Worldwide Asaneed for al-Jami al-Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari (RA)
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله صلى الله
عليه وسلم، أما بعد:
I thank Allah
(A'za wa Jal) for giving me these moments (through illness) in order for me to
answer the requests of many of you who would like to be more informed regarding
the asaneed (chains of narration) of the major books of Hadith. I had
previously touched on this subject in a previous post and in this post I will attempt to provide as
many extant auditory asaneed of Imam al-Bukhari's Sahih as I am aware
of, starting with those that I have obtained through sitting at the feet of
these great Ulama. I warmly welcome your contribution to this thread in
order to learn from you, but request that any comments or suggestions be
directly related to the subject.
فأبدأ
مستعيناً بالله جل وعلا بقوله تبارك وتعالى: وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدّثْ
First of all,
it is worthwhile pointing out that even though there are many paths going back
to Imam al-Bukhari (RA) the most commonly used and rigorously accepted path is
from the greatest Muhaddith of his era; al-Hafidh, al-Hujjah, Shaykh al-Islam
Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani (RA).
It has been
established to contain the complete audio transmission of al-Jami al-Sahih from
the first Hadith on Niyyah (Intentions) to the last Hadith on the 'two light
words upon the tongue' from scholar to scholar all the way back to Imam
al-Bukhari (RA).
As we can see
below, there are 7 people between Ibn Hajr (RA) and Imam al-Bukhari (RA) and
even though there are asaneed with fewer intermediaries it remains to be
established whether they have complete auditory transmission of the text.
1. Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Bukhari (194-256 H)
2. Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Firabri (231-320 H)
3. Abdullah ibn Ahmad al-Sarkhasi (293-381 H)
4. Abd al-Rahman al-Bushanji (374-467 H)
5. Abul Waqt Abd al-Awwal al-Sijzi (458-553 H)
6. Husain ibn Mubarak al-Zubaydi (545-631 H)
7. Ahmad ibn Abi Talib al-Hajjar al-Hafni (624-730
H)
8. Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Tanukhi (709-800 H)
9. Ahmad ibn Ali Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani (774-852 H)
Now, that we
know that, we simply need to trace the asaneed of our shoyoukh back to Ibn Hajr
(RA) and the fewer the number of intermediaries going back to him the more
elevated the isnaad.
As is tradition
amongst Ahlal Athar (People of narration/Hadith), I will start with an Isnaad
from a teacher of my birthplace and move through different regions of the world
that Allah has blessed me to travel to and obtain asaneed from, with the
intention of preserving the Sunnah and this most unique and salient feature
that only Muslims can be proud of as no other religion has a system even
similar to it.
I start by
saying that Allah blessed me with the Taufeeq of sitting at the feet of Shaikh
Ahmed Ali Surati (RA) both in England and then in Kuwait and participating in
both reading and listening to the complete text of Imam al-Bukhari's Sahih
without missing even a single letter and this is his (RA) Isnaad:
20) Shaikh
Ahmed Ali Surati (RA)
19) Who
narrates the complete Sahih from: Abdur Rahman al-Amrohi
18) Who may[i]
narrate a part of it from: Fadlur Rahman Ganjmuradabadi
17) Who narrates a part of it from: Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi
16) Who narrates to Kitab al-Hajj[ii]
from: Shah WaliUllah al-Dihlawi
15) Who
narrates the complete Sahih from Abu Tahir Madani
14) Who
narrates the complete Sahih from Hasan Ujaymee
13) Who
narrates the complete Sahih from Easa Tha'alabi al-Ja'fri
12) Who
narrates the complete Sahih from Ahmed ibn Khaleel Subki
11) Who
narrates the complete Sahih from Najm Mohammed al-Gheeti
10) Who
narrates the complete Sahih from Zakariyyah al-Ansari
9) Who narrates
much of the text from Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani
Which means that between this feeble person and Imam al-Bukhari there are 20 intermediaries which is the highest sanad in the world.[iii].Furthermore, it means that there are only 23 intermediaries between our Beloved Apostle (Salahu alayhi wasalam) and I in the Thulathiyaat[iv] narrations of Imam al-Bukhari (RA)
Insha Allah, in
my next post we will continue this journey throughout the world and until next
time, I request you all to continue remembering me in your prayers.
Servant of
Allah
Mohammed Daniel
[i] It has not been established yet, if Shaikh
Abdur Rahman al-Amrohi actually heard any portion of the text.
[ii] Shah Abdul
Aziz completed the rest of the text with his father's main student Nurullah
Siddeeqi
[iii] This is the
highest isnaad in the world that contains auditory transmission in most
tabaqaat, however it is not the best in terms of quality owing to the lack of
information regarding the 18th and 19th narrators.
[iv] Twenty-two
narrations that are regarded as the pride of Imam al-Bukhari compilation as
there are only three people between the Beloved (salahu alayhi wasalam) and
Imam Bukhari (RA)
Jazak Allahu khayra, great post, looking forward to the rest of the posts on this thread!
Wa iyyakum my dear Brother Imran.
HEJAZ
In continuing this journey, I now
turn to the holiest place on the face of the earth, the House of Allah in
al-Makkah al-Mukkarramah and say that through the blessing of Allah (Subhana wa
Ta'ala) I have sat with and studied the complete Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari more
than once with the Musnid of Makkah, Shaikh Abdul Wakeel al-Hashimi who granted
me Ijazah and who narrates back to Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA) through 12
intermediaries.[1][1]
Shaikh Abdul Wakeel ibn Abdul Haq al-Hashimi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from his father Shaikh
Abdul Haq
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Mohammed Husain al-Batalawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Nadheer Hussain al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Mohammed Ishaq al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi
Who narrates to Kitab al-Hajj from
Shah WaliUllah al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Abu Tahir Madani al-Kurdi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Hasan Ujaymee
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Easa Tha'alabi al-Ja'fri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Ahmed ibn Khaleel Subki
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Najm Mohammed al-Gheeti
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Zakariyyah al-Ansari
Who narrates much of the text from
Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani
[2][1] This is regarded as a high Isnaad compared to other asaneed
that we will come across later.
May Allah give you and your family long lives, filled with barakah, and enter you and your families into the gardens of Paradise, Ameen.
We are honoured to learn under you, Shaykhana Daniel.
May Allah give you more opportunities like the above you have mentioned, Ameen.
HIND
(INDIA)
In continuing this journey, I now
turn to India and the Jamiah of Mazahir al-Uloom in Sahranphur and say that
through the blessing of Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala) I have had the immense honour
of sitting with one of the greatest Muhadditheen of our era; Shaikh
al-Muhaddith Yunus Jaunpuri al-Mazahiri[i][1] and reading with him the
Thulathiyaat[ii][2] of Imam
al-Bukhari's Sahih as I also heard the recitation of some Ahadith from the
Shaikh while he visited al-Madinah al-Munawarrah[iii][3] and he
granted me Ijazah on both occasions.[iv][4]
Shaikh Yunus Jaunpuri al-Mazahiri
narrates back to Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA) through 12 intermediaries and this
is the Isnaad:
He
narrates the complete Sahih from Shaikh Mohammed Zakariyyah
Who
narrates the complete Sahih from Shaikh Khalil Ahmed Sahranpuri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abdul Qayyum Budhanwi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Shah Mohammed Ishaq al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi
Who narrates to Kitab al-Hajj from Shah WaliUllah al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abu Tahir Madani al-Kurdi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Hasan Ujaymee
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Easa Tha'alabi al-Ja'fri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Ahmed ibn Khaleel Subki
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Najm Mohammed al-Gheeti
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Zakariyyah al-Ansari
Who narrates much of the text from Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani
[v][1] He needs no introduction and is
known by millions of people worldwide from all backgrounds and madhahib. His students informed me that he has never
married and never intends to. When anyone has brought up the subject of
marriage he says, "I am married to the Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari" Even though I have met hundreds of Ulama and
discussed masa'il with many of them, I have never come across a scholar more
well-versed in the Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari then Shaikh (HA) and he remains an
inspiration for all students of Hadith.
[vi][2] Narrations that have only three intermediaries between
Imam al-Bukhari (RA) and our Beloved (salahu alayhi wasalam) which make these
narrations the pride of Imam al-Bukhari's collection.
[vii][3] May Allah continue to shower his blessings on its most
blessed occupant
[viii][4] The main reason that I have presented this Isnaad here
before all of the asaneed that I have for the study of the entire Sahih some
with the same chain is due to the undeniable position that Shaikh Yunus has
amongst his contemporaries for his dedication to Imam al-Bukhari's Sahih.
May Allah give you and your family long lives, filled with barakah, and enter you and your families into the gardens of Paradise, Ameen.
We are honoured to learn under you, Shaykhana Daniel.
May Allah give you more opportunities like the above you have mentioned, Ameen.
-abuzaynab
Jazak Allah khairan Sayyid Abu Zaynab,
Ameen and may Allah give you the same and better.
It is an honour from Allah that I am given the taufeeq to serve.
Ameen.
I hope your Morocco trip goes safe and sound. Ameen.
How is Kuwait? I miss it a lot. I heard it was dusty today!
Assalamualaikum Shaykh,
Alhamdulillah i feel greatly honoured to be studying the shamail under you. Inshallah hope to meet you someday in person and benefit more from you.
Ahmed Abdulkader
Masha Allah, may Allah bless all our teachers and accept their efforts in the deen, especially Shaykh Danial from whose humble efforts and sincerity, all of this good work is springing forth. For everyone's benefit, I would like to share from the asaneed of my own teacher Shaykh Waleed Edrees Menese al-Hanbali in the Saheeh of Imam Bukhari:
- (18) Shaykh Waleed Edrees Meneese
- (17) Abdul Ghani al-Daqr and Ahmad bin Salih al-Habbal
- (16) Badr al-Din bin Yusuf al-Baybani
- (15) Abdul Qadir bin Salih al-Khateeb
- (14) Umar bin Abdul Ghani al-Ghazzi
- (13) Mustafa al-Rahmati
- (12) Abdul Ghani al-Nablusi
- (11) al-Najm al-Ghazzi
- (10) his father al-Badr al-Ghazzi
- (9) Abul Fath al-Mizzi al-Iskandri
- (8) Aishah bint Abul Hadi al-Maqdisiyyah
- (7) al-Hajaar
- (6) al-Zabidi
- (5) Abul Waqt al-Harawi
- (4) al-Daudi
- (3) al-Sarakhsi
- (2) al-Farabri
- (1) Imam al-Bukhari
This particular chain is with aural transmission, and there are shorter chains that he possesses which contain partial aural transmission, which I will share with Allah's permission when I have more time.
Allahumma barik lana wa taqabbal minna
Jazakallah brother
Masha Allah, may Allah bless all our teachers and accept their efforts in the deen, especially Shaykh Danial from whose humble efforts and sincerity, all of this good work is springing forth. For everyone's benefit, I would like to share from the asaneed of my own teacher Shaykh Waleed Edrees Menese al-Hanbali in the Saheeh of Imam Bukhari:
(18) Shaykh Waleed Edrees Meneese(17) Abdul Ghani al-Daqr and Ahmad bin Salih al-Habbal(16) Badr al-Din bin Yusuf al-Baybani(15) Abdul Qadir bin Salih al-Khateeb(14) Umar bin Abdul Ghani al-Ghazzi(13) Mustafa al-Rahmati(12) Abdul Ghani al-Nablusi(11) al-Najm al-Ghazzi(10) his father al-Badr al-Ghazzi(9) Abul Fath al-Mizzi al-Iskandri(8) Aishah bint Abul Hadi al-Maqdisiyyah(7) al-Hajaar(6) al-Zabidi(5) Abul Waqt al-Harawi(4) al-Daudi(3) al-Sarakhsi(2) al-Farabri(1) Imam al-Bukhari
This particular chain is with aural transmission, and there are shorter chains that he possesses which contain partial aural transmission, which I will share with Allah's permission when I have more time.
Allahumma barik lana wa taqabbal minna
-abuzayd
As salam mu alaikum
Dear Brother Dr Abu Zayd,
Ameen to your supplications and we ask Allah to increase all of us together in the good things of this life and the hereafter.
Shaikh Dr Waleed Meneesey is known more for his specialisation in the recitation of the Quran having studied with many of the leading scholars in Egypt. Hadith is not his specialisation and to the best of my knowledge he has not read any of Bukhari to either of the teachers that you mentioned in the isnaad above. They both lived in Damascus and I do not think he has even travelled there let alone read with them. Rather a friend of his went to them and took Ijazah aa'ma from them on his behalf. Also it has not been established that both of the teachers mentioned in his Isnaad had read the entire Bukhari to Shaikh Badruddin Hasani (RA) I have provided the Arabic text from his Ijazah below and even though it gives the impression that there is complete sam'aa in each of the tabaqaat from him to Imam al-Bukhari, this is factually not correct.
I would kindly ask you to speak to Shaikh Waleed and ask him if he has studied the entire text with any of his teachers in person (not distance/net/telephone) and who they are that have given him Ijazah and kindly relay the answer to us on the forum for the benefit of all.
الخاصة التي لا يتخللها أي إجازة عامة إلى الإمام البخاري هذا الإسناد الآتي :
عن عبدالغني الدقر وأحمد بن صالح الحبّال – كليهما - ١) عن بدر الدين بن يوسف البيباني الحسني ٢)عن عبدالقادر
بن صالح الخطيب ٣)عن عمر بن عبدالغني الغزي ٤)عن مصطفى الرحمتي ٥)عن عبدالغني النابلسي ٦)عن النجم الغزي
٧)عن والده البدر ٨)عن أبي الفتح المزي السكندري ٩)عن عائشة بنت عبدالهادي المقدسية ١٠ )عن الحجار ١١ )عن
الزبيدي ١٢ )عن أبي الوقت الهروي ١٣ )عن الداوودي ١٤ )عن السرخسي ١٥ )عن الفربري ١٦ )عن أمير المؤمنين في
الحديث أبي عبدالله البخاري صاحب الصحيح ١٧ ) وأعلى ما لديه الثلاثيات ، ومنها : قال في " صحيحه " حدثنا
مكي بن إبراهيم [ ١٨ ] عن يزيد بن أبي عبيد [ ١٩ ] عن سلمة بن الأكوع [ ٢٠ ] قال : سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وسلم يقول : ( من يقل عليّ ما لم أقل فليتبوأ مقعده من النار ) .فبيننا وبين النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عشرون شخصاً
ولله الحمد والمنّة.
BURMA
In continuing this
journey and moving on to India’s neighbor Burma, I state that through
sheer grace of Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala)
I have had the immense honour of sitting with another of Shaikh Mohammed
Zakariyyah Kandhalawi’s (RA) students who now resides in al-Makkah
al-Mukkaramah, Shaikh Abdus Shakur al-Burmawi.
I have travelled to him on numerous occasions and amongst other works
that I have studied and obtained Ijazah from the Shaikh in is the Sahih of Imam
al-Bukhari (RA) after having read/heard the whole text whilst in his company.[i]
Shaikh Abdus
Shakur al-Burmawi al-Mazahiri narrates back to Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA)
through 12 intermediaries and this is the Isnaad:
He narrates the complete Sahih from
Shaikh Mohammed Zakariyyah
Who narrates
the complete Sahih from Shaikh Khalil Ahmed Sahranpuri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abdul Qayyum Budhanwi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Shah Mohammed Ishaq al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi
Who narrates to Kitab al-Hajj from Shah WaliUllah al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abu Tahir Madani al-Kurdi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Hasan Ujaymee
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Easa Tha'alabi al-Ja'fri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Ahmed ibn Khaleel Subki
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Najm Mohammed al-Gheeti
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Zakariyyah al-Ansari
Who narrates much of the text from Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani
[i]
The tradition amongst students is that they take turns in reading the text with
shoyoukh so on occasions I have read with him and sometimes others would read
and I would listen.
IRAQ
In continuing this journey and
moving across to Iraq, I state that through sheer grace of Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala) I have had
the honour of sitting with the Muhaddith of Iraq, Shaikh Subhi ibn Jasim
al-Samura’ee who I have met on many occasions and amongst other works that I
have studied and obtained Ijazah from the Shaikh is the Sahih of Imam
al-Bukhari (RA) after having read/heard the whole text whilst in his company.
Shaikh Subhi Samura’ee narrates back
to Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA) through 12 intermediaries and this is the Isnaad:
He
narrates the complete Sahih from Shaikh Abdul Kareem Sa’iqah
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shaikh Yusuf Husain Khanpuri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Nadheer Husain Dehlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Mohammed Ishaq al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi
Who narrates to Kitab al-Hajj from
Shah WaliUllah al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Abu Tahir Madani al-Kurdi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Hasan Ujaymee
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Easa Tha'alabi al-Ja'fri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Ahmed ibn Khaleel Subki
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Najm Mohammed al-Gheeti
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Zakariyyah al-Ansari
Who narrates much of the text from
Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani
YEMEN
Moving to the blessed land of Yemen, I continue
this journey looking at the Asaneed that connect us through many of the
celebrated Ulama to Imam al-Bukhari and ultimately to the greatest of creation,
Sayyiduna wa Habeebuna Mohammed (salahu alayhi wasalam). Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala) blessed me with the
opportunity to study many texts with one of the leading Muhaditheen of Yemen
who himself stems from a family of Muhaditheen. Shaikh Mohammed ibn Qasim
al-Washali (HA). I am thankful to Allah that he has also granted me a very
special connection with Shaikh who I have had the pleasure of hosting as a
personal guest for numerous days and I have studied and obtained Ijazah from
the Shaikh in the Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari (RA) on more than one occasion after
having read/heard the whole text whilst in his company.
Shaikh Mohammed ibn Qasim al-Washali narrates
back to Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA) through 13 intermediaries[i]
and this the Isnaad:
He narrates the complete Sahih from Qasim
Ismael al-Washali
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Ismael
Mohammed al-Washali[ii]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abdur
Rahman al-Qudaymee
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abdur
Rahman Abdullah al-Ahdal
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abdur
Rahman Sulayman al-Ahdal[iii]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Sulayman Yahya al-Ahdal[iv]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Ahmad Muhammed
al-Ahdal
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Yahya Umar
al-Ahdal
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abu Bakr
Ali al-Ahdal
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Yusuf
Batah al-Ahdal
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Tahir
Husain al-Ahdal[v]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abdur
Rahman Ali al-Zubaidi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Mohammed
Abdur Rahmah Sakhawi[vi]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Ibn Hajr
al-Asqalani[vii]
[i] He
narrates through dozens of paths, but this is the most complete in terms of
aural transmission.
[ii] Three generations of descendants narrating from
each other which is very common in Yemen and similar to the family of Shah
Waliullah (RA) and Musnid al-Dunya Abdul Hay Kittani (RA).
[iii] He is al-Wajih Abdur Rahman ibn Sulayman ibn
Yahya ibn Umar ibn Maqbool al-Ahdal (AH).
The Umdat (pillar) of Riwayah in Yemen and would be similar in this
sense to Shah Wali Ullah in India.
[iv] The
father of al-Wajih Abdur Rahman (RA). He
also read it with other shoyoukh with a similar path to the one we mentioned
previously and I will write this path in future postings of Yemeni Ulama.
[v] The Ahdal family is known for their piety and
service to Hadith as can be seen from this isnad.
[vi] What is established is that it was not the
whole text, but most of it however this is disputed.
[vii] This Isnaad up to Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA) is
Musalsal (continuous) with Yemeni narrators apart from Imam al-Sakhawi who was
from Egypt.
Traveling again we come to another of my Shoyoukh that I
have had the great privilege of traveling to numerous times as well as hosting
in my present country of residence, and in which time I was able to study
several texts of Maliki Fiqh in addition to the entire Sahih of Imam
al-Bukhari. Shaikh Mahammed[I] ibn Mohammed al-Hujoojee (HA) who is over 90
years old and currently resides in al-Jadida.
We ask Allah to preserve him for the Ummah.
Shaikh Mahammed ibn Mohammed al-Hujoojee narrates back to
Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA) through 13 intermediaries and this is the Isnaad:
He narrates the complete Sahih from Mohammed
al-Hujoojee[II]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Mahammed
Mohammed Ganoon
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Ahmed Ahmed
Banani
Who narrates the complete Sahih from Abdul Ghani
Mujadidi[III]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Mohammed Ishaq al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi
Who narrates to Kitab al-Hajj from
Shah WaliUllah al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Abu Tahir Madani al-Kurdi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Hasan Ujaymee
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Easa Tha'alabi al-Ja'fri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Ahmed ibn Khaleel Subki
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Najm Mohammed al-Gheeti
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Zakariyyah al-Ansari
Who narrates much of the text from
Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani
[I] Spelt
with a fatha which is not the usual pronunciation. This formation is common in the countries of
Maghrib such as Morocco, Mauritania and Libya, otherwise rarely used.
[II] This
is his father (RA). His name was
Mohammed, but he named his son Mahammed (my Shaikh) and this maybe in following
the pronunciation of his Shaikh's name who was called Mahammed by his father
who was Mohammed!!!
[III] Shah Abdul Ghani Mujaddidi
(1235/1819-1296/1878), Shah Abdul Ghani studied some books of Hadith under his
father, Shah Abu Sa’eed, who was a pupil of Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi, He also studied and obtained Ijazah from Shah
Muhammad Ishaq al-Dihlawi while still relatively young. His fame as an incomparable scholar of Hadith
spread far and wide and scholars and students began to come to study with him
from all corners if the then Indian subcontinent as his was the greatest centre
of the science of Hadith in India. He is famous for his exegesis on Ibn Majah,
known as Injahul Haja which is commonly used as a reference in the
teaching of the text until today. Some
of his most famous students include Shaikh Muhammad Qasim Nanutwi, Shaikh Rasheed
Ahmed Gangohi, Shaikh al-Hind Mahmudul Hasan and Shaikh Muhammad Yaqub Nanutwi.
In the upheaval of 1857 this great institution
of the science of Hadith was ravaged by the accidents of time and came to an
end for good which left Shah AbduI Ghani very sad and he decided to emigrate to
al-Madinah where he served the Sacred Sciences until he passed away and was
buried in the graveyard of Baqee alongside the Sahabah in 1296/1878.
Regarding Shah Abdul Ghani, Maulana Hakim Abdul Hayy Lakhnawi writes in Nuzhatul Khwatir: "Knowledge and practice, asceticism, forbearance, truthfulness, trustworthiness, chastity, self-preservation, sincerity, resorting to Allah, fear of Allah, conformance to the Prophetic Sunnah, excellent morals, spiritual communion (Muraqaba), benevolence to the people and disinclination to worldly assets; of such qualities he was exclusively the last paragon. Many Ulema and Shaikhs benefited from the blessings of his Majlis and his teachings. All the people of India and Arabia are unanimous as regards his greatness and saintliness."
May Allah give you more blessed journeys like these and more, amin.
A very beneficial thread.
BarakAllahu fik Ustadh,
Wassalam.
Jazak Allahu khayran, that Yemeni musalsal isnad is very interesting.
Jazak Allahu khayran, that Yemeni musalsal isnad is very interesting.
-imran_ahmed07
May Allah give you more blessed journeys like these and more, amin.
A very beneficial thread.
BarakAllahu fik Ustadh,
Wassalam.-abuzaynab
Wa alaikum salam
Wa iyyakum Brothers.
Yes, Yemeni Isnaad do have that novelty and we will see in the future other examples.
May Allah preserve you and the rest of the students in the academy.
PAKISTAN
Traveling
again we come to another of my Shoyoukh that I have had the great privilege of
reading many texts with including the entire Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari on more
than one occasion. Shaikh ThanaUllah
Khan Madani (HA) currently resides in and is regarded as one of the most
knowledgeable Ulama in the country. He
has authored many books including an exegesis on the Sahih.
He
narrates back to Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (RA) through 12 intermediaries and this
is his Isnaad:
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Abdullah al-Rowbari
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Abdul Jabbar Ghaznawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Nadheer Hussain al-Dihlawi [i]
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Mohammed Ishaq al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi
Who narrates to Kitab al-Hajj from
Shah WaliUllah al-Dihlawi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Abu Tahir Madani al-Kurdi
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Hasan Ujaymee
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Easa Tha'alabi al-Ja'fri
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Ahmed ibn Khaleel Subki
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Najm Mohammed al-Gheeti
Who narrates the complete Sahih from
Zakariyyah al-Ansari
Who narrates much of the text from
Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani
[i] Shaikh Nadhir Husain Dehlawi (RA) was born in the year
1805/1220 AH and started seeking knowledge at the tender age of 16 when he left
his home to dedicate himself to the Sacred Sciences first traveling to Azeemabad
then on to Ghazipur, Banaris, Illahabad and finally arriving in Delhi on the
13th Rajab 1243 AH where he studied under the most prominent scholars of the
era. Amongst his teachers special mention must be made of Allamah Shah Muhammad
Ishaaq Dehlawi (RA) (1192 AH-1262 AH) who was the maternal grandson of Allamah
Shah Abdul-Aziz Dehlawi (RA). He stayed with Shah Ishaq for over 13 years in
which time he studied many texts including the six canonical collections of
Ahadith. This coupled with his longevity
made his Isnaad one of the highest in in his time. He is regarded as the
modern-day founder of the Ahl Hadith movement in and taught Hadith for over 50
years to many hundreds of students. Amongst his senior students are Shaikh
Shamsul-Huq Adheemabaadi (d. 1329AH), Shaikh Abdur-Rahmãn Mubarakpuree (RA)
(d.1353 AH), Shaikh Thanaullah Amritsari (RA) (d.1368 AH) Shaikh Ahmadullah
Partagabri (RA) (d.1362 AH) He died on the 10th Rajab 1320 AH corresponding to
15th October 1902 CE at the age of 100.
