الشيخ سلمان بن الشيخ عبد الفتاح أبو غدة

SHAYKH SALMĀN BIN `ABD AL-FATTĀḤ ‘ABU GHUDDAH

Granted Ijāzah & Thabat

إمداد الفتاح بأسانيد ومرويات الشيخ عبد الفتاح

Title of Thabat:‘Imdād al-Fattāḥ, 1 volume, 688 pages

A separate document contains a general Ijāzah from Shaykh Salmān to Abū Najm Fernando as well as Ijāzah for the Thabat of his father, Shaykh Abd al-Fattāḥ Abu Ghuddah in an inscription on the cover page of the book al-Awā’il as-Sunbuliyyah [see attached images].

Part 1- A list of 17 contemporary scholars who praised the compilation of the Thabat itself.

Part 2 “Madkhal” which provides a small biography for Shaykh Abd ul-Fattāḥ Abū Ghuddah, his writings and commentaries on Islamic texts, and mention of some who studied under him.

Part 3- A chapter with 4 separate sections as well, namely a list of Shuyūkh organized according to region/city; Ḥadīth Musalsal bil-‘Awwaliyyah; chains of transmission for some of the narrators to their Shuyūkh; chains of transmission for the 10 books of Ḥadīth.

Part 4- The Athbāt that the Shaykh has and he lists them according to the number of narrators to the authors of the Athbāt, beginning with the first order- the Thabat he took directly from each author and ending with those Athbāt in which there are 4 or more people between him and the author.

الشيخ يوسف عبد الرحمن المرعشلي

SHAYKH YŪSUF `ABD AR-RAḤMAN AL-MAR`ASHLĪ

Granted Ijāzah `Ilmiyyah `Āmmah

The general Ijāzah granted by Shaykh al-Mar`ashlī is contained in a document signed and stamped by the Shaykh [see attached image].

الشيخ عبد الله بن الشيخ محمد عاشق إلهي البرني المدني

SHAYKH `ABD ALLAH BIN ASH-SHAYKH MUḤAMMAD `ĀSHIQ ILAHĪ AL-BURNĪ

Granted Ijāzah & Thabat

العناقيد الغالية من األسانيد العالية

Title of Thabat: Al-`Anāqīd ul-Ghālīyah, 1 volume, 321 pages

The Ijāzah for Abū Najm Fernando from Shaykh Abd Allah al-Burnī is inscribed on the inside cover of a book his father wrote and the Ijāzah for the Thabat is within a general Ijāzah signed by Shaykh Abd Allah al-Burnī in a separate document [see attached].

Part 1- The Spread of Ḥadīth Sciences in Pakistan and India

Part 2- The Establishment of Dār al-`Ulūm in Deoband and Maẓāhir `Ulūm in Saharanpur, India.

Part 3- Major Transmitters of Ḥadīth in This Era.

Part 4- Chains of Transmission of Major Transmitters to the Markaz al-Asānīd of Shāh Walī Allah ad- Dihlawī.

Part 5- Chains of Transmission for Shāh Walī Allah to the Compilers of the Books of Ḥadīth.

Part 6- Various Notes About Shāh Walī Allah’s Chains of Transmission

Part 7- Chains of Transmission for Shaykh Muḥammad `Ābid al-‘Anṣārī as-Sindī

Part 8- Names of Hanafi Narrators Found in the Chains of Transmission

Part 9- Paedonyms, Geographic Origin-Based Names, and Nicknames Referred to in Chains of Transmission

Part 10- Chains of Transmission for the Author, the father of Shaykh Abd Allah al-Burnī, Shaykh `Āshiq Ilahī al-Burnī

الشيخ محمد بن أبي بكر الحبشي

SHAYKH MUḤAMMAD BIN ‘ABĪ BAKR AL-ḤIBSHĪ

Granted Ijāzah & Thabat

منح المجيد في إجازات وأسانيد الشريف العميد

Title of Thabat: Minḥ ul-Majīd, 1 volume, 323 pages

Cover Page- Granting of Ijāzah to Abu Najm Fernando for this Thabat. Ijāzah for the Thabat of the Shaykh’s father, ad-Dalīl al-Mushīr is granted in a separate document [see attached images].

Part 1- Mention of the Shuyūkh with whom the Shaykh studied

Part 2- Mention of the Shuyūkh who granted the Shaykh Ijāzah

Part 3- Chains of transmission for the Quran, the Six books of Ḥadīth, and some chains of transmission for Hadith Musalsalah

Part 4- A list of scholars who granted the Shaykh Ijāzah and to whom the Shaykh granted Ijāzah.

الشيخ أحمد بن أبي بكر الحبشي

SHAYKH ‘AḤMAD BIN ‘ABĪ BAKR AL-ḤIBSHĪ

Granted Ijāzah & Thabat

الطيب الذكر في ثبت وأسانيد

Title of Thabat: Aṭ-Ṭīb adh-Dhikr, 1 volume, 315 pages

Page 289- Granting of a specific Ijāzah for the Thabat and a general Ijāzah to Abū Najm Fernando [see attached scan of original page from the book]

Part 1- Biography of Shaykh Aḥmad

Part 2- Biographies of the Shuyūkh of Shaykh Aḥmad

Part 3- Chains of transmission for the Quran, the Six Books of Ḥadīth, and other Books

Part 4- Mention of the Musalsal Ḥadīth, Books of Musalsal Ḥadīth, and the Books of ‘Athbāt

الشيخ نبيل بن هاشم الغمري

SHAYKH NABĪL BIN HĀSHIM AL-GHAMRĪ

Granted Ijāzah & Thabat

االعتزاز بذكر من لقيت وسمعت ومن أجاز للسيد نبيل بن هاشم الغمري

Title of Thabat: Al-`I’tizāz bi-Dhikri man Laqītu wa Sami’tu wa Man ‘Ajāza lil-Sayyid Nabīl bin Hāshim al-Ghamrī

The Thabat of Shaykh Nabīl al-Ghamrī has yet to be completed though he granted Abū Najm Fernando Ijāzah for the Thabat in an inscription on the cover page to the book ‘Anshāb al-Kuthub fī ‘Ansāb il- Kutub. ‘Anshāb al-Kuthub is the Thabat of Jalāl ad-Dīn as-Suyūṭī which Shaykh Nabīl gave Abu Najm Fernando Ijāzah for as well.

The Thabat of Jalāl ad-Dīn as-Suyūṭī contains 2,819 books for which Jalāl ad-Dīn provides chains of transmission beginning with Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. Jalāl ad-Dīn mentions all the books from the same author for which he has Ijāzah after mentioning the primary text of the scholar. For example, after  mentioning his chains of transmission for Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Jalāl ad-Dīn then mentions his chains of transmission for al-‘Adab al-Mufrad, then Birr al-Wāladayn, Raf` al-Yadayn fīṣ-Ṣalāh, al-Qira’at Khalf il- ‘Imām, at-Tārīkh aṣ-Ṣaghīr, aḍ-Ḍu`afā’, Khalq ‘Af`āl il-`Ibād and other books by al-Bukhārī.

الشيخ وليد بن إدريس المنيسي

SHAYKH WALĪD BIN IDRĪS AL-MENĪSĪ

Granted Ijazah Khassah & `Ammah

Ijāzah Khassah for the book entitled:

It’ḥāf ash-Shuyūkh bi-Sharḥ in-Nāsikh wal-Mansūkh