Appendix I: Further Reading

APPENDIX I

A curated list of áqīdah books in Arabic and Urdu for further reading. This list does not include detailed works of kalām, or various commentaries and derivative works (such as takhrij of ĥadīth in Sharĥ al-Áqāýid) which are meant for research scholars and specialists in this field.

However, some monographs and works by later scholars are listed alongside standard textbooks as their need is felt in our times. ARABIC WORKS ON CREED AND BELIEF 1. Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, Imām Aáżam Abū Ĥanīfah [d. 150 AH] with the commentary Minaĥ al-Rawđ al-Az’har, by Álī ibn Sulţān al-Qārī [d. 1014] 2. Al-Áālim wa’l Mutaállim, Imām Abū Ĥanīfah [d. 150 AH] with a commentary by Imām Ibn Fūrak [d. 406 AH] 3. Al-Waşiyyah, by Imām Abū Ĥanīfah [d. 150 AH] with a commentary by Imām Akmaluddīn Bābartī [d.786 AH] 4. Al-Áqīdah al-Taĥawiyyah, Imām Abū Jaáfar Aĥmad al-Ţaĥāwī [d. 321 AH] and the following commentaries:

a. Sharĥ, by Ábdu’l Ghanīy Ghunaymī al-Maydānī.

b. Sharĥ, by Imām Akmaluddīn Bābartī / Ghaznawī c. Sharĥ al-Kabīr, by Saýīd Foudeh (contemporary)

5. Sharĥ al-Muqaddimat, by Imām Sanūsī: Ábdullāh ibn Muĥammad [d.895 AH] 6. Umm al-Barāhīn (Sughrā Sanūsī), with the following commentaries:

a. Shaykh Ibrāhīm Bayjūrī b. Shaykh Muĥammad ibn Úmar al-Mallālī [d.897 AH]

7. Al-Kharidah al-Bahiyyah, another didactic poem on Sunni Creed by Shaykh Aĥmad Dardīr al-Ádawī, along with the author’s own commentary 8. Bad’ al-Amālī, a didactic poem1287 by Imām Álī Ūshī with the commentary, Daw al-Máālī, by Álī al-Qārī 9. Sharĥ al-Áqāýid al-Nasafiyyah, a commentary on Nasafī’s Creed by Sáad’uddīn Taftāzānī and supercommentaries:

a. Al-Nibrās, by Ábdu’l Ázīz Parhārwī (al-Farhārī)

b. Ĥāshiyah, by Mullā Ramađān Afandi c. Ĥāshiyah, by Shaykh Aĥmad Al-Khayālī d. Ĥāshiyah al-Bayjūrī álā Sharĥ al-Áqāýid

10. Jawharah al-Tawĥīd, a didactic poem by Imām Ibrāhīm al-Laqānī; the following commentaries are very useful:

a. Hidāyatu’l Murīd, by the author, Imām Ibrāhīm al-Laqānī himself b. Úmdatu’l Murīd, the extensive commentary by the author c. Tuĥfatu’l Murīd, by Shaykh Ibrāhīm Bājūrī d. Áwn al-Murīd, by Ábdu’l Karīm Tattān & Muĥammad Adīb Kaylanī (contemporary scholars)

e. Mukhtaşar al-Mufīd, by Shaykh Nūĥ Álī Salmān

11. Sharĥ Áqīdah Ađududiyyah, by Imām Jalāluddīn Muĥammad As’ád al-Dawwānī 12. Al-Mútaqad al-Muntaqad, by Imām Fađl al-Rasūl Badāyūnī with annotations, Al-Mustanad al-Mútamad, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān 13. Áqīdat al-Áwām, a didactic poem on the creed of Islām along with the following commentaries:

a. Jalā’a al-Afhām, by Sayyid Muĥammad ibn Álawī b. Nur al-Żalām, by Shaykh Muĥammad Nawawī

14. Al-Tamhīd li Qawāýid al-Tawĥīd, by Imām Abu’l Muýīn al-Nasafī [d. 508 AH] 15. Uşūl al-Dīn, by Imām Abu’l Yusr al-Pazdawī 16. Ightināmu’l Fawā’id sharĥ Qawaýid al-Áqāýid, by Imām Aĥmad Zarrūq, which is a commentary on Qawaýid al-Áqāýid of Imām Ghazālī 17. Daf’ Shubh al-Tashbīh, by Imām Ábdu’l Raĥmān ibn al-Jawzī [d. 597 AH]

WORKS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS On Divine Names and Attributes 1. Kitāb al-Asmā’a wa’ş Şifāt, by Imām Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī 2. Al-Amad al-Aqşā fī Sharĥi Asmā’a Allāh al- Ĥusnā wa Şifātihi’l Úlā, by Ĥāfiż Abū Bakr Muĥammad ibn Ábdullāh ibn al-Árabī al-Máāfiri al-Ishbīlī [d. 543 AH] 3. Maqşad al-Asnā fi sharĥi Máānī Asmā’a Allāh al-Ĥusnā, by Imām Ghazālī 4. Al-Asnā fi Sharĥi Asmā’a Allāh al-Ĥusnā, by Shamsuddin Abū Ábdullāh Muĥammad al-Anşārī al-Qurţubī [d. 671 AH] 5. Sharĥ Asmā’a Allāh al-Ĥusnā, by Imām Muĥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī 6. Sharĥ Asmā’a Allāh al-Ĥusnā, by Shaykh Aĥmad Zarrūq al-Burnūsī al-Fāsi 7. Sharĥ Asmā’a Allāh al- Ĥusnā, by Imām Abu’l Qāsim Ábdu’l Karim al-Qushayrī 8. Al-Újālatu’l Ĥasnā fī Sharhi Asmā’a Allāh al-Ĥusnā, by Jalāluddīn Suyūţī

On Angels and Jinns: 1. Al-Ĥabā’ik fī Akhbār al-Malā’ik, by Imām Jalāluddīn Suyūţī 2. Aākām al-Marjān fī Aĥkām al-Jānn, by Imam Badruddīn Muĥammad ibn Ábdullāh al-Shiblī [d. 769 AH] 3. Laqt al-Marjān fī Aĥkām al-Jānn, by Imām Jalāluddīn Suyūţī

On Lives of Prophets in Their Graves 1. Ĥayātu’l Anbiyā’a fī Qubūrihim, by Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī 2. Inbā’a al-Adhkiyā fi Ĥayāti’l Anbiyā’a, by Imām Jalāluddīn Suyūţī

On Death, Barzakh, Judgement Day and Afterlife 1. Al-Baáth wa’l Nushūr by Imām Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī 2. Al-Tadhkirah bi Aĥwāli’l Mawtā wa Umūri’l Aākhirah, by Abū Ábdullāh Muĥammad ibn Aĥmad al-Qurţubī [d. 671 AH]

3. Sharĥ al-Şudūr bi Sharĥi Ĥāl al-Mawtā wa’l Qubūr, by Imām Jalāluddīn Suyūţī 4. Al Budūr al-Sāfirah fī Aĥwāli’l Aākhirah, by Imām Jalāluddīn Suyūţī

On Portents of the Hour 1. Kitāb al-Fitan, by Imām Nuáym ibn Ĥammād (Imām Bukhārī’s Shaykh) 2. Al-Ishāáh li Ashrāţi’s Sā’ah, by Imām Ábdu’l Rasūl Barzanjī 3. Al-Nihāyah fi’l Fitani wa’l Malāĥim, by Ĥāfiż Ibn Kathir 4. Al-Burhān fī Álāmāti Mahdī Aākhiru’z Zamān, by Álī al-Muttaqī al-Hindī 5. Mashrab al-Wardi fī Madh’hab al-Mahdī, by Mullā Álī al-Qārī 6. Al-Qawl al-Mukhtaşar fi Álāmati’l Mahdī al-Muntażar, by Imām Ibn Ĥajar alHaytamī 7. Al-Árf al-Wardī fī Akhbār al-Mahdī, by Imām Jalāluddīn Suyūţī

On Destiny, Fate, Predestination, Free Will 1. Al-Qađā wa’l Qadar, by Imām Bayhaqī 2. Al-Qađā wa’l Qadar, by Shaykh Ábdullāh Sirājuddīn al-Halabi 3. Risālah al-Qađā wa’l Qadar, by Shaykh Tāshkuprīzādah 4. Al-Kawkab al-Sārī fī Ĥaqīqati al-Juz’ al-Ikhtiyārī, by Shaykh Ábdu’l Ghanīy alNablūsī 5. Wāfī al-Bayān fi Sharĥi al-Irādah al-Juz’yiyyah índa’l Insān, by Mawlānā Khālid al-Naqshbandī [d. 1242 AH] 6. Al-Íqd al-Jawhari fi’l Farq Bayna Kasbay al-Māturīdī wa’l Ashárī, by Mawlānā Khālid al-Naqshbandī 7. Khalq Afáāl al-Íbād, by Imām Bukhārī

On the Divine Protection of Prophets from Sins 1. Al-Muntaqā fi Íşmati’l Anbiyā’a, by Imām Nūruddīn al-Şābūnī [580 AH] 2. Íşmatu’l Anbiyā’a, by Imām Fakhruddīn Rāzī [d.606 AH]

URDU WORKS ON ÁQĀÝID 1. Jawāhiru’l Fawā’id, by Muftī Yār Muĥammad Khān; an Urdu translation of Sharĥ al-Áqāýid, by Imām Taftāzānī 2. Translation of Bad’ al-Amālī and Fiqh al-Akbar, by Shaykh Syed Ghulām Muýīnuddīn Naýīmī 3. Al-Áqīdatu’l Hasanah, of Shāh Walīyullāh Dihlawī; Urdu translation and commentary by Muftī Khalīl Khān Barakātī 4.

Urdu Translation of Al-Fiqh al-Akbar and Al-Waşiyyah, by Shaykh Wakil Aĥmad Sikandarpuri 5. Takmīl al-Īymān, by Shaykh Ábdu’l Ĥaqq Muĥaddith Dihlawī; an Urdu translation by Pir Iqbal Aĥmad Faruqi 6. Al-Tamhīd, by Abū’sh Shakūr Salimi; Urdu translation by Shaykh Abu’l Barakāt Sayyid Aĥmad Qādir 7. Al-Mútaqad [Imām Fađl ar-Rasūl Badā’ūnī] with Al-Mustanad [Alahazrat Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khan] translated into Urdu by Muftī Akhtar Razā Khān.

SUPPLEMENTARY WORKS ON ÁQĀÝID IN URDU 1. Kitāb al-Áqāýid, by Shaykh Naýīmuddīn Muradabadi 2. Áqāýid o Masāyil – a collection of three different works on áqīdah and related issues compiled by Muftī Ábdu’l Qayyūm Hazārwi and translated by Shaykh Ábdu’l Ĥakīm Sharaf Qādirī. This is a compilation of three works:

a. Al-Áqīdah Al-Nasafiyyah b. Masā’il Kathura Ĥawlahā al-Niqāsh on various issues that have become controversial in our time c. Áqīdah-related controversial issues in the Indo-Pak subcontinent 3. Ĥayātu’n Nabiy, by Állāmah Aĥmad Saýīd Kazmī 4. Al-Ĥaqq al-Mubīn, by Állāmah Aĥmad Saýīd Kazmī on the blasphemies by Deobandis and the fatwā on them; refutations of slanders by Deobandis among other things.

5. Al-Kalimatu’l Úlyā, by Mawlānā Naýīmuddīn Murādābādī on the issue of Knowledge of Unseen (Ílm al-Ghayb) 6. Ísmat e Anbiyā’a, by Shaykh Ábdu’l Razzāq Bathrālwī on the Divine Immunity from Sin granted to the Prophets of Allāh 7. Áqāýid e Ahl e Sunnat, by Mawlānā Hashmat Álī, in which he has compiled Sunni beliefs based and derived from the works of Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān 8. Tamhīd e Īymān, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān 9. Ĥusām al-Ĥaramayn, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān 10. Ahl e Sunnat Kaun Hain, by Shaykh Ziyāullāh Qādirī Ashrafī on various issues debated in our time 11. Jaa al-Haq, by Muftī Aĥmad Yār Khān Naýīmī 12. Faislah e Haft Mas’alah, by Haji Imdādullah Muhājir Makkī and commentary by Muftī Khalīl Khān Barkati 13. Sub’ĥān as-Subbūĥ, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān, that falsehood is impossible in Divine Speech

REFUTATION OF QĀDIYĀNĪS 1. Al-Mubīn Khatm al-Nabiyyīn, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī 2. Qahru’d Dayyān álā Murtadd bi Qādiyān, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān alBaraylawī 3. Al-Sū’ wa’l Íqāb álā al-Masīĥ al-Kadh’dhāb, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān alBaraylawī 4. Al-Jurāz al-Dayyānī álā Murtadd al-Qādiyānī, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān alBaraylawī 5. Jazā’Allāha Áduwwah bi Ibānati Khatm al-Nubuwwah, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī 6. Sayf e Chishtiyāyi, by Pīr Sayyid Mihr Álī Shāh Golrawī 7. Hidāyatu’r Rasūl, by Pīr Sayyid Mihr Álī Shāh Golrawī 8. Shamsu’l Hidāyah fī Ĥayāti’l Masīĥ, by Pīr Sayyid Mihr Álī Shāh Golrawī

9. Taĥqīqat e Dastgīriyyah fī Raddi Hafawat al-Barāhīniyyah, by Shaykh Ghulām Dastagīr Qasūrī [d. 1315 AH] 10. Rajm al-Shayāţīn bi Raddi Ughlūţāţ al-Barāhīn, by Shaykh Ghulām Dastagīr Qasūrī – which has been recently published in new typeset by Dar Imām Yūsuf al-Nab’hānī.

This was the first book in Arabic refuting Qādiyānīs. 11. Fat’ĥ e Raĥmānī bar Daf’ e Kayd e Qādiyānī, by Shaykh Ghulām Dastagīr Qasūrī 12. Al-Şārim al-Rabbānī álā Isrāfi’l Qādiyānī, by Ĥujjatu’l Islām Shaykh Ĥāmid Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī 13. Taş’ĥīĥ e Yaqīn Bar Khatm e Nabiyyīn, by Muftī Aáżam Mawlānā Muşţafā Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī 14. Fitnah e Qadiyāniyyat, by Muftī Jalāluddīn Qādirī [161p] 15. Mirzāyī Ĥaqīqat ka Iz’hār, by Shaykh Ábdu’l Álīm Şiddīqī 16. Dirratu’r Durrāni álā Riddatu’l Qādiyānī, by Ĥaydarullāh Khān Durrānī [388 pages; written in 1318 AH / 1901CE] 17. Qādiyānī Kazzāb, by Muftī Rifāqat Ĥusayn Kanpuri [102p] 18. Ifādatu’l Afhām Radd Izālatu’l Awhām, in two volumes (376 pages each, total 750 pages) by Shaykh Anwārullāh Fārūqī Hyderabadi published in 1328 AH 19. Mafātīĥ al-Aálām, by Shaykh Anwārullāh Fārūqī, which is a quick reference listing Mirzā Qādiyānī’s blasphemies which he refuted in Ifādatu’l Afhām 20. Al-Tabshīr Radd Taĥzīr, by Shaykh Sayyid Aĥmad Kazmi

REFUTATION OF WAHĀBĪS / DEOBANDIS 1. Atyabu’l Bayān Radd Tafwiyatu’l Īymān, by Şadrul Afadil Sayyid Naýīmuddīn Muradabadi 2. Al-Taĥqīqāt li Daf’ al-Talbīsāt, by Muftī Sayyid Naýīmuddīn Murādābādī – a refutation of Khalīl Ambhetwī’s pack of lies named Al-Muhannad álā alMufannad which is claimed to be a refutation of Ĥusām al-Ĥaramayn 3. Raad e Muhannad, by Állāmah Hashmat Álī Lucknawi 4. Deobandī Maz’hab, by Ghulām Mihr Álī

5. Gulshan e Tawĥīd o Risālat, by Muftī Ashraf Siyalwī in two volumes 6. Íbārat e Akabir ka Taĥqīqī Jā’izah, by Muftī Nasīr Siyālwi in two volumes 7. Áqāýid o Nażariyyāt, by Állāmah Ábdu’l Ĥakīm Sharaf Qādirī 8. Devbandiyyat, by Ĥāfiż e Millat Mawlānā Shāh Ábdu’l Ázīz Mubārakpūrī 9. Muĥāsaba e Devbandiyyat, by Muftī Ĥasan Álī Rizwi which is a refutation of the bald faced lies of Khālid Mahmood in his Mutāla’a e Barelwiyat 10. Sāýiqatu’r Riđā, by Ábdu’l Wahhāb Khān Qādirī; another refutation of Khālid Mahmood’s screed

REFUTATION OF SALAFIS / AHL ĤADĪTH / TAQLĪD SPURNERS 1. Uşūl al-Rashād, by Imām Naqī Álī Khān 2. Al-Nahy al-Akīd án al-Şalāt Warā’a Ídā al-Taqlīd, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khan 3. Aázz al-Nikāt bi Jawābi Su’āl Arkāt, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khan 4. Qawariý al-Qahhār álā Mujassimah al-Fujjār, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khan 5. Al-Sahm al-Shihābi álā Khidā’a al-Wahābī, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khan 6. Al-Salafiyyah Marĥalah Zamāniyyah, by Shaykh Muĥammad Saýīd al-Būţī 7. Masāyil Kathura Ĥawlahā al-Niqāsh, by Shaykh Zayn Aāl Sumayţ

REFUTATION OF RĀFIĐĪS 1. Al-Şawā’iq al-Muĥriqah, by Imām Ibn Ĥajar al-Haytamī (in Arabic; Urdu translations available) 2. Al-Nāhiyah án Taán Amīr Muáāwiyah, by al-Haytamī. 3. Shamm al-Áwāriđ fī Dhamm al-Rawāfiđ, by Mullā Álī al-Qārī 4. Tuĥfah Isna Áshariyyah, by Imām Shāh Ábdu’l Ázīz Dihlawī (originally in Persian; Urdu translations available) 5. Radd al-Rifđah, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī 6. Adillah at-Ţāýinah fī Ādhān al-Mulāánah, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān alBaraylawī

7. Jamú’l Qur’ān wa Bima Ázzawhu li Úthmān, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān alBaraylawī 8. Aĥādith ar-Rāwiyah li Mad’ĥi’l Amīr Muáāwiyah, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī 9. Maţlá al-Qamarayn fī Ibānati Sabaqati’l Úmarayn, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān al-Baraylawī 10. Al-Zulāl al-Anqā min Baĥri Sabqati’l Atqā, by Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān alBaraylawī