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Title: Al-Amnu Wa al-Ula (English)
Format: [A5] Hardback
Author: Al-Shaykh Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
Publisher: Maktab-e-Qadria Bolton UK
Published Year: 2010
Edition: 1st
Language: [English]
ISBN: n/a
Added to our Catalogue: 7th August 2022

Length: 245mm
Width: 160mm
Height: 19mm
Weight: 598g
Pages: 336

Al-Amnu Wa al-Ula (English) – Description

Preface

BY ‘Allama ‘Abd al-Hakim Akhtar Shahjahanpuri Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Mazhari

In jurisprudence, Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Alaihir Rehmah has written a unique five volume commentary on the famous Hanafi book Radd al-Muhtar (Shami) by the name Jadd al-Mumtar. On the other hand, his collection of judicial verdicts (Fatawà) have been compiled into 12 (and after translations and referencing, into 30 volumes). This collection is named al-‘Ataya al-Nabawiyya Fi al-Fatawa al-Radawiyya or well known as Fatawa-e-Razawiyya. In this collection, one may find such detailed verdicts that indeed he has fulfilled the rights of research. Many great and renowned scholars have been mesmerised by reading his works. It is for this reason that after reading his indepth verdict, the great scholar of Makka Mukarrama Sheikh ‘Allama Sayyid Ismail bin Sayyid Khalil Afandi ‘Alaihi al-Rahmah wrote:

“Wallahi Aqulu wa al-Haqq Aqulu Annahu Law Ra’ahu Abu Hanifata al-Nu’man lagarrat ‘Ainuhu wa laja’ ala Muallafahu Fi Jumlat al-Ashab.” (Al-Ijazat al-Matina, p. 9)

Translation: I swear by Allah! And I will say the truth that if Imam Abu Hanifah al-Numan was to read this great work then it would have given him tranquillity (coolness to his eyes) and would have included its author with the rest of his companions and students.

Wahabism is an open challenge to the respect of the Prophet ﷺ and the great Awliya of Allah. Their greatest motive is to deny the power bestowed to the Prophets and Awliya. They did not differenciate between a great saint and a general person, therefore misleading the general Muslims by cutting their relationships with the pious saints of Allah and misleading them to become members of the satanic clay Their connection will not be with those pious servants about who, Allan says in the Holy Qur’an, “He (Shaitan) said, ‘By your Dignity shall necessarily, beguile them all, but those among them who are Your chosen bondmen:” (Sad, 38: 82-83), and those close friends of Allah about whom Allah has announced, “Verily, over my Bondmen you have no control, save those who follow you.” (Al-Hajr 15:43)

Having lost the connection with the great pious friends of Allah, the have denied all aspects of knowledge, and despite of claiming to be on the right, have fallen in the satanic traps.

Thus, when the storm of this new-religion, Wahabism, began, it paved a way of creating insulters of the Prophet ﷺ. To close this door an to instil and revive the love of the Prophet ﷺ and the Awliya into the hearts of the Muslims, Imam Ahmad Raza was sent as one of the nightingales of Madina Munawwarah, who began singing the poem in the praise of the Prophet ifs. The collection of this poem was formed into a book, Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, (The garden of Generosity). In many gatherings, his poems are read in praise of the Prophet ﷺ by which harmonises the hearts, enlightens the eyes with the light of Iman and revives the souls…

Table of Contents

• Dedication
• Acknowledgement
• About the Author
• Imam Ahmed Raza Khan
  • • His Blessed Birth
    • His Blessed Name
    • Illustrious Family History
    • His Father
    • His Grandfather
    • His Struggles
    • A’la Hadrat as a Teacher
    • A’la Hadrat as a Mufti
    • Ala Hadrat as a Muhaddith
    • A’la Hadrat as an Orator
    • A’la Hadrat as a Mujaddid
    • A’la Hadrat as an Author
    • Demise of Imam Ahmed Raza
    • Mazaar shareef
• Preface
  • • ‘Allama “Abd al-Hakim Akhtar Shahjahanpuri Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Mazhar.
• Question
• Answer
• Introduction
  • • The beliefs of the Scholars and the Imams regarding the Honour of the Prophet ﷺ
    • The leader of the Wahabis call the ‘Ulama of the last 600 years ‘Disbelievers’ (Kuffar)
    • According to the Wahabis, there should be a decrease in the praise of the Prophet ﷺ
    • According to the Wahabis, Shah Abdul *Aziz and Shah Waliullah were innovators.
    • The Ruling of picturing one’s Sheikh
    • The ruling of necessitating the incantation (Waza’if)
    • Their Imam (Ismail Dehlvi) is himself an innovator
    • In their view the whole family of Delhi are Muskrik (polytheists)
    • Indeed the Prophet ﷺ is the safeguard from all calamities
    • The Friends of Allah (Awliva Allah) are also the removers of difficulties
    • The Souls of the Awliya Allah can go wherever they want.
    • Attention towards Hadrat Ali RadiAllahu ‘Anhu at the time of illnesses
    • The attentiveness of Shiekh Abdul Qadir al-JiläniRadiAllahu Anhu,
    • The kindness of Khwaja-e-Nagshband RadiAllahu ‘Anhu.
    • The Awliya interact in this world and remove difficulties even after the death
    • The transaction of this world is in the hands of Hadrat Ali RadiAllahu “Anhu
    • Hadrat Shah Sahib becoming an innovator again?
    • Hadrat Shah Sahib’s greater Shirk……Nadi ‘Ali!
    • Hadrat Ali RadiAllahu ‘ Anhu is the helper at the time of distress
    • A useful study in understanding Isnad (relationship).
    • The difference between Dhäti (Innate) and ‘Ata’I (Bestowed).
    • The meaning of Shirk cannot even come into the minds of the Muslims

 

• Chapter I
• Part I
  • • (The verses of the Holy Qur’an)
• Part 2
  • • (In the Ahadith)
    • The Earth is guarded because of the Awliya Allah
    • Seventeen Ahadith that specify that we should ask our needs from the pious
    • The Prophet ﷺ is the means of blessings and elimination of calamities

 

• Chapter 2
• Part I
  • • (The Verses of the Qur’an)
    • Allah has made His beloved Prophet ﷺ prosperous
    • Allah and His Prophet bestowed the bounties
    • To call oneself the servant of the Prophet ﷺ is not Shirk
    • The Prophet ﷺ will keep purifying and will remain teaching till the Day of Judgement
    • The beloved servants of Allah have the power of intercession
    • The servants of Allah give sustenance to other people
    • The Angels keep the fighters firm and steadfast
    • The Angels manage the affairs of this world
    • The Awliva Allah (saints of Allah) control the transactions that take place in this world even after their death
    • Only one answer to hundreds of questions!
    • An Angel causes death
    • Angel Jibra’Il gave a son
    • Allah Almighty, Jibra’il Alaihis Salam, Abu Bakr and Umar RadiAllahuAnhuma are helpers
    • The Prophet ﷺ is the protector and the guardian of his Ummah
    • All hands are spread towards the Prophet ﷺ
    • The Prophet ﷺ is the owner of the Earth and all the creation
    • Those who do not regard the Prophet ﷺ as their master will not taste
    • the sweetness of Iman
    • Twelve Ahadith to prove that the Prophet ﷺ has been given the keys of control and command
    • The keys of helping and benefiting and the creations of the skies and the Earth are in his hand ﷺ
• PART 2
• Consists of three types
• Type I
  • • Relate to the greatness of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ  illuminating the light of faith in our heart.s
    • Allah and His Prophet ﷺ are the Protectors
    • The Prophet of Allah ﷺ is the guardian of both worlds
    • The Prophet of Allah ﷺ is the guardian of Ahlus Sunnah on the Day of Judgement
    • Many Ahadith to prove that Allah and His beloved Prophet ﷺ are the Owners of wealth
    • The Prophet ﷺ is the owner of the wealth and the lives
    • Having hope in the blessing of the Prophet ﷺ
    • “And who is there for us other than the Prophet ﷺ to whom we run for shelter”
    • The Prophet ﷺ is the protector of orphans and the guardian of widows
    • Great people sought the Prophet ﷺ for bounties and mercies
    • “The favours and the bounties of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ are great
    • Three Ahadith in support that the owners of the earth are Allah and His Prophet ﷺ
    • The Prophet ﷺ is the owner of all the people
    • Five Ahadith in describing the protection of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ
    • To give protection after seeing the Prophet ﷺ and the companions giving the protection of the Prophet etc are all acts of polytheism in the eyes of the Wahabis
    • Dependence on Allah and the Prophet ﷺ
    • “O Prophet of Allah! Pardon us for what we have committed, and send calmness on us. Make our feet firm when we meet our enemy and we are in need of your mercy.”
    • “If the Prophet had kept him alive, it would have been better for us”
    • Turning to Allah and His Prophet ﷺ in repentance
    • Three Ahadith: Giving Sadaqah for Allah and His Prophet ﷺ
    • Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq saying he is the servant of the Prophet ﷺ
    • Sayyiduna Umar: “I was the Prophet’s servant. “Abd
    • The criticisms of the Wahäbis on Amirul Mu’minin Umar RadiAllahuAnhu and other great companions
    • The Wahabis regarded Sayyiduna Umar RadiAllahu Anhu as misguided as he acknowledged a Good Innovation
    • The Prophet of Allah ﷺ granted the bounties of the two worlds in just one saying
    • Proof that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has authority upon the divine treasures
    • The treasures of the bounties of Allah are in control of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ
    • Six Ahadith to illustrate that the people will gather at the blessed feet of the Prophet ﷺ
    • An answer to those who criticise that we have associated the Prophet ﷺ with Allah Almighty
    • The Prophet ﷺ will prevent his followers entering the hellfire, and the Wahabis will be deprived of this blessing
    • By the power bestowed to the Prophet by Allah ﷺ, he changed the punishment
    • The Prophet of Allah ﷺ illuminated the dark graves
    • Allah and His Prophet ﷺ will suffice you
    • “I have left for them Allah and His Prophet ﷺ
    • Allah and His Beloved Prophet ﷺ have shown favour
    • The Prophet ﷺ gave sustenance
    • Prophet ﷺ revives the sealed hearts, gives vision to the blind, gives the deaf the ability to hear and straightens the crooked tongues
    • The Prophet ﷺ saved his companions from misguidance and saved them from being perished
    • The Prophet ﷺ teaching his companions to come in his refuge
    • The Wahabis are committing Shirk in the very claim of Monotheism
    • The sun, the moon and everything in the heavens and the earth are under the command of the Prophet ﷺ
    • The moon moving by the indication of the Prophet
    • The Angels who control the universe are under the Prophet’s command ﷺ as he is the prophet to them and they are his followers
    • Prophet Sulayman Alaihis Salam ordered the Angels to bring back the sun and they did so
    • He ﷺ is the possessor of the secrets and by whom the orders of the world take place
    • Hadith: The Lord obeys the Prophet ﷺ
    • Allah sought the consultation of His Beloved ﷺ
    • The sun would not rise except after it greets Sayyiduna Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani RadiAllahu Anhu. His eyes are fixed on the Divine Tablet
    • “I want the companionship the Prophet in paradise
    • All the bounties of this world and the Hereafter are in the hands of the Prophet ﷺ
    • The Prophet of Allah ﷺ taught us to seek his help during hardships
    • The Prophet ﷺ places blessings in the sustenance
• The Sanctity of Madina Munawwarah through the Words of the Prophet ﷺ
• (Muniyyat al-Labib Anna Tashri’ a Biyadi al-Habrb)
  • • Sixteen Ahadith: The Prophet ﷺ made Madina Munawwarah Sacred (Haram) and Five Ahadith that Prophet Ibrahim made Makka Sacred
    • Prophet Ibrahim made Makka Mukarrama safe
    • A very useful point: Whatever the Prophet ﷺ has commanded has become under the category of Shirk according to the Imam of the Wahabis
    • To talk nonsense whilst going to Madina Munawwarah is part of their faith, if one does not, then he is committing Shirk!
    • To quarrel and fight each other on the way, beat each other’s heads and yell nonsense talks is part of their faith. If otherwise, you will be committing Shirk!
    • Divine Legislations are of two types, Takwiniyyah and Tashri’iyyah
    • The Ummah recognises Hadrat Ali RadiAllahu Anhu as the remover of misfortunes and accept his descendants as their spiritual guides
    • The Prophet of Allah ﷺ grants Iman, faith
    • By the command of the Prophet ﷺ an action can become Fard though it may not be fard itself.
    • An action made Fard by Allah is stronger than the Fard made by the Prophet ﷺ. The Legislation (Ahkam) of the Shari ah is in the hands of the Prophet ﷺ
• 58 Ahadith to prove that the Prophet ﷺ has control over the Ahkam, Islamic Rulings
  • • Those things which the Prophet ﷺ did not prohibit us are permissible and allowed
    • Prophet ﷺ had the authority that he can exempt whom he wants from any Hukm, ruling
    • The Prophet ﷺ allowed Abu Burda to sacrifice a six-month old goat
    • Once the Prophet ﷺ permitted ‘Uqba bin “Amir to sacrifice a six-month old ram
    • Prophet of Allah ﷺ permitted Umm ‘Atiyyah to mourn
    • Asma bint Umais was excused from carrying out the mourning after her husband’s death
    • The Prophet of Allah ﷺ allowed one of his companions to teach a Surah of the Qur’an as a replacement for paying dowry
    • The Prophet ﷺ regarded the witness of Khuzaima bin Thabit equal to two
    • Prophet ﷺ ordered the wife of Abu Hudhyfah to suckle a young boy
    • The Prophet ﷺ allowed ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf and Zubair bin “Awwam to wear silk
    • It is in the six Sahih Books that Anas RadiAllahu Anhu narrates, “The Prophet ﷺ all allowed ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf and Zubair bin ‘Awwam to wear silk.” Wearing of silk was allowed to them because of dry itchiness they suffered from
    • Sayyiduna Ali RadiAllahu Anhu was granted the permission to enter the Masjid in state of Janabah
    • The Prophet granted his blessed wives the permission to enter the Masjid during their monthly periods
    • Sayyiduna Barra bin ‘Azib RadiAllahu Anhu was allowed to wear a gold ring
    • Suraqah RadiAllahu Anhu wore a golden bracelet after being granted the permission
    • Sayyiduna ‘Ali RadiAllahu Anhu was allowed to join his name with his title
    • Sayyiduna Uthman RadiAllahu Anhu was given a share of the booty despite not attending the battle
    • A companion was granted the option of accepting a business contract for three days
    • A female companion was allowed to stipulate a condition during Ihram
    • A man accepted Islam on the condition that he will only pray twice a day (instead of the five daily prayers)
    • Haram are of two types: one made Haram by Allah the other by the Prophet of Allah ﷺ
    • The insult of Imam of the Wahabis saying the the Prophet ﷺ has no distinction from other prophets and followers
    • There is no one besides him who is the ruler (Hakim] and is not ruled [Mahkum]
    • Analysis of the Hadith, “And there lives amongst us such a Prophet who knows the future”
    • The Imam of the Wahabis goes against the Qur’an
    • Imam of the Wahabis flies above the skies when claiming something and fall well below the ground when asked to give evidence!
    • The Prophets of Allah have the characteristic by which they can receive the knowledge of the unseen (Ghayb)
    • The difference between the people of the truth and the people of falsehood regarding the belief of Miracles and the Knowledge of the Unseen
    • A very useful discussion on the Hadith, “Do not say ‘If Allah and His Prophet will’ but say, ‘If Allah wills’ only
    • Points that shatter the foundations of the Wahabis’ Shirk and throwing their Imam in the depths of hellfire!
• Type 2
• Ahâdith related to the Prophets and Awliya Alaihim al-Salatu wa al-Thana
  • • Prophet Musa Alaihis Salaam gave Paradise to an old woman
    • The Hadith is explicit in denoting that the Prophet of Allah is given the treasures of both the worlds; Whatever he wishes, he can grant to whom he wishes
    • This was the belief of the Companions
    • Wahabis’ criticism on Musa ‘Alaihis Salam
    • Prophet Musa * Alaihis Salam restored the old woman’s youth
    • Prophet Adam ‘Alaihis Salam granted forty years of life
    • Hadith: “Ali RadiAllahu Anhu is the helper for whom I am the helper.”
    • The Prophet is the helper ﷺ of all the Muslim.s
    • Sayyidah Fatima RadiAllahu Anha has freed her servants from the hellfire
    • Sayyiduna Umar RadiAllahu Anhu stops people from entering the hellfire
    • “We are the owners of this earth? [Sayyiduna Umar RadiAllaho Anhu]
    • The Prophet ﷺ sought help from Sayyiduna Uthman RadiAllahu Anhu
    • Coming into the protection of Umar RadiAllahu Anhu and his statement.’ “You have sought a true refuge.
    • During the drought, Amr bin al-As RadiAllaho Anhu wrote to Amirul Mu’minin, “Come to our rescue! Come to our rescue! Come to our rescue!”
    • Sayyiduna *Ali RadiAllahu Anhu pardons and fulfils the needs of people
    • Hadrat Hassan RadiAllahu Anhu cured the Muslims
    • Ansär nurtured Islam
• Type 3
• Ahadith related to the Angels, Mala’ika ‘ Alaihim al-Salatu Wa al-Salam
  • • Hadrat Jibra ‘Il Alaihis Salam accepts the supplications and fulfils the needs
    • Angels distribute provisions and make it easier for the pious
    • An Angel raises and lowers the status of people, others stop snakes entering the mouths
    • Angels appointed to protect the heedless
    • An angel comes and creates the child’s features; ears, eyes, flesh and bones
    • An angel breathes into the child’s soul after 120 days
    • Three Ahadith: Angels gives the ability to do good
    • Angels relieve Muslims from the anxieties of the grave
    • An angel protects the one who recites Surah Mulk
    • An angel is appointed to protect a Muslim who defends another Muslim from hypocrites
    • Sayyiduna Jibra ‘Il increased the rank of Ja’ far Tayyar RadiAllahu Anhu in Jannah
    • Sayyiduna Jibra’il will relieve companions from the anxieties of the Hereafter
    • Jibra’Il ‘Alaihis Salam will be protecting Zubair bin ‘Awam’s face from the flying coal of the hellfire
    • “May Allah fulfil all of your worldly affairs, and I am responsible for your affairs of the Hereafter.” (Hadith)
• Conclusion
• Going back to part one
  • • Indeed his remembrance is like Musk; the more you rub the more it emits fragrance
    • The Prophet ﷺ promised Sayyiduna Uthman RadiAllahu Anhu a house in paradise and asked the Muslims to bear witness to this fact
    • The Prophet ﷺ promised Sayyiduna Uthman RadiAllahu Anhu a spring in paradise
    • The Prophet ﷺ promised Paradise to Sayyiduna Talha
    • “Whosoever seeks his sustenance early Saturday morning, I guarantee for him his sustenance
    • … Then the Prophet is my place of refuse and rest
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