Splendour of the Sacred Way – Annotated Translation of Bahar-e-Shariat vol 1

Description   Attribute Details Title Splendour of the Sacred Way Format (A5) Hardback Type Book Publication Date July 2025 Edition 1st Publisher Ridawi Press Author Imam Amjad Ali Aazami Translator Abu Hasan Language English ISBN Length (mm) 216 Width (mm) 160 Depth (mm) 20 Weight (g) 536 Pages 347 Added to our catalogue 8th October 2025   Splendour of the Sacred Way – Annotated Translation of Bahar-e-Shariat vol 1 TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE Praise be to Alläh, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. Blessings and peace upon Sayyiduna Muhammad , the master of creation; the leader of the Prophets and Messengers; he, who was sent with guidance and as a guide to the world. O Alläh! We ask Thee to guide us upon the right path and towards the truth. Bahär e Shariát is a compendium of Islamic rulings and legal issues; it is a comprehensive manual of Hanafi Fiqh, that also includes proofs from the Qur’än and Sunnah along with discussions and explanations of legal rulings. Topics in the original edition of Bahär e Shariát were loosely categorised under the book/chapter/section scheme in the pattern of standard hanafi texts. This translation will follow the scheme of Al-Durr al-Mukhtar,’ in the organisation of topics, without any alterations to the actual text. Definitions Volume: The book was originally published as a slim booklet or ‘part’.? Later, these small booklets were bound together in two or three bulky volumes for convenience and pages were numbered continuously throughout. This translation series is modelled on the original format and hence, ‘volume’ refers to the twenty volumes or ‘parts’ in the series, except where noted otherwise. The first seventeen volumes were compiled by Maulãna Amjad Áli. He had planned to write three more volumes; however, personal tragedies, his failing eyesight, ill-health and other setbacks and his passing left the remaining three volumes unfinished. In a personal appeal to his students and children, prior to his passing, he had urged them to complete this noble task. Thus the remaining three volumes were compiled by his students and Bahãr e Shariát is now considered a set of twenty volumes.   Book: Major fiqh topics are traditionally grouped as separate books. For example, Kitab al-Salat, Kitab al-Zakat – the Book of Prayer, the Book of Charity, etc. Chapter: Sub-topics in some books are discussed under chapters. Section: Chapters are further subdivided into sections where necessary. NOTES: Hadith are numbered continuously within each book, across chapters and sections, for ease of referencing; numbers are prefixed with an ‘H’ to differentiate between numbering of hadith and numbering of masa’il. Masa’il – legal precepts, rulings and provisions – also follow a continuous numbering scheme within the same book. The original Urdu work prefixes the word mas’ alah for every article, which is dropped in the translation as it sounds cumbersome in English.
The Majlis al-Ilmiyyah edition has introduced a numbering scheme, which is restarted in every chapter and every section; for example, mas’alah #6 may appear ten times in the same volume/book and unless the chapter heading (or page) is also mentioned, the reference is mired in ambiguity. Masa’il or articles will be numbered and prefixed with an ‘A’ followed by a number; however, in the first volume, ‘A’ stands for aqidah which means statement of belief. Footnotes are numbered continuously throughout the volume, regardless of the
”book, ‘chapter’ or ‘section’. In the original Urdu work, references of the cited hadith are mentioned together with the hadith – I have moved them to parentheses after the hadith. Thus, the hadith will begin with the name of the Companion narrating the hadith, instead of the name of the hadith compilation from which it is cited. For example, we say: “Abú Hurayrah narrates…” instead of “In Bukhäri and Muslim, narrated by Abú Hurayrah…” as it appears in the original Urdu. As mentioned above, the list of ‘books’ in Bahar e Shariat are according to the list of books in Al-Durr al-Mukhtär and Kanz al-Daqã’ iq. See Appendix H.   Table of Contents Translator’s Preface Author’s Preface Belief in Alläh & and His Attributes Concerning Prophets Our Master Muhammad Concerning Angels Concerning the Jinn Barzakh: The Realm of the Dead Judgement Day and the Great Assembly Portents of the Final Hour Dajjal, the Antichrist. Return of Sayyiduna Yisa sa Mahdi – The Righteous Caliph of End times Gog and Magog [Ya’juj-Ma’ju)] The Smoke; The Terrestrial Beast (Beast of the Earth) Judgement Day (qiyamah] The Reckoning (hisab) The Pool of Kawthar The Scales and the Bridge (mizan, sirāf] Paradise Hell About Faith and Disbelief Heretical Sect: Qadiyăni Heretical Sect: Räfidis Heretical Sect: Wahabi/Deobandi Heretical Sect: Salafi, Taqlid-Spurners On Leadership (The Imamate) The Friends of Allah Appendix A: Qur’anic Verses on Allah’s Attributes Appendix B: Endnotes Appendix C: Prophets are Divinely Protected From Sin Appendix D: Things that Make one a Kafir Appendix E: Brief Biographies Appendix F: Exhibits from Books of Heretics Appendix G: About the Author Appendix H: A Note on Bahar-e-Shariat Appendix I: Further Reading Appendix J: Glossary Appendix K: Translation Key Appendix L: Sources About the Translator