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Yasin al-Fadani

AbÅ« al-Fayḍ Muḥammad YāsÄ«n bin Muḥammad ʿĪsā al-FādānÄ« al-MakkÄ« (; 1916 Ã¢Â€Â“ 21 July 1990) was a Saudi ʿālim of Minangkabau descent. He was known as a muḥaddith who collected the most hadith chains of transmission (isnād) of his time, thus earning him the title Musnid al-Dunyā.

Biography

Yasin al-Fadani was born in Mecca in 1335 AH (1916 CE). His father, Muhammad Isa, hailed from Padang in modern-day Indonesia. Yasin al-Fadani spent most of his life in Mecca.

He began his studies with his father, Muhammad Isa al-Fadani, and his uncle, Mahmud al-Fadani. He then studied at Madrasah al-Sawlatiyyah, a madrasa which was founded by clerics from the Indian subcontinent. When a conflict arose between Indian and Southeast Asian teachers, the latter left Sawlatiyyah to establish a new madrasa, Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. al-Fadani moved to the new madrasa in 1353 AH. After he graduated in 1356 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. In 1375 AH, he was chosen as the director of the madrasa.

Apart from his activities at Dar al-Ulum, al-Fadani taught several subjects at Masjid al-Haram. He also spent part of his time studying under several scholars at Masjid al-Haram. In 1377 AH, he built a madrasa for girls.

al-Fadani died on 28 Dhu al-Hijjah 1410 (21 July 1990). He was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla.

Teachers and students

al-Fadani studied under around 400 teachers in the Hejaz. Some of his well-known teachers include Muhammad Ali bin Husayn bin Ibrahim al-Maliki, Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mashat, Umar bin Hamdan al-Mahrasi, Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Aqilah, Ali bin Zahir al-Watri, Abid al-Sindi, Falih bin Muhammad al-Zahiri, Sayyid Husayn bin Muhammad al-Habashi, Umar Bajunayd al-Shafii, Said bin Muhammad al-Yamani, Hasan bin Said al-Yamani, Sayyid Muhsin bin Ali al-Musawi al-Falimbani, Abd Allah Muhammad al-Ghazi, Ibrahim bin Dawud al-Fatani, Alawi bin Abbas al-Maliki, Sayyid Muhammad bin Amin al-Kutbi, Shihab Ahmad al-Mukhallalati al-Shami, Khalifah bin Hamd Al Nabhan, Ubayd Allah bin al-Islam al-Sindi, Husayn Ahmad al-Faydabadi, Abd al-Qadir bin Tawfiq al-Shalabi, Muhammad Abd al-Baqi al-Luknawi, and Abd al-Hadi al-Madrasi.

Some famous Islamic scholars studied under him, such as Muhammad Taqi Uthmani, Ali Jumaah, Hasan Azhari, and Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninawi.

Literary works

al-Fadani authored a number of works, some of them unpublished, others in print. From amongst his works are:

Hadith

Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh

  • Bughyah al-Mushtāq: Sharḥ Luma‘ al-Shaykh AbÄ« Isḥāq
  • Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Ashbāh wa al-Naẓā’ir fÄ« al-Furū‘ al-Fiqhiyyah li al-SuyÅ«á¹­Ä«
  • TatmÄ«m al-DukhÅ«l: Ta‘lÄ«qāt ‘alā Madkhal al-Wuṣūl ilā ‘Ilm al-Uṣūl
  • al-Durr al-Naḍīd: Hawāshi ‘alā Kitāb al-TamhÄ«d li al-IsnawÄ«
  • al-Fawā’id al-Juniyyah: Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Mawāhib al-Sunniyyah ‘alā al-Qawā’id al-Fiqhiyyah
  • Ta‘lÄ«qāt ‘alā Luma‘ al-Shaykh AbÄ« Isḥāq
  • Iḍā’ah al-NÅ«r al-Lāmi‘: Sharḥ al-Kawkab al-Sāṭi‘ Naẓm Jam‘ al-Jawāmi‘
  • Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Talaá¹­uf Sharḥ al-Ta‘arruf fÄ« Uṣūl al-Fiqh
  • Nayl al-Ma’mÅ«l: Ḥāshiyah ‘alā Lubb al-Uṣūl wa Ghāyah al-Wuṣūl

Astronomy

  • JannÄ« al-Thamr: Sharḥ Manẓūmah Manāzil al-Qamar
  • al-Mukhtaá¹£ar al-Muhadhdhab fÄ« Istikhrāj al-Awqāt wa al-Qiblah bi al-Rubi‘ al-MujÄ«b
  • al-Mawāhib al-JazÄ«lah: Sharḥ Thamarāt al-WasÄ«lah

Arabic grammar

  • TashnÄ« al-Sam‘: Mukhtaá¹£ar fÄ« ‘Ilm al-Waḍa‘
  • Bulghah al-Mushtāq fÄ« ‘Ilm al-Ishtiqāq

Logic, rhetoric, and others

  • Manhal al-Ifādah: Hawāshi ‘alā Risālah Ādāb al-Bahth wa al-Munāẓarah li ṬāshkubrÄ«zādah
  • Ḥusn al-á¹¢iyāghah: Sharḥ Kitāb DurÅ«s al-Balāghah
  • Risālah fÄ« ‘Ilm al-Maná¹­iq
  • Itḥāf al-Khallān: Tawḍīḥ Tuḥfah al-Ikhwān fÄ« ‘Ilm al-Bayān li al-DardÄ«r
  • al-Risālah al-Bayāniyyah fÄ« ‘Ilm al-Bayān ‘alā ṬarÄ«qah al-Su’āl wa al-Jawāb

Hadith chains of narration

  • Maá¹­maḥ al-Wajdān (transmission from Umar Hamdan, 3 volumes)
  • Fayḍ al-Raḥman (transmission from Khalifah bin Hamd Al Nabhan)
  • Fayḍ al-MuhaymÄ«n (transmission from Sayyid Muhsin al-Musawi)
  • al-Maslak al-JallÄ« (transmission from Muhammad Ali al-Maliki)
  • al-Waá¹£l al-RātÄ« (transmission from Shihab Ahmad al-Mukhallalati)

See also

References