Rasa'il Muhaddith al-Surati : Urdu, New,
[A5] Hardback - 262 pages,
by Shaykh Wasi Ahmad al-Surati [d.1334h],
Tahqiq wa takhrij : by Khurram Mahmood,
by Al-Ghani Publishers.
Description :
Rasa'il e Muhaddith e Surati, Contains a summary of some of the works of the renowned scholar Muhaddith e Surati Shaykh Wasi Ahmad Surati, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi. Also included is Jami al Shawahid bi Khiraj il Wahhabayn anil Masajid: This was the first ever Fatwa in the form of book on the expulsion of Wahhabiya from Masajid (Mosques).
About the Author :
He is Al-Shaykh Allama wa Mawlana Wasi Ahmad bin Mawlana Muhammad Tayyab bin Muhammad Tahir al-Hanafi al-Surati, the grand Hadith Master (Muhaddith) and tutor of numerous Indian scholars, often remembered among the Ahl us Sunnah as 'Shaykh al Muhaddithin' was born at Randair (Rander), near Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India in 1252 A.H / 1836 C.E. The family of Shaykh al Muhaddithin had migrated from Madinah al Munawwarah to Surat in the year 1650 C.E during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shahabuddin Muhammad Shahjahan.
In 1857 C.E, when the first war of Indian Independence took place, the scholars of Ahl us Sunnah declared Jihad on the British Colonial Government under the initiatives and leadership of Imam al Mantiq Fazl al Haq Chishti Khayrabadi (1212-1278 A.H / 1797-1861 C.E). The family of 'Shaykh al Muhaddithin' also fought against the British forces and two brothers of the young Shaykh got martyred in this war. The flourishing cloth business and property of his grandfather was seized by the British and was set on fire. The family was forced to migrate to Iraq where the young Shaykh and his younger brother Shaykh Abdul Latif stayed for three years with their family. From Iraq the Shaykh’s family went to Hijaz al Muqaddas for Hajj and then decided to return to India, while returning Shaykh al Muhaddithin’s father passed away, the family accepted the hardship with patience and reached India sadly. Soon the family re-established its lost business at Surat, after which the mother of Shaykh al Muhaddithin passed away; she was the maternal granddaughter of Mawlana Khayruddin Muhaddith Surati.
The Shaykh along with his younger brother Shaykh Abdul Latif went to study at Madrasa Husayn Baksh at Delhi. The Shaykh also studied under Mawlana Lutfullah Aligarhi (1244-1334 A.H / 1825-1915 C.E) at Aligarh. In 1865 C.E, they together went to Saharanpur and studied Hadith under Mawlana Ahmad Ali Muhaddith Saharanpuri (d. 1297 A.H /1880 C.E) and received the Sanad (certificate of specialisation) and Ijazah (certificate of authorisation) from him.
On the advice of Mawlana Lutfullah Aligarhi (1244-1334 A.H / 1809-1915 C.E) Shaykh al Muhaddithin went to Ganj-Muradabad and gave Bayah (Pledge of Allegiance) to Shaykh Shah Fazl al Rahman Ganj Muradabadi Naqshbandi (1208-1313 A.H / 1793-1894 C.E) in the Naqshbandiya Mujaddidiya tariqah and was soon awarded the Khilafa in the same spiritual path, along with the Sanad and Ijazah in Sihah Sittah and Mishkat al Masabih.
In 1867 C.E upon the advice of his Pir wa Murshid – Shaykh Fazl al Rahman Ganj-Muradabadi and invitation of his friend Shaykh Hakeem Khalil al Rahman Pilibhiti he visited Pilibhit in north central India between the cities of Muradabad and Bareilly. A Madrasa named Madrasa Hafiziya existed beside the Masjid that was built by Hafiz al Mulk Hafiz Rahmat Khan Shahid and Shaykh al Muhaddithin was chosen as the Head teacher of this particular Madrasa. In 1301 A.H / 1882 C.E, he purchased an adjacent land, expanded the existing Madrasa Hafiziya and founded “Madrasa al Hadith”.
Shaykh al Muhaddithin gave lessons in Hadith for more than 40 years. He was amongst the famous and highly respected authorities in the field of Hadith in the subcontinent. His fame spread far and wide especially in the cities of Saharanpur, Jaunpur, Rampur, Kanpur, Muradabad, Aligarh, Patna and Lahore. Shaykh al Muhaddithin used to teach Hadith continuously starting from Fajr Salah in the morning till late midnight. During these long Hadith lessons he used to pause only for obligatory prayers.
Shaykh Ahmad Ali Muhaddith Saharanpuri used to regard him as his successor in Hadith tutorship. Hafiz al Millat Shaykh Allama Abdul Aziz Muhaddith Qadri Ashrafi Mubarakpuri (1313-1396 A.H / 1894-1976 C.E ), the founder of Jamiyah al Ashrafiya, Mubarakpur, India narrates that Shaykh al Muhaddithin had complete command over Sahih al Bukhari to an extent that he used to narrate and teach it from memory. Thus, it is widely and authentically accepted among the scholars of Ahl us Sunnah that he was a complete Hafiz (memoriser) of Sahih al Bukhari including the Hadith text (matn) and its chains of narrators (Isnad).
His “Hashiya Sharh Ma’ni al Athar” and contributions to Hadith sciences has been praised by every Sunni scholar of the subcontinent except the Wahhabiya who try their level best to hide the great contributions of Ahl us Sunnah scholars in the field of Quranic sciences, Hadith and Fiqh and disparage the status of Sunni scholars.
Amongst his students :
---Sadr al Shari'ah Mufti Amjad Ali A’zami Qadri Razvi (1296-1367 A.H / 1878-1948 C.E)
---Malik al Ulama Sayyid Zafaruddin Qadri Razvi (1303-1382 A.H / 1886-1962 C.E)
---Qutb al Madinah Ziyauddin Ahmad Madani Qadri Razvi (1294-1401 A.H / 1877-1881 C.E)
---Misbah al Ummah Shaykh Misbah al Hasan Qadri Chishti (1304-1384 A.H / 1885-1964 C.E)
---Muhaddith al A’zam Sayyid Muhammad Ashrafi al Jilani Kichochavi (1311-1381 A.H / 1892-1961 C.E)
---Ra'is al Ulama Shaykh Sayyid Sulayman Ashraf Qadri Bihari (1295-1358 A.H / 1878-1939 C.E)
---Shaykh al Muhaddithin’s son Sultan al Wayizin Abdul Ahad Muhaddith Qadri Razvi (1302-1352 A.H / 1883-1933 C.E)
The two sons of Shaykh Ahmad Hasan Kanpuri (d.1322 A.H / 1903 C.E) –-
-------the Khalifa of Shaykh al Mashaykh Haji Imdadullah Chishti Sabri Muhajir Makki (1233-1317 A.H / 1817-1899 C.E),
-------Shaykh Shah Fazl al Rahman Ganj Muradabadi Naqshbandi (1208-1313 A.H / 1793-1894 C.E).
---viii. Shaykh Mushtaq Ahmad Qadri Kanpuri (d.1360 A.H / 1941C.E)
---ix. Shaykh Nisar Ahmad Qadri Kanpuri (1299-1350 A.H / 1880-1931 C.E)
---x. Shaykh Sayyid Khadim Husayn bin Shaykh Sayyid Jamaat Ali Shah Muhaddith Alipuri. (1257-1370 A.H / 1886-1962 C.E)
---xi. Shaykh Mufti Abdul Qadir Lahori.
---xii. Shaykh Abdul Aziz Muhaddith Bijnori.
Shaykh al Muhaddithin had a close and intimate friendship with Imam al Huda Ahmad Raza Khan. He used to send most of his students to Imam al Huda to study Fiqh. Therefore, many of Shaykh al Muhaddithin’s students went on to study under Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Qadri Barkati, and during this period, they gave the Pledge of Allegiance (Bayah) to him in the Qadriya Barkatiya tariqah and then received Khilafah in the same Tariqah from him. Among these great students of Shaykh al Muhaddithin are: Sadr al Shariyah Amjad Ali A’zami, Malik al Ulama Sayyid Zafaruddin Bihari, Qutb al Madinah Ziauddin Ahmad Madani, and Shaykh al Muhaddithin’s son – Sultan al Wayizin Abdul Ahad Pilibhiti Qadri.
Muhaddith al A’zam Hind Sayyid Muhammad Ashrafi al Jilani Kichochavi, Shaykh Mushtaq Ahmad Qadri Kanpuri and Shaykh Nisar Ahmad Qadri Kanpuri also received the Khilafah of Qadriya Barkatiya Tariqah from Imam al Akbar Ahmad Raza Khan Qadri Hanafi Bareilvi.
It was Shaykh al Muhaddithin who requested Imam al Huda AlaHadrat to write a commentary on the Arabic ‘Aqidah’ manual titled ‘Mu’taqad al Muntaqad’ (1270 A.H) of Imam Shaykh Fazl al Rasul Qadri Badayuni (1213-1289 A.H / 1797-1872 C.E). The importance of ‘Mu’taqad al Muntaqad’ can be judged from the fact that it contains the verifications and endorsements of Imam al Mantiq Fazl al Haq Chishti Khayrabadi (1212-1278 A.H / 1797-1861 C.E), Shaykh Mufti Sadruddin Azurdah Dahlavi (1204-1280 A.H / 1789-1863 C.E), Shaykh al Tariqah Ahmad Saeed Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Dahlavi (1217-1277 / 1802-1860 C.E) and Shaykh Hyder Ali Fayzabadi. Imam al Akbar Ahmad Raza wrote a marginalia and commentary on this important book and named it ‘Al Mustanad al Mu’tamad bi Najat al Abad’ (1320 A.H).
Bibliography of Shaykh al Muhaddithin’s Works
----1. Hashiya Sunan Nisai.
----2. Hashiya Ma’ani al Athar of Imam Tahawi, which was long back published from Cairo, Egypt.
----3. Hashiya Tafsir al Jalalayn.
----4. Hashiya Mishkat al Masabih.
----5. Ta’liq al Mujalla Sharh Muniyat al Musalla.
----6. Jami al Shawahid bi Khiraj il Wahhabayn anil Masajid: The first ever Fatwa in the form of book on the expulsion of Wahhabiya from Masajid (Mosques). This work of Shaykh al Muhaddithin was edited and published by Faqih al Millat Mufti Muhammad Jalaluddin Ahmad Razvi Amjadi (1352-1422 A.H / 1933-2001 C.E) in 1416 A.H / 1995 C.E for the first time. This Fatwa contains the verifications and endorsements of Imam al Huda and the scholars of Hijaz such as Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad bin Dahlan al-Makki al-Shafi’i (d.1299 A.H /1881 C.E), and Shaykh Abdur Rahman Siraj al-Hanafi al-Makki (d.1301 A.H / 1883 C.E), the two great Muftis of Makkah al Mukarramah.
Shaykh al Muhaddithin was succeeded by his son and Khalifa in the Naqshbandiya tariqah – Sultan al Wayizin Abdul Ahad Pilibhiti (d. 1352 A.H/1933 C.E). Sultan al Wayizin was also the Khalifa of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Qadri Bareilvi in the Qadriya Barkatiya tariqah and 'Shabiha Ghawth al Azam' Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani Kichochavi in the Qadriya Chishtiya Ashrafiya tariqah. ----Abridged Summary of the Biography by Mawlana Basharath Ali Siddiqui.
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Dimensions : 22 x 14cm (approx).
