Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari (This biography from is Maqalat Irshad ul-Haq al-Athari, 4:369-403, which I have very slightly adapted) [tr. introduction: This a very brief biography of Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Ghondalwi by his astute and perceptive student, Shaykh Irshad ul-Haq al-Athari. We find that the true people …

Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari   (Taken from the series “10 Radiant Scholars of Ahl al-Hadith; Ahl al-Bid’ah Wished Were Never Born!” Detailed biography to be published in the near future In-Sha-Allah) The Manhaj of the Elder Scholars Ahl al-Hadith This is the Manhaj of the elders, yes …

Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari   Shaykh Jalal al-Din Ahmad Hashimi Ja’fari Banarasi (d.1279/1863) The Shaykh was born in 1221H/1806 and hailed from the surrounding area of Banaras. He was born into a family of learned scholars and his father Shaykh Abdul A’la (d.1274) was also a learned …

Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari   This fatwa of the great Ahl al-Hadith Shaykh, Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan shows the methodology of the Ahl a-Hadith. He clarifies mixing and sitting with people who hold such belief and ideas, let alone cooperating with them. And if Shaykh Nawab Siddiq …

Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari   Milad Gatherings and Reciting Fatihah Shaykh Sayyid Nawab Muhamamd Siddiq Hasan Khan Rahimahullah (d.1307/1890) was asked: QUESTION What do the scholars of the Din and legal verdicts say regarding the following issues: Is is permissible or not to praise and venerate the …