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Appendix H: A Note on Bahār e Sharīát

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APPENDIX H

A NOTE ON BAHĀR E SHARĪÁT

Bahār e Sharīát is an encyclopedia of Ĥanafī fiqh in Urdu. This masterpiece was compiled by Imām Amjad Álī Aáżamī [1296-1368 AH / 1878-1948 CE], famously known in the subcontinent as Şadru’sh Sharīáh. He was an outstanding Ĥanafī jurist, ĥadīth master and a teacher par excellence of his time.

He was a student and disciple of the great Indian jurists and ĥadīth masters of the 14th century, Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān [d. 1340 AH] and Imām Wasiy Aĥmad Sūratī [d.1330 AH]. Period and Timeline of Compilation: The author began the compilation of the work in 1334 AH (1915 CE) and completed the 17th volume in 1363 AH (1943 CE) over a period of 29 years.

Unlike authors who dedicate their time to writing, Imām Amjad was a full time teacher, an active muftī and a community leader. In his own words, the book was compiled mostly during Ramađān, which is the time for school holidays and at other occasions when there would be a pause in other activities. Quick Appraisal Bahār e Sharīát is a comprehensive reference, an encyclopedia of Ĥanafī fiqh in Urdu.

Some of the outstanding features of this work are: 1. Legal rulings are compiled and arranged in the order of Ĥanafī textbooks [see table further below for the overall plan]. 2. The general structure of each section/topic is as follows:

a. Qur’ān verses about that topic b. Relevant ĥadīth about the topic c. Legal rulings in the topic d. Definition of technical terms where necessary

3. The source of each legal ruling is mentioned next to the ruling. 4. Ĥadīth mentioned at the beginning of the topic are referenced.

5. In cases where jurists have different opinions, the author has made an effort to mention the preferred ruling; this spares an ordinary reader the dilemma of choosing from multiple opinions. 6. Use cases and examples are mentioned in places to clarify the concept. 7. Definitions of technical terms are mentioned when they are first introduced.

Books of ĥadīth cited in Bahār e Sharīát: 1. Şaĥīĥ al-Bukhārī 2. Şaĥīĥ Muslim 3. Abū Dāwūd 4. Jāmiý Tirmidhī 5. Sunan Ibn Mājah 6. Sunan Nasā’īy 7. Musnad Imām Aĥmad 8. Muwaţţa Imām Mālik 9. Musnad Bazzār 10. Sunan Dāraquţnī 11. Sunan Dārimī 12. Musnad al-Firdaws of Daylamī 13. Sharĥ Máānī al-Aāthār (Ţaĥāwī) 14. Sharĥ al-Sunnah (Baghawi) 15. Şaĥīĥ ibn Khuzaymah 16. Şaĥīĥ ibn Ĥibbān 17.

Al-Mukhtārah of Điyā’a al-Maqdisi 18. Mújam al-Kabīr (Ţabarānī) 19. Mújam al-Awsaţ (Ţabarānī) 20. Mújam al-Şaghīr(Ţabarānī) 21. Kitāb al-Aāthār (Imām Muĥammad) 22. Kanz al-Úmmāl (Álī Muttaqi al-Hindi)

23. Mishkāt al-Maşābīĥ (Khaţīb Tabrīzī) 24. Musnad Abū Yaálā 25. Muwaţţa Imām Muĥammad 26. Al-Mustadrak of al-Ĥākim (al-Nīsābūrī) 27. Maárifatu’s Şaĥābah of Abū Nuáym 28. Muşannaf of Ábdu’l Razzāq 29. Hilyatu’l Awliyā’a (Abū Nuáym) 30. Tārīkh al-Kabīr (Bukhārī) 31. Tārīkh Nisabur (Ĥākim) 32. Al-Ĥişn al-Ĥaşīn (Ibn al-Jazry) 33. Al-Daáwāt al-Kabīr (Bayhaqī) 34. Al-Targhīb wa’t Tarhib (Mundhirī) 35.

Shuab al-Īymān (Bayhaqī) 36. Sunan al-Kubra (Bayhaqī) 37. Tārīkh Baghdad (Khaţīb Baghdādī) 38. Tārīkh Dimashq (Ibn Ásākir) 39. Nawadiru’l Uşūl (Ĥakīm Tirmidhī) 40. Amal al-Yawm wa’l Laylah (Ibn al-Sunnī) 41. Al-Bath wa’n Nushur (Bayhaqī) 42. Ithbat Adhab al-Qabr (Bayhaqī) 43. Al-Sunan al-Şughrā (Bayhaqī) 44. Marifatu’s Sunan wa’l Aāthār (Bayhaqī)

Legal rulings have been drawn from the following books of fiqh: 1. Baĥr ar-Rā’iq Sharĥ Kanz al-Daqā’iq (Zaynuddīn Ibn Nujaym) 2. Al-Jāmiý al-Wajīz or Fatāwā Bazzāziyyah (Muĥammad al-Bazzāz al-Kardari) 3. Al-Badāyiý al-Şanāyiý (Álā’uddīn Abū Bakr al-Kāsānī) 4. Tanwīr al-Abşār (Tumurtāshī al-Ghazzī)

5. Tabyīn al-Ĥaqā’iq Sharĥ Kanz al-Daqā’iq (Úthmān ibn Álī al-Zaylaýī) 6. Al-Jawharah al-Nayyirah (Abū Bakr ibn Álī al-Ĥaddād al-Zabīdī) 7. Ĥalbatu’l Mujallī Sharĥ Munyatu’l Muşallī (Muĥammad al-Kāshaghrī) 8. Fatāwā Khayriyyah (Khayruddīn al-Ramlī) 9. Khulasatu’l Fatāwā (Iftikhāruddīn Ţāhir al-Bukhārī) 10. Al-Durr al-Mukhtār (Álā’uddīn al-Ĥaşkafī) 11.

Dhakhīrah al-Burhāniyyah (Burhānuddīn Maĥmūd ibn Aĥmad ibn Māzah) 12. Radd al-Muĥtār (Ibn Áābidīn al-Shāmī) 13. Sharĥ al-Wiqāyah (Sadru’sh Sharīáh Úbaydullāh ibn Masúūd al-Maĥbūbī) 14. Ghunyatu Dhawi’l Aĥkām (Ĥasan ibn Ámmār al-Shurunbulālī) 15. Majmaá al-Anhur Sharĥ Multaqā al-Abhur (Ábdu’l Raĥmān al-Kalyūbī) 16. Shalbiyyah álā Tabyin (Aĥmad ibn Yūnus al-Shalbī) 17. Ţaĥtāwī álā Maraqi’l Falāĥ (Aĥmad al-Ţaĥtāwī) 18.

Fatāwā Alamgiri (Committee of Scholars) 19. Ínāyah Sharĥ al-Hidāyah (Akmaluddīn Muĥammad al-Bābartī) 20. Ghunyah al-Mustamlī (Ibrāhīm al-Ĥalabī) 21. Ghāyatu’l Bayān Sharĥ al-Hidāyah (Qiwāmuddīn Amīr al-Atqānī) 22. Durar al Ĥukkām (Mullā Khusruw) 23. Ghurar al-Aĥkām (Mullā Khusruw) 24. Fatāwā Ridawiyyah (Aĥmad Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī) 25. Fat’h al-Qadīr (Kamāluddin Ibn Humām) 26.

Fatāwā Qāđī Khān (Qāđī Khān Ĥasan ibn Manşūr al-Awzjandi al-Farghānī) 27. Fatāwā Qārī al-Hidāyah (Úmar ibn Álī Abī Ĥafş al-Kinānī) 28. Kashf al-Ghiţā’a (Ĥāfiż Ábdu’l Mu’min al-Dimyāţī)

29. Kanzu’d Daqā’iq (Abī’l Barakāt Ĥāfiżuddīn Ábdullāh al-Nasafī) 30. Lubāb al-Manasik (Raĥmatullāh al-Sindī) 31. Marāqi’l Falāĥ Sharĥ Nūr al-Iyđāĥ (Ĥasan ibn Ámmār al-Shurunbulālī) 32. Munyatu’l Muşallī (Sadīduddīn al-Kāshaghrī) 33. Muntaqā (al-Ĥākim al-Shahīd) 34. Muĥīţ al-Burhānī (Burhānuddīn Maĥmūd ibn Aĥmad ibn Māzah) 35. Maslak al-Mutaqassit (Álī al-Qārī) 36. Al-Mabsūţ (Shamsu’l Aimmah Sarakhsī) 37.

Minĥatu’l Khāliq (Gloss on Baĥr ar-Rāyiq by Ibn Áābidīn) 38. Nażm Zandavisati (Yaĥyā ibn Álī Zandavisati) 39. Wishāĥ al-Jīd (Aĥmad Riđā Khān) 40. Al-Hidāyah (Burhānuddīn Marghīnānī) 41. Natā’ij al-Afkār Sharĥ al-Manar (Ázmī-Zādah Muşţafā ibn Pir Muĥammad) 42. Saghīrī or Mukhtaşar Ghunyah or Ĥalabī Şaghīr (Ibrāhīm al-Halabi) 43. Al-Tajnīs wa’l Mazīd (Álī ibn Abū Bakr al-Marghīnānī author of Al-Hidāyah) 44.

Fatāwā Tātār-Khaniyah (Farīduddīn Áālim ibn Álā’a Indrapati Dihlawī) 45. Nahr al-Fa’iq (Sirājuddīn Úmar Ibn Nujaym) It should be noted that the author does not always cite from these books directly; rather, in places, he quotes from other sources such as Radd al-Muĥtār that cite them.

Given below is a list of the most important compilations of ĥadīth related to legal rulings or aĥādīth al-aĥkām; the number of ĥadīth in such works is also mentioned:

Number of

# Name of the Book Author Ĥadīth

1 Al-Aĥkām al-Kubrā Ábdu’l Ĥaqq Ishbili (d.581 AH) ~5,000 2 Al-Aĥkām al-Wusţā Ábdu’l Ĥaqq Ishbili (d.581 AH) ~5,000 3 Al-Aĥkām al-Şughrā Ábdu’l Ĥaqq Ishbili (d.581 AH) 115 4 Úmdatu’l Aĥkām Ábdu’l Ghanī Maqdisi (d. 600 AH) 430 5 Úmdatu’l Aĥkām al-Kubrā Ábdu’l Ghanī Maqdisi (d. 600 AH) 860 6 Al-Muntaqā min Akhbāri’l Muşţafā Majduddīn Ibn Taymiyyah (d.652 AH) 3,926 7 Sunan wa’l Aĥkām Điyā’a al-Maqdisi (d. 643 AH) 6,397 8 Ghāyatu’l Iĥkām fi Aĥādīth al-Aĥkām Muĥibbuddin al-Ţabarī (d. 694 AH) 13,265 9 Al-Ilmām fī Aĥādīth al-Aĥkām Ibn Daqīq al-Ýīd (d.702 AH) 1,291 10 Al-Muĥarrar fī Aĥādīth al-Aĥkām Ibn Ábdu’l Hādī (d.744 AH) 1,324 11 Al-Bulghah fi Aĥādīth al-Aĥkām Úmar ibn Álī ibn Mulaqqin (804 AH) 508 12 Taqrību’l Asānīd wa Tartīb al-Masānīd Ábdu’l Raĥīm al-Írāqī (d. 806 AH) 606 Bulūgh al-Marām 13 Ibn Ĥajar al-Ásqalānī (d.852 AH) 1,568 min Adillati’l Aĥkām In addition to being a book of rulings, Bahār e Sharīát mentions approximately 2,224 ĥadīth related to aĥkām, as enumerated by Mawlānā Qamaru’l Ĥasan Misbahi (see table below).

These are complete narrations along with the mention of the source and the first narrator (i.e. the şaĥābī) – as for snippets cited as references or in translation, the number would be far higher; this is visible in the first volume of Bahar, the volume on Creed [áqīdah].

For example, one paragraph about the Divine Attributes of Allāh táālā, #28, is derived from more than 40 verses of the Qur’ān [listed in Appendix A]. The sentences in this paragraph are verbatim translations of portions of the verses from which they are drawn. The author’s proficiency in ĥadīth shines through in transmitted statements of belief [manqūl]: about Prophethood, the Hereafter, Paradise and Hell etc.

An unsuspecting reader may take a passage to be the author’s own description drawn from reports, whereas it is a composite of verbatim translations from multiple ĥadīth and Qur’ānic verses, skillfully and seamlessly put together as one contiguous paragraph. For example, describing the Pool of Kawthar, A#106, he writes:

A106. The Pool of Kawthar is certainly true and exists in reality. This is given to our Prophet ﷺ. [1] The length of this pool is as much as the distance one can travel in a month. [2] There will be domes of pearls on either banks.[3] The pool will be square; i.e., of equal length and breadth. [4].

The floor [or the sediment at the bottom] of this pool will be ambrosial musk,[5] its water will be whiter than milk, sweeter than honey and has a fragrance better than musk.[6] The cups and glasses placed on its banks for people to drink will be greater in number than the stars in the sky.[7] One who drinks from this pool will never be thirsty again.[8] There will be two waterspouts from which water will be flowing in it from the streams of Paradise; the first will be made of gold and the other made of silver.[9] 1.

Sūrah al-Kawthar verse 1. Bukhārī §4965-66; Musnad Aĥmad §26403 and §12542; Abū Dāwūd §4748; Tirmidhī §3359. 2. Bukhārī §6579 3. Bukhārī §4964, §6581; Tirmidhī §3359. 4. Muslim, 2292. 5. Tirmidhī §3360. 6. Bukhārī §4964, §6581; Muslim §2300, §2303. 7. Bukhārī §6579; Muslim §400, §2292; Musnad Aĥmad §13578.; Abū Dāwūd §4747. 8. Musnad Aĥmad §15121, §23317-23318, Bukhārī §6579, §7050, §7051; Muslim §2292. 9.

Muslim §2301, Musnad Aĥmad §22426 Compare this with Bihishti Zeywar of Ashraf Álī Thānawī, in the first volume, the áqīdah portion covers hardly 7 pages – and in the next 4 pages he lapses into his Wahābī delirium of terming anything as polytheism and disbelief indiscriminately.

For example: Naming children as Álī Bakhsh, Ĥusayn Bakhsh or Ábdu’l Nabiy... Keeping pictures, especially keeping pictures of pious people for blessing and to respect such a picture.

According to Thānawī, ‘keeping pictures’ is a matter of kufr and shirk! The name Ábdu’n Nabiy – meaning, slave of the Prophet – is also ruled as a matter of kufr and shirk. Even though, not only have jurists allowed this name, some prominent scholars bear that name!

Al-Durr al-Mukhtār is a text book of Ĥanafī fiqh, which is a gloss on Tumurtāshi’s Tanwīr al-Abşār, which is also used by Deobandis as an authoritative reference.

In the preface of the book, Imām Álā’uddīn al-Haşkafī mentions his isnād thus: ... the teacher of my teacher, Shaykhu’l Islām Muĥammad ibn Ábdullāh al-Tumurtāshī alĤanafī al-Ghazzī, among the prominent and reliable later scholars, the righteous ones; for I narrate from my teacher, Shaykh Abdu’n Nabiy al-Khalīlī who narrates from the author [i.e.

Tumurtāshī], from Ibn Nujaym al-Mişrī via his sanad reaching the founder of the school, Abū Ĥanīfah and via his sanad until the Prophet ﷺ, the Chosen, the Elect.

illiterates and describes basics such as alphabets; however, áqīdah is discussed from p.34 [in the original edition]. Later Deobandis adopted this work as one of their key introductory and necessary texts and now cite it as an authoritative work. It is also a historical fact that Bahar was written to counter Zeywar and prevent the spread of false notions and patently wrong rulings mentioned in that book.

Later, Állāmah Hashmat Álī wrote a four volume work, Işlāĥ e Biĥishti Zeywar, refuting the numerous mistakes in Thānawī’s Zeywar.

A snapshot of this passage is reproduced below from a modern print, and from a version printed in India in 1877:

If it were shirk or even impermissible, the great scholar Tumartāshī al-Ghazzī would have asked his student [al-Khalīlī] to change his name, which he did not – as it is clear from Ĥaşkafī’s mention of the name.

The scholar Állāmah Muĥammad Áābid Sindī al-Madanī [1190-1257 AH], has written a monograph on the permissibility of the name, titled: Shifā’u Qalbi Kulli Sa’uūl fī Jawāzi man Tasammā bi-Ábdu’n Nabiy wa Ábdu’r Rasūl. Shaykh Ábdu’r Rasūl al-Barzanjī [1040-1103 AH], is another famous Shāfiýī scholar from Madīnah, author of Al-Ishāáh li Ashrāţi’s Sāáh, on the portents of the Final Hour.

Bahār e Sharīát in Numbers Given below is a tabulation of the number of verses and the ĥadīth cited in Bahār e Sharīát. The ĥadīth enumerated below are those cited as a proper narration; numerous ĥadīth are cited as relevant snippets or between the text as is evident from the footnotes in the first volume.

Qur’ān

# Topics Ĥadīth Rulings

Verses

1 Faith and Doctrine* 14 - 28 2 Purification, Purity 12 82 669 3 Prayer 59 279 843 4 Prayer Cont’d (Jumuah-Janā’iz) 33 197 896 5 Poor-Due, Charity, Fasting 22 229 560 6 Pilgrimage 39 115 486 7 The Book of Marriage 14 48 414 8 The Book of Divorce 26 21 753 Manumission, Oaths, Punishments, Theft, 9 44 118 739 Robbery, The Book of War Foundlings, Waifs, Missing People, 10 - 25 568 Partnership, Endowment 11 The Book of Business 15 101 772 Sponsorship, Guarantors, Debt Transfer, 12 12 40 654 Judicature, Witness, Testimony, Agency 13 Claims, Acknowledgement, Reconciliation 7 5 594 Sleeping Partner, Deposits, Loans, 14 6 24 541 Gifts, Hiring and Leasing, Patronage Duress, Compulsion, Interdiction, Licensed Slaves, Usurpation, Pre15 emption, Partition, Division, Agriculture, Irrigation, Lawful Slaughter 11 85 656 of Animals, Sacrifice of Animals 16 Prohibitions and Permissions 64 814 528 Cultivation of Wastelands, The Book of Drinks, Game and Hunting, 17 17 41 293 Mortgages, Pawning, Penal Law and Penalties TOTAL 395 2224 9993 18 Penal Law and Penalites, Fines and Compensations, Indemnification 4 28 726 19 Wills, Bequests 3 8 452 20 Inheritance 2 17 178 TOTAL 9 53 1356 GRAND TOTAL 404 2277 11,349

Note: Şadru’sh Sharīáh compiled only the ĥadīth and a few rulings in the 18th volume, before his passing; the rest of the work in three additional volumes (18-20) were compiled by his students (one of his sons among them). In summary, Bahār e Sharīát is a comprehensive handbook of Ĥanafī fiqh and a ready reference for authoritative legal rulings, case illustrations and precedents in the Ĥanafī madh’hab.

What sets this book apart from similar works in Urdu is its comprehensive listing of ĥadīth and Qur’ānic verses pertaining to every fiqh topic. It is widely used by Muftīs across the Urdu-speaking world due to its clarity and accuracy, and it is cited both as evidence and for legal precedents.

Nearly four generations of Ĥanafī scholars have come to regard it as an indispensable resource, and in-shā’Allāh, it will continue to benefit many more generations to come. May Allāh táālā reward Imām Amjad Álī abundantly for the stellar service he has rendered to this Ummah and the exquisite gift he has presented to Urdu-speaking Hanafis.

Indeed, as someone has aptly described it, this is truly – a book that makes one a scholar.

List of Books in Bahar e Sharīát (Ordered as per Al-Durr al-Mukhtār)

# NAME OF THE BOOK TRANSLATED NAME VOLUME

1 Al-Áqāýid Faith and Doctrine 01 2 Al-Ţahārah Purification, Purity 02 3 Al-Şalāt Prayer 03, 04 4 Al-Zakāh Poor-Due, Charity 05 5 Al-Şawm Fasting 05 6 Al-Ĥajj Pilgrimage 06 7 Al-Nikāĥ The Book of Marriage 07 8 Al-Ţalāq The Book of Divorce 08 9 Al-Ítq Manumission 09 10 Al-Aymān Oaths 09 11 Al-Ĥudūd Statutory Punishment 09 12 Al-Sariqah Theft, Robbery 09 13 Al-Siyar The Book of War 09 14 Al-Laqīţ Foundlings 10 15 Al-Luqaţah Waifs 10 16 Al-Mafqūd Missing People 10 17 Al-Sharikah Partnership 10 18 Al-Waqf Endowment 10

# NAME OF THE BOOK TRANSLATED NAME VOLUME

19 Al-Buýū’u The Book of Business 11 20 Al-Kafālah Sponsorship, Guarantors 12 21 Al-Ĥawālah Debt Transfer 12 22 Al-Qađā’a Judicature 12 23 Al-Shahādāt Witness, Testimony 12 24 Al-Wakālah Agency 12 25 Al-Daáwā Claims 13 26 Al-Iqrār Acknowledgement 13 27 Al-Şulĥ Reconciliation 13 28 Al-Muđārabah Sleeping Partner 14 29 Al-Īydāá Deposits 14 30 Al-Áāriyah Loans 14 31 Al-Hibah Gifts and Presents 14 32 Al-Ijārah Hiring and Leasing 14 33 Al-Walā’a Patronage 14 34 Al-Ikrāh Duress, Compulsion 15 35 Al-Ĥajr Interdiction 15 36 Al-Ma’dhūn Licensed Slaves 15 37 Al-Ghaşb Usurpation 15

# NAME OF THE BOOK TRANSLATED NAME VOLUME

38 Al-Shuf-áh Pre-emption 15 39 Al-Qismah Partition, Division 15 40 Al-Muzāraáh Agriculture 15 41 Al-Musāqāh Irrigation 15 42 Al-Dhabā’iĥ Slaughtering Animals 15 43 Al-Uđĥiyah Sacrifice of Animals 15 44 Al-Ĥażr wa’l Ibāĥah Prohibitions & Permissions 16 45 Iĥyā’a al-Mawāt Cultivation of Wastelands 17 46 Al-Ashribah The Book of Drinks 17 47 Al-Şayd Game and Hunting 17 48 Al-Rahn Mortgages, Pawning 17 49 Al-Jināyāt Penal Law and Penalties 17, 18 50 Al-Diyāt Fines and Compensations 18 51 Al-Máāqil Indemnification 18 52 Al-Waşāyā Wills, Bequests 19 53 Uşūl al-Fiqh Principles of Jurisprudence 19A 54 Aādāb al-Iftā’a Issuing Legal Rulings 19A 55 Kitāb al-Farā’iđ Inheritance

NAMES OF BOOKS/CHAPTERS IN FIQH TEXT BOOKS

# Al-Durr al-Mukhtār Kanz al-Daqā’iq Al-Qudūrī 1 Kitāb al-Ţahārah Kitāb al-Ţahārah Kitāb al-Ţahārah 2 Kitāb al-Şalāt Kitāb al-Şalāt Kitāb al-Şalāt 3 Kitāb al-Zakāt Kitāb al-Zakāt Kitāb al-Zakāt 4 Kitāb al-Şawm Kitāb al-Şawm Kitāb al-Şawm 5 Kitāb al-Ĥajj Kitāb al-Ĥajj Kitāb al-Ĥajj 6 Kitāb al-Nikāĥ Kitāb al-Nikāĥ Kitāb al-Buýū’u 7 Kitāb al-Ţalāq Kitāb al-Rađā’á Kitāb al-Rahn 8 Kitāb al-Ítq Kitāb al-Ţalāq Kitāb al-Ĥajr 9 Kitāb al-Aymān Kitāb al-Iýtāq Kitāb al-Iqrār 10 Kitāb al-Ĥudūd Kitāb al-Aymān Kitāb al-Ijārah 11 Kitāb al-Sariqah Kitāb al-Ĥudūd Kitāb al-Shuf-áh 12 Kitāb al-Jihād Kitāb al-Sariqah Kitāb al-Shirkah 13 Kitāb al-Laqīţ Kitāb al-Siyar (Kitāb al-Jihād) Kitāb al-Muđārabah 14 Kitāb al-Luqaţah Kitāb al-Laqīţ Kitāb al-Wakālah 15 Kitāb al-Aābiq Kitāb al-Luqaţah Kitāb al-Kafālah 16 Kitāb al-Mafqūd Kitāb al-Aābiq Kitāb al-Ĥawālah 17 Kitāb al-Shirkah Kitāb al-Mafqūd Kitāb al-Şulĥ 18 Kitāb al-Waqf Kitāb al-Shirkah Kitāb al-Hibah 19 Kitāb al-Buýū’u Kitāb al-Waqf Kitāb al-Waqf

# Al-Durr al-Mukhtār Kanz al-Daqā’iq Al-Qudūrī 20 Kitāb al-Kafālah Kitāb al-Buýū’u Kitāb al-Ghaşb 21 Kitāb al-Ĥawālah Kitāb al-Şarf Kitāb al-Wadīáh 22 Kitāb al-Qađā’a Kitāb al-Kafālah Kitāb al-Áāriyah 23 Kitāb al-Shahādāt Kitāb al-Ĥawālah Kitāb al-Laqīţ 24 Kitāb al-Wakālah Kitāb al-Qađā’a Kitāb al-Khunthā 25 Kitāb al-Daáwā Kitāb al-Shahādah Kitāb al-Mafqūd 26 Kitāb al-Iqrār Kitāb al-Wakālah Kitāb al-Ibāq 27 Kitāb al-Şulĥ Kitāb al-Daáwā Kitāb Iĥyā’a al-Mawāt 28 Kitāb al-Muđārabah Kitāb al-Iqrār Kitāb al-Ma’dhūn 29 Kitāb al-Yīdāá Kitāb al-Şulĥ Kitāb al-Muzāraáh 30 Kitāb al-Áāriyah Kitāb al-Muđārabah Kitāb al-Nikāĥ 31 Kitāb al-Hibah Kitāb al-Wadīáh Kitāb al-Riđā’á 32 Kitāb al-Ijārah Kitāb al-Áāriyah Kitāb al-Ţalāq 33 Kitāb al-Mukātab Kitāb al-Hibah Kitāb al-Yīlā’a 34 Kitāb al-Walā’a Kitāb al-Ijārah Kitāb al-Żihār 35 Kitāb al-Ikrāh Kitāb al-Mukātab Kitāb al-Nafaqāt 36 Kitāb al-Ĥajr Kitāb al-Walā’a Kitāb al-Ítāq 37 Kitāb al-Ma’dhūn Kitāb al-Ikrāh Kitāb al-Mukātab 38 Kitāb al-Ghaşb Kitāb al-Ĥajr Kitāb al-Walā’a 39 Kitāb al-Shuf-áh Kitāb al-Ma’dhūn Kitāb al-Jināyāt

# Al-Durr al-Mukhtār Kanz al-Daqā’iq Al-Qudūrī 40 Kitāb al-Qismah Kitāb al-Ghaşb Kitāb al-Diyāt 41 Kitāb al-Muzāraáh Kitāb al-Shuf-áh Kitāb al-Ĥudūd

Kitāb al-Sariqah

42 Kitāb al-Musāqāh Kitāb al-Qismah wa Quţţāá al-Ţarīq

43 Kitāb al-Dhabā’iĥ Kitāb al-Muzāraáh Kitāb al-Ashribah 44 Kitāb al-Uđ-ĥiyah Kitāb al-Musāqāh Kitāb al-Şayd waal-Dhabā’iĥ 45 Kitāb al-Ĥażr wa’l Ibāĥah Kitāb al-Dhabā’iĥ Kitāb al-Uđ’ĥiyah 46 Kitāb Iĥyā’a al-Mawāt Kitāb al-Uđ-ĥiyah Kitāb al-Aymān 47 Kitāb al-Ashribah Kitāb al-Karāhiyah Kitāb al-Daáwā 48 Kitāb al-Şayd Kitāb Iĥyā’a al-Mawāt Kitāb al-Shahādāt 49 Kitāb al-Rahn Kitāb al-Ashribah Kitāb Aādāb al-Qāđī 50 Kitāb al-Jināyāt Kitāb al-Şayd Kitāb al-Qismah 51 Kitāb al-Diyāt Kitāb al-Rahn Kitāb al-Ikrāh 52 Kitāb al-Máāqil Kitāb al-Jināyāt Kitāb al-Siyar 53 Kitāb al-Waşāyā Kitāb al-Diyāt Kitāb al-Bughāh 54 Kitāb al-Khunthā Kitāb al-Máāqil Kitāb al-Ĥażr wa’l Ibāĥah 55 Masā’il Shattā Kitāb al-Waşāyā Kitāb al-Waşāyā 56 Kitāb al-Farā’iđ Kitāb al-Khunthā Kitāb al-Farā’iđ 57 - Masā’il Shattā 58 - Kitāb al-Farā’iđ -

Footnotes

1279.

This is a collection of legal rulings commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, whose title Ālamgīr means ‘Victor of the World.’ Hence, the collection was named Fatāwā Ālamgīrī. It is also known as Fatāwā al-Hindiyyah. It is said that nearly 500 scholars contributed to this collection.. 307

1280.

It could also refer to Imām Muĥammad’s Kitāb al-Aşl also known as Al-Mabsūţ. Interestingly, several works are named Al-Mabsūţ, but when mentioned without qualification it refers to Imām Sarakhsī’s work. Other Ĥanafī jurists who have named their books Al-Mabsūţ include: Abu’l Layth Samarqandī [d.375 AH], Sayyid Abī Shujāá [d. before 500 AH], Nāşiruddīn Samarqandī [d. 556 AH], Shamsu’l Ayimmah Ábdu’l Ázīz al-Ĥalwānī [d. 448 AH], Shaykhu’l Islām Khawāhir-Zādah Muĥammad ibn Ĥusayn al-Bukhārī [d. 483 AH], Şadru’l Islām Abu’l Yusr Pazdawī [d. 493 AH], Álā’uddīn Isbījābī and Fakhru’l Islām Pazdawī [d. 482 AH].

1281.

The pronunciation of Zandavisati is mentioned in Al-Fawā’id al-Bahiyyah by al-Lucknawi, who attributed it to Álī al-Qārī; it is also said that there was an additional yā after wāw, and thus pronounced as Zandavīsati. In Kashf al-Żunūn, his name is mentioned as Ĥusayn ibn Yaĥyā under the entry Rawđatu’l Úlamā. 308

1282.

Ábdu’l Ĥaqq al-Ishbīlī’s Kubrā and Wusţā have almost the same ĥadīth, except that in the former he included the asanīd, whereas in the latter, ĥadīth are cited sans asanīd. 309

1283.

Even though Bihishti Zeywar cannot be compared to the obviously superior class and level of Bahar e Sharīát, many Deobandis pretend that it is otherwise. Zeywar was written specifically for the guidance of housewives, and back in those days, literacy among women was abysmally low; hence it addresses rank 310

1284.

Imām Muĥammad ibn Álī al-Dimashqī, famously known as Álā’uddīn al-Ĥaşkafī; he was born in Damascus in 1021 or 1025 AH and passed away in 1088 AH. Among his teachers are Shaykh Khayruddin al- Ramlī and Shaykh Ábdu’l Nabiy al-Khalīlī as mentioned above. He is the author of many works among which are, Ifāđatu’l Anwār Sharĥ al-Manār and Al-Durr al-Muntaqā fī Sharĥ al-Multaqā (al-Ab’hur).

1285.

Imām Muĥammad ibn Ábdullāh ibn Aĥmad al-Khaţīb al-Ghazzi al-Tumurtāshī (as affirmed by Ibn Áābidīn); he was born in Gaza, Palestine in 939 AH and was buried there after his passing in 1004 AH. Imām Ramli is from Ramlah, Ĥaşkafī’s shaykh is from al-Khalīl [Hebron], Tumurtāshī is from Gaza – all of them are places in Palestine. 311

1286.

Bahār e Sharīát: Ek Taĥqīqī Mutālaáh by Mawlānā Qamaru’l Ĥasan Misbahi in Sadrush Sharīáh Number, Ashrafiyyah magazine, November, 1995, p. 238. * The Ílmiyyah edition of Bahār e Sharīát includes references of verses and ĥadīth cited in translation or as snippets. I have added many others in my translation that are not mentioned by Ílmiyyah. 312