Al-Risala : Arabic

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Al-Risala : Arabic, New,
fi Tahqiq al-Ilmi wal Malumi,
[-A4] Hardback - 253 pages,
by Imam Fadl Haqq al-Khayrabadi [d.1278h],
Tahqiq by Ghulam Hayder Khayrabadi,
*Published by Dar al-Islam, Lahore.

Description :

Al-Risala fi Tahqiq al-Ilmi wal Malumi : This text is a landmark treatise which looks into the science of Mantiq [logic] and all other relative sciences. It identifies issues such as tasawwur and tasdiq, issues relating to knowledge, it's excellence, benefits, merits, betterment and it's various applications on other sciences as a whole.

This work on the science of logic (ilm al-mantiq) is compiled by the renowned scholar of his time; the Polymath; al-Shaykh al-Imam Allamah Fadl i Haqq Khayrabadi, may Allah have mercy upon him, (1244 - 1278 After Hijri).

This Edition :

Published by Dar al-Islam, Lahore, Pakistan. Research and additonal notes by Ghulam Hayder Khayrabadi, and presented by Rida al-Hasan. This is a reasonable print by usual sub continental standards. Contains harakat for those that rely on them. The final finish is off-mint ; there are marks, surface scratches, staining, indentation, creasing. etc, otherwise fine.

Al-Imam al-Shaykh Allama Fazle (Fadl) Haq Khayrabadi (1212/1791-1278/1861), rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, was the son of Allama Fazl e Imam Faruqi Khayrabadi (d.1244/1829), the 'Sadr us Sudoor' of Delhi. Allama Fazl e Haq received his education in Islamic Sciences from Shah Abd 'al Qadir (d. 1230/1815) and Shah Abd' al Aziz, the Muhaddith of Delhi (1239/1824) and in rational sciences from his father. He had a phenomenal memory and memorised the Quran in a little over 4 months. Ha also completed the curriculum in Arabic, Persian and religious studies by the age of 13 and engaged himself in teaching.

Besides being a scholar of Islamic studies and theology, he was also a literary persona. More than 4,000 couplets in Arabic are attributed to him. He edited the first diwan of Mirza Ghalib on his request. On account of his deep knowledge and erudition he was called Allama and later was venerated as a great Sufi. He was also bestowed with the title Imam Hikmat & Kalaam (The Imam of logic, philosophy and literature). He was considered the final authority on issuing fatwas or religious rulings. He is perhaps most remembered for issuing a fatwa in favour of Jihad against the 'British' in 1857 and against the Wahhabi extremists. He sadly passed away in custody in the Adaman Islands, in 1861.