Ínāyah The Bestowment Akmaluddīn Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad al-Bābarti (d. 786 AH) Fiqh b) Ínāyah [al-Qāđi] The present of the Qađi Shihābuddin al-Khaffāji (d. 1069 AH) Fiqh 15. Al-Kifāyah That which suffices Jalāluddin al-Khawārizmi (800 AH) Fiqh 16. álā al-imām al aážam The greatest Imām a reference to Imam Abū Ĥanīfah Númān bin Thabit al-Kūfi rađiyallāhu ánhū (80-150 AH) 17. Mālikī My Master a reference to Imām Mālik ibn Anas rađiyallāhu ánhū (93-179 AH) 18. Shāfiýī My Intercessor a reference to Imām Muĥammad ibn Idrīs ash-Shāfiýī rađiyallāhu ánhū (150-204). 19. Aĥmed The most praised one among the honorable ones (here used as a degree of comparison) a reference to Imām Aĥmed ibn Ĥanbal rađiyallāhu ánhū (164-241 AH). 20. Muĥammadun The praised one together, a reference to Muĥammad ibn Ĥasan ash-Shaybāni, the younger disciple of Imām Abū Ĥanifah; (d. 189 AH) rađiyAllāhu ánhumā. 21. al-Ĥasanu The beautiful Probably a reference to Ĥasan ibn Ziyād al-lu’luyi, a prominent student of of Imām Abū Ĥanīfah. 22. Abū Yūsuf The father of Yūsuf A reference to Qāđi Yáqūb, the foremost disciple of Abū Ĥanīfah (d. 182 AH) rađiyallāhu ánhūmā. The miracle of the prophet Yūsuf álayhis salām was that he was extremely beautiful; hence the allusion.
bismillāhi’r raĥmāni’r raĥīm naĥmaduhū wa nuşallī álā rasūlihi’l karīm al-ĥamdulillāh * huwa’l fiqh al-akbar * wa’l jāmiý al-kabīr * li ziyādāti fayđihi’l mabsūţ * ad-durar al-ghurar * bihi’l hidāyah * wa minhu’l bidāyah * wa ilayhi’n nihāyah * bi ĥamdihi’l wiqāyah * wa nuqāyati’d dirāyah * wa áynu’l ínāyah * wa ĥusn al-kifāyah * wa’ş şalātu wa’s salāmu ála’l imām al-aážam li’r rusul al-kirām * malikī * wa shāfiýī * aĥmad al-kurām * yaqūlu’l ĥusnu bilā tawaqquf * muĥammadu’n al-ĥasanu abū yūsuf * fa innahu’l aşl al-muĥīţ * li kulli fađlin basīţ * wa wajīzin wa wasīţ * al-baĥru’z zakh’khār * wa’d durr al-mukhtār * wa khazāyin al-asrār * wa tanwīr al-abşār * wa radd al-muĥtār * álā minaĥi’l Ghaffār * wa fat’ĥ al-Qadīr * wa zād al-faqīr * wa multaqi’l abĥur * wa majmaá al-anhur * wa kanz ad-daqāyiq * wa tabyīn al-ĥaqāyiq * wa baĥr ar-rāyiq * minhu yastamidu kulla nahrin fāyiq * fīhi’l minyah * wa bihi’l ghunyah * wa marāqi’l falāĥ * wa imdād al-Fattāĥ * wa īđāĥ al-işlāĥ * wa nūr al-īđāĥ * wa kashf al-muđmarāt * wa ĥall al-mushkilāt * wa’d durr al-muntaqā * wa yanābīý al-mubtaghā * wa tanwīr al-başāyir * wa zawāhir al-jawāhir * al-badāyiý an-nawādir * al-munazzaha wujāban án al-ashbāh wa’n nažāyir * mughnī as-sāyilīn * wa nişāb al-masākīn * al-ĥāwī al-qudsi * li kulli kamālin qudsī wa insī * al-kāfī * al-wāfī * ash-shāfī * al-muşaffā * al-muşţafā * al-musţaşfā * al-mujtabā * al-muntaqā aş-şāfī * úddatu’n nawāzil * wa anfaá al-wasāyil * li isáāf as-sāyil * bi úyūn al-masāyil * úmdatu’l awākhir * wa khulāşatu’l awāyil * wa álā ālihi wa şaĥbihī * maşābīĥ ad-dujā * wa mafātīĥ al-hudā * la siyyama ash-shaykhayn aş-şāĥibayn al-ākhidhayn mina’sh sharīáti wa’l ĥaqīqati bi kila’t ţarfayn * wa’l khatanayn al-karīmayn * kullun minhumā nūr al-áyn * wa majmaá al-baĥrayn * wa álā mujtahidī millatihī * khuşūşan al-arkān al-arbaáh * wa’l anwār al-lāmiáh * wa ibnihi’l kirām * al-ghawth al-aážam * dhakhīratu’l awliyā * wa tuĥfatu’l fuqahā * wa jāmiý al-fuşūlayn * fuşūl al-ĥaqāyiq * wa ash-shará al-muhadh’dhab bi kulli zayn * wa álaynā maáhum wa bihim wa lahum * yā Arĥam ar-Rāĥimīn * āmīn āmīn * wa’l ĥamdu lillāhi Rabb al-áālamīn * translation: In the name of Allâh the Most Beneficient, the Merciful. We praise Him and send Salawat on His Honored Messenger SallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam. We praise Allâh and this is the greatest knowledge (that only Allâh is worthy of praise). And this (the praise) is the greatest collection of His abûndant favors, His spread out bounties; a collection of lustrous pearls. Guidance is only from Allâh. The beginning is from Him and towards Him is the end. It is His praise that grants preservation; and keeps the intellect pure, clean from corruption. Which earns us the safeguard of the Knower. And the beatitude of sufficient protection (from Allâh). Salawat and Salam on him, the greatest leader of all the messengers; my Master; my intercessor; the most praiseworthy among the honored ones (messengers). Beauty says without deliberation: MuHammad (SallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam ) the beautiful, in beauty is the father of Yusuf (`alayhis salâm). Because he is the originally bestowed one, of all the qualities exquisite; of all things big, small and intermediate. (that is every noble quality - the best, better and good - is found in him) Overflowing of rivers (of magnificence) and the choicest of pearls (of excellence); the treasure of secrets, the illuminator of eyes – he who brings back the perplexed to the blessings of the Most-Forgiving One (al-Ghaffâr); the gift of the Most Powerful (Qadeer); and the sustenance of the poor, the weak. The sea of admirable traits, the ocean in which are poured all the seas of noble character. The treasure of subtleties; and the manifestation of realities. The lucid sea (of knowledge, of nobility) – every rising stream seeks his help. Hopes rest with him (his intercession); and because of him we find independence from others. The stairway to success; the aid from the Opener of the doors of grace (al-FattâH). The illumination for correction (emendment). And that radiance which lights up this illumination. The revealer of hidden treasures; the reliever of troubles. The chosen pearl, the spring of (fulfilling) wishes. The sparkle of insight and sagacity; the best of shining jewels, rarest and immaculate. It is impossible to find an example or his likeness. He makes rich the beggar, he is the asset of the destitute. The one with lofty qualities of both human and superhuman (angels); sufficient for all needs; the complete, the perfect (human). The medicine for sickness; the pure, the Chosen one (muSTafa), the purifying one, the most favored one, the cleansing one, the chaste. The provision of the generous; the most beneficial among the means to attain Allâh's infinite grace (wasilah); and to fulfill limitless needs. The best of the successors and the essence of ancestors. Salwat and salams be also on his progeny and his companions; his household and his company. The lamps illuminating the darkest nights (of ignorance); the keys to guidance. Especially (but not limited to) the two shaykhs – abû Bakr and `Umar. The two closest companions, they who encompass the shores of both seas of Shari`ah and Haqiqah. And the two honorable sons-in-law (`Uthman and `Ali); each of them is the light of sight; unions of oceans. And salawat on the mujtahids of this blessed community; and the imâms of this nation. Particularly, the four pillars, the lightsome rays (of knowledge). And salawat on his (grand)sons, especially the greatest helper (ghawth al-a`aDHam); the fortune of the awliya, the present of the fuqaha (scholars); the (joining) adorned link between the two divisions (or the two seasons) – the chapters of Haqiqah and that of shari`ah. And also on us, for we are with them; for their sake; because of them. Accept our prayers O the Most Merciful. Ameen. Ameen. And all praise be to Allâh, the Sustainer of the universe.
