Fazail-e-Amaal
Faza'il-e-A'maal (Urdu: فضائل اعمال, Faz̤ā’il-i a‘māl [Virtues of deeds]), originally titled Tablighi Nisab (Urdu: تبلیغی نصاب, Tablīg͟hī niṣāb [Curriculum for Tabligh]), is a religious text composed mainly of treatises by the Indian hadith scholar Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi .[3] The book is written in simple and lucid Urdu, based mostly on inspirational.[4][5][6] Tabligh Jammat promote the book to the non-Arab communities, while to Arabic speaking communities they suggest reading "Riyad as-Salihin by Yahya Nawawi instead.[7][8]
An Urdu edition of Faza'il-e-A'maal | |
Author | Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi |
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Language | Urdu |
Genre | Islam, Hadith, Sufism |
Publication date | between 1928 to 1940[1] or 1955[2] |
Published in English | 1984 (South Africa) |
Overview
Some new Urdu editions also add "Musalmanon ki Maujudah Pasti ka Wahid Ilaj" (1939) (Urdu: مسلمانوں کی موجودہ پستی کا واحد علاج, Musalmānoṉ kī maujūdah pastī kā wāḥid ‘ilāj [The only remedy for the current degeneration of Muslims]) by Ihtishamul Hasan Kandhlawi.[9] English editions include writings such as Six Fundamentals (Translation of Maulana Ashiq Ilahi's Chhe Baten (Urdu: چھ باتیں, Chha bāteṉ [Six points])), A Call to Muslims (Translation of a 1944 speech by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi), and Muslim Degeneration and its Only Remedy (Translation of Ihtishamul Hasan's Musalmano ki Maujudah Pasti ka Wahid Ilaj).[10] Some editions of Faza'il-e-A'mal do not append Zakariya's Faza'il-e-Durood (1965) (فضائل درود شریف, "Faz̤ā’il-i durūd sharīf" "[Virtues of durood"]).
Later editions
Some new Urdu editions also add Musalmanon ki Maujudah Pasti ka Wahid Ilaj (1939) (Urdu: مسلمانوں کی موجودہ پستی کا واحد علاج, The only remedy for the current degeneration of Muslims) by Ihtishamul Hasan Kandhlawi.[9] English editions include writings such as Six Fundamentals (Translation of Ashiq Ilahi's Chhe Baten (Urdu: چھ باتیں, Six points)), A Call to Muslims (Translation of a 1944 speech by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi), and Muslim Degeneration and its Only Remedy (Translation of Ihtishamul Hasan's Musalmano ki Maujudah Pasti ka Wahid Ilaj).[10] Some editions of Faza'il-e-A'mal do not append Zakariya's Faza'il-e-Durood (1965) (فضائل درود شریف, Virtues of durood).
Subject
The book was divided into 6 parts at the time of writing. Another part was added later.[11] E.g.
- Fazail Tabligh (Virtue of Prothelysing)
- Fazail Namaz (Virtue of prayer)
- Fazail Quran (Virtue of Quran)
- Fazail Ramadan (Virtue of Ramadan)
- Fazail Dhikr (Virtue of Dhikr)
- Hiqayatus Sahabah (Life of Muhammad's Companions)
- Pasti ka Wahid Ilaj (Only remedy of degenerations)[10]
English translation
The first english translation of the book was published in 1984 by Waterval Islamic Institute, Johansberg and later become immensely popular in South Africa.[12]
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