Al-Barzanji - A biography

wa `alaykum as salaam.

it wasn't really the idea, but can i say no?

hashr tak dalengey ham paydayish e mawla ki dhoom
misley faris najd ke qil'ye giratey jaayenge
khaak ho jayen `udu jal kar magar hum to raza
dam meiN jab tak dam hai zikr unkaa sunatey jayenge!

 

:s1:

Sayyadina Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al Rasool al Barzanji al Musawi raHmatuAllah 'alayh is the truth of a Musawi Sayyid not those heretic notorious ithna 'ashri Shi'a Safawi liars running around all over southern 'Iraq and Iran and elsewhere.

 

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ábd ar-Rasūl ibn Ábd as-Sayyid al-Álawi al-Husayni, al-Mūsawī, ash-Shaharzūrī, al-Barzanjī; and thenceforth, al-Madanī. He was born in Shahrzūr, a Kurdish town in Iraq on Friday, the 12th of Rabīý al-Awwal, 1040 AH.

He grew up in Shahrzūr and read the holy Qur’an and other Islamic sciences with his father. He also studied under Mulla Zayrak and Mulla Sharīf as-Siddīqi al-Kawrānī.

He traveled to many cities seeking knowledge and thus he studied under Aĥmed as-Salaĥī in Mardayn, Abu’l Wafā al-Árđī and Muĥammad al-Kawākibī in Aleppo, Ábd al-Bāqī al-Hanbalī and Ábd al-Qadir as-Šaqūri in Damascus, Shaykh Mudlij in Baghdād and in Yemen. In Egypt he studied under the shaykhs Muĥammad al-Bābili, Álīy ash-Shibrāmilsi, Sultān Mizāĥī, Muĥammad al-Ánānī and Ahmed al-Ájamī. Finally, he settled in Madīnah where he became a disciple of the great shaykhs: Ibrāhīm ibn Hasan al-Kawrānī and Aĥmed al-Qashshāshī.

He was the chief mufti of the Shāfiýīs in Madīnah. The shaykh passed away in Muĥarram in Madīnah in 1103 AH. He was buried in al-Baqīý alongside other prominent Barzanjis. Many of his descendants became prominent scholars and many held the post of the ‘Chief Mufti of Shāfiýīs’ in Madinah.

[hadyatu’l áārifīn 2:302, silku’d durar 4:65, mújamu’l muallifīn 9:308 – from the preface of the book ‘ashratu’s sāáh’, dār al-minhāj: jeddah.]
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His works:

1. irshād al-awwāh ilā maána ĥadīth “man qara’a ĥarfan min kitābillāh”
2. al-ishāáh li ashrāť as-sāáh
3. iđāatu’n nibrās li izāhatu’l waswās al-khannās
4. al-aájūbah fī aámāl al-maktūbah
5. anhāru’s salsabīl li riyāđ anwāru’t tanzīl
6. al-ihtidā’a fi’l jamýi bayna aĥādīth al-ibtidā’a
7. īqādh dhawi’l intibāh li fahmi’l ishtibāh al-wāqiý li’bni nujaym fi’l ashbāh
8. at-tarjīĥ wa’t taš’ĥīĥ li šalāti’t tasbīĥ
9. tašqīli lawĥ al-īmān bi tanzīhi árshi’r Raĥmān
10. rijl at-tāwūs fī sharĥi’l qāmūs
11. as-sanā wa’s sunūt fī aĥkāmi’l qunūt
12. rafá al-išr án maánā kawnihi śallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam ummiyan lam yanťiqu’sh shiýr
13. an-nawāfiđ li’r rawāfiđ
14. al-qawl as-sadīd fi jawābi rasmi’l imāmi wa’t tajwīd
15. al-qawl al-mukhtašar fī tarjamati ibn ĥajar
16. at-targhīb wa’t tarkhīm li munkari’t taážīm wa’t tafkhīm
17. khāliš at-talkhīš mukhtašar talkhīš al-miftāĥ
18. as-sabīl fī iýrābi ĥasbunAllāh wa niýma’l wakīl
19. sadād ad-dīn wa sidād ad-dīn fī ithbāti’n najāti wa’d darajāti li’l wālidayn
20. as-šāfī áni’l kadar fī aĥādīthi’l qađā’a wa’l qadar

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He writes an endnote in Ashrāť as-Sāáh, thus:

“The author, a supplicant of Allâh, Muhammad ibn Ábd ar-Rasūl ibn Ábd as-Sayyid al-Álawi al-Husayni, al-Mūsawī, ash-Shaharzūrī, al-Barzanjī; and thence, al-Madanī – may Allâh forgive him.

I have finished this book, on Wednesday, 11th Dhu’l Qaádah, 1076 AH, in the city of the Prophet (śallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam) in my place of az-Zaqqâq also known as Suwayqah. I praise Allâh, send Salawāt on RasūlAllāh śallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam along with many prayers; and beseech forgiveness for all Muslim men and women; may Allâh make this a means for my salvation on the day of judgement, for the sake of the Prince of the pious. Amen.”


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In the appendix of Kashf až-Žunûn, al-Barzanjī is mentioned thus:

Al-Barzanjī: Jaáfar ibn as-Sayyid Ĥasan ibn Ábd al-Karîm ibn Muhammad ibn Ábd ar-Rasûl al-Ĥusayni al-Barzanjī al-Madanī; the [chief?] mufti of Shafiýīs in Madīnah. He passed away in 1177 AH. This Barzanji is a great grandson of the notable scholar mentioned above.

His works include:
- al-bar al-áājil, fi ijābati’sh shaykh muĥammad ghāfil.
- jāliyatu’l kadar bi asmāyi ašĥābi sayyidi’l malāyiki wa’l bashar.
- jāliyatu’l karab bi asmāyi sayyidil ájami wal árab.
- al-jana ad-dāni fī manāqibi’sh shaykh ábd al-Qādir al-kaylānī.
- ar-rawđ al-miýťār fīmā li jaddi as-sayyid muĥammad mina’l asháār.
- ash-shaqāyiq al-utrujiyyah fī manāqib al-ashrāf al-barzanjiyyah.
- ať-ťawāliý al-asádiyyah mina’l maťāliý al-mushriqiyyah.
- al-árīn li asmāyi’s šaĥābati’l badriyyīn.
- fatĥu’r Raĥmān álā ajwibati’s sayyid ramađān.
- al-fayđ al-Laťīf bi ijābati nāyibi’sh sharýi’sh sharīf.
- an-nafh al-farajī fī fat’ĥi jitta jī (??) [historical work].
- nuhūđ al-layth, li jawābi abi’l ghayth.

[vol.5/page 211; entry al-barzanjī, under bab al-jīm;]

The Moroccon shaykh, Muĥammad ibn Aĥmed Ulaysh, al-Mālikī, al-Maghribī, ash-Shādhili has written a commentary on the book “Mawlid al-Barzanjī” and named it: “al-Qawl al-Munjī, álā Mawlid al-Barzanjī”. The date of his passing away is given as: 1299 AH.