and elegant with wheaten complexion, wide forehead, big twinkling eyes, thick eye brows and beautiful beard. His blessed body was healthy and he was smart and of medium height. (Sawanih Sadr-ush-Shar’iah, pp. 10)

Achievements of Sadr-ush-Shari’ah

Dear Islamic brothers! ‘Allamah Maulana Mufti Amjad Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه spent his entire life in the service of Shari’ah and Tareeqah. In his blessed life, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه achieved such great and amazing success at which even human intellect is astonished. Let’s listen to his few scholarly achievements.

Bahar-e-Shari’at – an encyclopaedia of Hanafi Fiqh

The book ‘Bahar-e-Shari’at’ is at the top of Mufti Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali A’zami’s scholarly achievements. This book is in Urdu language containing essential rulings from beliefs to everyday matters, consisting of 17 parts written by especially Sadr-ush-Shari’ah. It has been narrated that the renowned book of Hanafi jurisprudence, entitled ‘Fatawa ‘Aalamgiri’ was compiled by hundreds of Islamic scholars under the supervision of Sayyiduna Shaykh Nizamuddin Mulla Jeewan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه in the Arabic language, but may I be sacrificed for Sadr-ush-Shari’ah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه that the same work in Urdu was done all by himself, and included those rulings from different Islamic books after selecting them for which Fatawa were issued. Furthermore, he also included hundreds of Ayahs and thousands of Ahadees in the book as per the contexts. For expressing the blessings of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه himself stated, ‘If king Aurangzeb ‘Aalamgeer had seen this book (Bahar-e-Shari’at), he would have weighed me in gold.’

It is certainly a great favour of Sadr-ush-Shari’ah, Mufti Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه upon the Muslims especially of the Subcontinent that he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه accumulated rulings on jurisprudence in one place in simple writing, which are generally spread out in voluminous Arabic books. It contains countless such rulings which are absolutely obligatory for every Islamic brother and Islamic sister to learn. Commenting on the causes of writing the book Bahar-e-Shari’at, Sadr-ush-Shari’ah, Mufti Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated, ‘There is not a single book written in