Zujajat al-Masabih
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Zujajat al-Masabih is the renowned five volume compendium of Hadith
literature, authored by Muhaddith-e-Dakkan Abul Hasanat Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
, popularly known as Hadrat Abdullah Shah Sahib, who was one of the most celebrated scholars of Islam from Hyderabad India
. The Zujajah was Published from Hyderabad Deccan (India) in the 1960s and was acclaimed by Hanafi scholars throughout the World.
The book is very special in that it modeled exactly on the pattern and structure of Mishkat al-Masabih
by Al-Tabrizi but is a treasure of Hanafi Hadith proofs.
The Mishkat has a leaning towards the Shafi'i
school of thought while Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi composed the Zujajah giving preference to Hanafi proofs.
The first volume is from The Book of Faith to the Book of Fasts. This has 2564 Hadith. The second volume starts from: ‘The excellence of the Holy Quran’ and ends with ‘The book of freeing (slaves), Chapter of oaths. This has 1255 Hadith. The third volume starts with The Book of retribution and ends with The Book of dreams. It has 1170 Hadith. The fourth volume starts with The Book of manners and ends with, ‘The book of trials. It has 1093 Hadith. The fifth volume starts with ‘The book of excellence of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and this volume ends with ‘Excellence of this Ummah.’ It has 552 Hadith. The five volumes have a total of 6634 Hadith.
The book is being translated into Urdu
with commentary as Nur-ul-Masabih by scholars of the renowned Jamia Nizamia
of Hyderabad and is an ongoing task with the latest published volume being the sixteenth.
Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center, which is started by Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri, Naib Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia
, has a plan of uploading all the works of Hadhrat Muhaddith-e-Deccan on their website [].
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
literature, authored by Muhaddith-e-Dakkan Abul Hasanat Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
Abul Hasanat Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Qadiri Abul Hasanat Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Qadiri Abul Hasanat Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Qadiri (Arabic: , popularly known as Hadrat Abdullah Shah Sahib, was a scholar of Islam and spiritual reformer. He is more particularly known as a...
, popularly known as Hadrat Abdullah Shah Sahib, who was one of the most celebrated scholars of Islam from Hyderabad India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The Zujajah was Published from Hyderabad Deccan (India) in the 1960s and was acclaimed by Hanafi scholars throughout the World.
The book is very special in that it modeled exactly on the pattern and structure of Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih is an expanded version of by Al-Baghawi's Masabih al-Sunnah by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh Khatib Al-Tabrizi. Khatib Al-Tabrizi d. 741H rendered this version of the original text more accessible to those not having an advanced knowledge of the science of hadith...
by Al-Tabrizi but is a treasure of Hanafi Hadith proofs.
The Mishkat has a leaning towards the Shafi'i
Shafi'i
The Shafi'i madhhab is one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam. The Shafi'i school of fiqh is named after Imām ash-Shafi'i.-Principles:...
school of thought while Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi composed the Zujajah giving preference to Hanafi proofs.
The first volume is from The Book of Faith to the Book of Fasts. This has 2564 Hadith. The second volume starts from: ‘The excellence of the Holy Quran’ and ends with ‘The book of freeing (slaves), Chapter of oaths. This has 1255 Hadith. The third volume starts with The Book of retribution and ends with The Book of dreams. It has 1170 Hadith. The fourth volume starts with The Book of manners and ends with, ‘The book of trials. It has 1093 Hadith. The fifth volume starts with ‘The book of excellence of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and this volume ends with ‘Excellence of this Ummah.’ It has 552 Hadith. The five volumes have a total of 6634 Hadith.
The book is being translated into Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
with commentary as Nur-ul-Masabih by scholars of the renowned Jamia Nizamia
Jamia Nizamia
Jamia Nizamia , more properly, Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic seminaries of higher learning of Sunnis in India.- History :...
of Hyderabad and is an ongoing task with the latest published volume being the sixteenth.
Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center, which is started by Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri, Naib Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia
Jamia Nizamia
Jamia Nizamia , more properly, Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic seminaries of higher learning of Sunnis in India.- History :...
, has a plan of uploading all the works of Hadhrat Muhaddith-e-Deccan on their website [].