Yasin al-Fadani
Abū al-Fayḍ Muḥammad Yāsīn bin Muḥammad ʿĪsā al-Fādānī al-Makkī was a Saudi ʿālim of Minangkabau descent. He was known as a muḥaddith who collected the most hadith chains of transmission of his time, thus earning him the title Musnid al-Dunyā.
Biography
Yasin al-Fadani was born in Mecca in 1335 AH. 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. 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al-Fadani authored a number of works, some of them unpublished, others in print.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:Hadithal-Durr al-Manḍūd: Sharḥ Sunan Abī Dāwud Fatḥ al-‘Allām: Sharḥ Bulūgh al-Marām
Fiqh and Usul al-fiqhBughyah al-Mushtāq: Sharḥ Luma‘ al-Shaykh Abī IsḥāqḤāshiyah ‘alā al-Ashbāh wa al-Naẓā’ir fī al-Furū‘ al-Fiqhiyyah li al-SuyūṭīTatmīm al-Dukhūl: Ta‘līqāt ‘alā Madkhal al-Wuṣūl ilā ‘Ilm al-Uṣūlal-Durr al-Naḍīd: Hawāshi ‘alā Kitāb al-Tamhīd li al-Isnawīal-Fawā’id al-Juniyyah: Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Mawāhib al-Sunniyyah ‘alā al-Qawā’id al-FiqhiyyahTa‘līqāt ‘alā Luma‘ al-Shaykh Abī IsḥāqIḍā’ah al-Nūr al-Lāmi‘: Sharḥ al-Kawkab al-Sāṭi‘ Naẓm Jam‘ al-Jawāmi‘Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Talaṭuf Sharḥ al-Ta‘arruf fī Uṣūl al-FiqhNayl al-Ma’mūl: Ḥāshiyah ‘alā Lubb al-Uṣūl wa Ghāyah al-Wuṣūl
AstronomyJannī al-Thamr: Sharḥ Manẓūmah Manāzil al-Qamaral-Mukhtaṣar al-Muhadhdhab fī Istikhrāj al-Awqāt wa al-Qiblah bi al-Rubi‘ al-Mujībal-Mawāhib al-Jazīlah: Sharḥ Thamarāt al-Wasīlah
Arabic grammarTashnī al-Sam‘: Mukhtaṣar fī ‘Ilm al-Waḍa‘Bulghah al-Mushtāq fī ‘Ilm al-Ishtiqāq
Logic, rhetoric, and othersManhal al-Ifādah: Hawāshi ‘alā Risālah Ādāb al-Bahth wa al-Munāẓarah li ṬāshkubrīzādahḤusn al-Ṣiyāghah: Sharḥ Kitāb Durūs al-BalāghahRisālah fī ‘Ilm al-ManṭiqItḥāf al-Khallān: Tawḍīḥ Tuḥfah al-Ikhwān fī ‘Ilm al-Bayān li al-Dardīral-Risālah al-Bayāniyyah fī ‘Ilm al-Bayān ‘alā Ṭarīqah al-Su’āl wa al-Jawāb
Hadith chains of narrationMaṭmaḥ al-Wajdān Fayḍ al-Raḥman Fayḍ al-Muhaymīn al-Maslak al-Jallī
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