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Shaykh-ul-Islams Chains of Authority
His Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has received a large number of authorities (asanid) and permissions (ijazat) for the transmission of knowledge of hadith, tafsir, fiqh, tasawwuf and other classical Islamic sciences from numerous great pillars of the Muslim world, widely acknowledged as the fountains of Islamic knowledge in the last century back to the classical scholars and great Imams of hadith of the past up to the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him). He has more than 300 Chains of Authority contained in two of his own thabats (reference books on his chains of authority):
* al-Jawahir al-Bahira fil Asanid at-Tahira
* As-Subul al-Wahabiyya fil-Asanid adh-Dhahabiyya
The following are some examples of his links to the renowned classical scholars via only one teacher:
* He is linked to al-Imam Yusuf ibn Ismail an-Nabhani directly via only one teacher, his student ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Usayran (Lebanon).
* He is linked to al-Imam Imdadullah al-Muhajir al-Makki via only one teacher, his vicegerent ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Abd al-Mabud al-Jilani al-Madani (who died at the age of 165 years).
* Shaykh-ul-Islam is linked to Imam al-Hind ash-Shah Ahmad Rida Khan via only one teacher through three different routes:
o ash-Shaykh al-Muammar Diyaud-Din Ahmad al-Qadri al-Madani
o ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Abul-Barakat Ahmad al-Qadri Alwari
o ash-Shaykh al-Muammar as-Sayyid Abd al-Mabud al-Jilani al-Madani
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has gathered together the various fields of classical Islamic knowledge especially the knowledge, and authorities of hadith, from famous centres of Islamic learning across the globe:
1. Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Makka and Madina
* al-Imam Umar ibn Hamadan al-Mahrasi
* al-Imam Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Zahir al-Watri
* al-Imam Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Barzanji
* al-Imam Ahmad Sharif ibn Muhammad as-Sanusi al-Madani
* al-Imam Ahmad ibn Zayni Dahlan
* ash-Shaykha Amatullah bint al-Imam Abd al-Ghani al-Muhaddith ad-Dihlawi al-Madani
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
* Muhaddith al-Haram ash-Shaykh Alawi ibn Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki (father of ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki). (He had sama from him in 1963.)
* ash-Shaykh al-Muammar Diyaud-Din Ahmad al-Qadri al-Madani (died at the age of more than 100 years)
* ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Usayran (Lebanon died at the age of 100 years)
* ash-Shaykh Dr Faridad-Din al-Qadri (father of Shaykh-ul-Islam)
2. Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Baghdad
* al-Imam Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ali an-Naqib al-Baghdadi (Imam al-Awliya and Hujjat al-Muhaddithin of his era)
* al-Imam Abd as-Salam al-Muhaddith al-Afandi al-Baghdadi
* al-Imam Abd ar-Razzaq al-Bazzaz al-Muhaddith al-Baghdadi back to al-Imam as-Sayyid Mahmud ibn Abdillah al-Alusi (author of Tafsir Ruh al-Maani)
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Tahir Alaud-Din al-Jilani al-Baghdadi al-Afandi
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Alawi ibn Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Abd al-Mabud al-Jilani al-Madani
* ash-Shaykh Dr Faridad-Din al-Qadri
3. Authorities of the great Shuyukh of ash-Sham (Syria)
* Muhaddith ash-Sham al-Imam Muhammad ibn Jafar al-Kittani
* Muhaddith ash-Sham al-Imam Muhammad Badrad-Din ibn Yusuf al-Hasani
* al-Imam Abd al-Hayy ibn Abd al-Kabir al-Muhaddith al-Kittani
* al-Imam Abul-Makarim Muhammad Amin as-Suwayd ad-Dimashqi
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
* ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Usayran (Lebanon)
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad al-Fatih ibn Muhammad al-Makki al-Kittani (Damascus)
* ash-Shaykh Dr Faridad-Din al-Qadri
4. Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Lebanon and Tarabulus
* al-Imam Yusuf ibn Ismail an-Nabhani (Imam al-Muhaddithin of the last century)
* al-Imam Abd al-Qadir ash-Shalabi at-Tarabulusi
* al-Imam Hasan Uwaydan al-Fayturi al-Tarabulusi
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
* ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Usayran (Lebanon)
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad al-Fatih ibn Muhammad al-Makki al-Kittani (Damascus)
* ash-Shaykh Dr Faridad-Din al-Qadri
5. Authorities of the great Shuyukh of al-Maghrib and ash-Shanqit (Mauritania):
* al-Imam Abu Abdillah Muhammad ibn Mustafa Maul Aynayn ash-Shanqiti
* al-Imam Muhammad Habibullah ash-Shanqiti
* al-Imam Muhammad al-Arabi ibn Muhammad al-Azizi al-Fasi
* al-Imam Abdullah ibn Siddiq al-Ghimari al-Maghribi
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Alawi ibn Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki
* ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Usayran (Lebanon)
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad al-Fatih ibn Muhammad al-Makki al-Kittani
* ash-Shaykh Dr Faridad-Din al-Qadri
6. Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Yemen:
* ash-Shaykh al-Habib Hamza ibn Umar al-Aydarus al-Habashi
* ash-Shaykh al-Habib Ali ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Habashi
* ash-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir ibn Ahmad as-Saqaf
* ash-Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ahmad al-Haddad
* ash-Shaykh Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Ahdal al-Yamani
* ash-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ahdal al-Yamani
* ash-Shaykh Ismail al-Yamani (author of Nafas ar-Rahman)
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Alawi ibn Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki
* ash-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki al-Makki
* ash-Shaykh Dr Faridad-Din al-Qadri
7. Authorities of the great Shuyukh of al-Hind (India and Pakistan):
* Imam al-Hind ash-Shah Ahmad Rida Khan
* Abul-Hasanat al-Imam Abd al-Hayy ibn Abd al-Halim al-Muhaddith al-Laknawi (Faqih al-Hind and Shaykh of Arab and non-Arab)
* al-Imam Abd al-Baqi ibn Ali al-Ansari al-Muhaddith al-Laknawi al-Madani (up to al-Imam Shah Waliyyullah al-Muhaddith ad-Dihlawi)
* ash-Shaykh Abd al-Hadi ibn Ali al-Ansari al-Muhaddith al-Laknawi
* al-Imam al-Muhaddith al-Musnid Irshad Husayn Rampuri
* al-Imam ash-Shah Imdadullah al-Muhajir al-Makki (a great saint and shaykh of Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Ganguhi, Mawlana Muhammad Qasim Nanutwi and others)
* Muhaqqiq al-Hind al-Imam Fadl al-Haqq al-Khayrabadi
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Didar Ali ash-Shah al-Muhaddith Alwari
* Muhaddith al-Hind ash-Shaykh Muhammad Anwar ash-Shah al-Kashmiri (author of Fayd al-Bari)
* Muhaddith al-Hind ash-Shaykh Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri
* ash-Shaykh Abd ash-Shukur al-Muhaddith al-Muhajir al-Madani
* ash-Shaykh Badr al-Alam Mirathi
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
* ash-Shaykh al-Muammar Diyaad-Din Ahmad al-Madani (he died at the age of over 100 years)
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Abd al-Mabud al-Jilani al-Madani (he died at the age of 165 years)
* al-Muhaddith al-Azam ash-Shaykh Sardar Ahmad al-Qadri (Faisalabad)
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Abul-Barakat al-Muhaddith Alwari (Lahore)
* ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Ahmad Said al-Kazimi Amruhi (Multan)
* ash-Shaykh Dr Faridad-Din al-Qadri
* ash-Shaykh Abd ar-Rashid ibn Qutbad-Din al-Qadri ar-Ridawi
* ash-Shaykh Dr Burhan Ahmad al-Faruqi
8. An unprecedented chain of authority:
Finally, the most unprecedented, unique, highly blessed and honoured chain of authority that his Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam possesses is through only four Shuyukh between Shaykh-ul-Islam and the great Imams listed below:
* Sayyiduna Abd ar-Razzaq ibn Sayyiduna al-Ghawth al-Azam ash-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani al-Husayni (Baghdad)
* al-Imam ash-Shaykh al-Akbar Muhyad-Din ibn al-Arabi (author of al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya) (Damascus)
* al-Imam Ibn al-Hajar al-Asqalani, the greatest authority on hadith (Egypt)
His Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islams continuous chain of authority (isnad) up to the above mentioned great Imams is as under:
1. Shaykh-ul-Islam narrates (with direct permission and authority) from ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Usayran (Lebanon).
2. He narrates from ash-Shaykh Abd al-Hayy ibn ash-Shaykh Abd al-Kabir al-Kittani.
3. He narrates from ash-Shaykh al-Muammar Abd al-Hadi ibn al-Arabi al-Awwad.
4. He narrates from al-Imam as-Sayyid Abd al-Aziz al-Hafid al-Habashi. He was born in 581 (hegira) and died in 1276 (hegira) and lived up to 695 years. He directly studied under and narrated from al-Imam Abd ar-Razzaq al-Jilani ibn Sayyiduna Ghawth al-Azam al-Jilani at Baghdad, from al-Imam ash-Shaykh al-Akbar Muhyad-Din ibn al-Arabi at Damascus and from al-Imam ibn al-Hajar al-Asqalani at Egypt. (Imam Abd al-Hayy al-Kittani, Fahras al-Faharis wal-Athbat, vol. 2, p. 928).
His Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam has received the same authority and ijazat of transmission from another chain:
1. His Eminence narrates from ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Usayran.
2. He narrates from ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Ahmad ibn Muhammad as-Sanusi al-Madani.
3. He narrates from ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Muhammad as-Sanusi.
4. He narrates from ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Sanusi.
5. He narrates from al-Imam Abd al-Aziz al-Hafid al-Habashi who received from all of the above mentioned three great Imams.
