A List of the names of 228 books of Alahazrat It is an established fact that AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) gained proficiency in more that fifty branches of knowledge. With this, AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) wrote many books on various aspects of Islam. AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) was a genius writer. He wrote numerous books and treatises in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu on diversified topics. To date, it has not been fully ascertained as to exactly how many books he wrote, for in doing so, requires research and many personnel. There has risen, over the past years, many Islamic Scholars in the Indo-Pak Sub-Continent and in other parts of the world, who are making serious attempts in studying or translating the works of this great Mujaddid of Islam. In 1887, at the age of 30 years, he had completed 75 books and treatises. In 1909, at the age of 43 years, this number increased up to 500. However, It has been estimated that the number of books written by AlaHadrat Imam Ahmad Rida Khan Alaihir raHmah exceed 1000 on more than 50 branches of Knowledge. Apart from these contributions, he had written annotations and commentaries on more than 150 books pertaining to various branches of learning. Professor Dr Muhammad Hassan, Shaikh-ul-Adab, Islamia University, Bhawalpur, said: Mawlana was a prolific writer. He wrote a large number of treatises. It is due to the fact that his head and heart had surging waves of knowledge which were hard to restrain. From the many books that were written by him, a table of 549 have been classified. The table is as follows: Tafseer of the Quran -- 11 Aqaaid (Belief) -- 54 Hadith and Principles of Ahadith -- 53 Fiqh, Principles of Fiqh, Dictionary of Fiqh, Faraaidh and Tajweed -- 214 Tassawwuf, Wazifas, Morals -- 19 Reviews of Books -- 40 Language, Arabic Grammar, Dictionaries, History, Poetry and Special Benefits, Traveling -- 55 Inspired Knowledge (Jafar) -- 11 Logarithms -- 8 Astronomy, Astrology -- 22 Mathematics, Geometry -- 31 Philosophy, Sciences, Logistics -- 7 Algebra -- 4 TOTAL AMOUNT OF BOOKS RECOVERED = 549 Professor Abdul Shakoor Shad, Kabul University, Afghanistan, said: The research works of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan are worth presenting. There is due need that Historical and Cultural Societies of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran together with other such institutions keep all his writings duly cataloged in their libraries. His Divinely bestowed intelligence was such, that when AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) completed a quarter of any given book at the feet of a teacher, he used to study and memorize the remainder of the book by himself. It is recorded that he completed an Arabic commentary on the book, Hidaayatun Nahw, on Arabic Syntax, when he was only 8 years old! The names of a 228 books written by AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) have been listed below and few of these books are available for download at alahazrat.net (alHamduLILLAH) 1. Ajallā al-Iýlām anna’l Fatwā Muţlaqan álā Qawl al-Imām 2. At-Ţirs al-Muáddal fī Ĥaddi Mā al-Mustaámal 3. Jumān at-Tāj fī Bayāni’s Şalāti Qabl al-Miýrāj 4. Nahju’s Salāmah fi Ĥukmi Taqbīli’l Ibhāmayni fi’l Iqāmah 5. Īdhānu’l Ajr fī ِِِAdhāni’l Qabr 6. Ijtināb al-Úmmāl án Fatāwā al-Juhhāl 7. Awfa’l Lumáh fī Ādhāni Yawm al-Jumuáh 8. Surūru’l Ýīd as-Saýīd fī Ĥilli’d Duáa Baáda Şalāti’l Ýīd 9. Wishāĥu’l Jīd fī Taĥlīl Muáānaqati’l Ýīd 10. Al-Ĥarfu’l Ĥasan fi’l Kitābati ála’l Kafan 11. Al-Minnatu’l Mumtāzah fī Dáwāti’l Janāzah 12. Badhlu’l Jawāyiz ála’d Duáāyi Baáda Şalāti’l Janāyiz 13. An-Nahy al-Ĥājiz án Takrāri Şalāti’l Janāyiz 14. Ihlāku’l Wahabiyyīn álā Tawhīni Qubūri’l Muslimīn 15. Barīqu’l Manār bi Shumūýi’l Mazār 16. Jumal an-Nūr fī Nahyi’n Nisā’a án Ziyārati’l Qubūr 17. Ityān al-Arwāĥ li Diyārihim baád ar-Rawāĥ 18. Jalī as-Şawt li Nahyi’d Dáwati Amām al-Mawt 19. Ţuruq e Isbāt e Hilāl 20. Dar’a al-Qubĥ án Darki Waqti’s Şub’ĥ 21. Al-Árūs al-Miýtār fi Zamani Dáwati’l Iftār 22. Şayqalu’r Rayn án Aĥkāmi Mujāwarati’l Ĥaramayn 23. Anwāru’l Bishārah fī Masāyil al-Ĥajji wa’z Ziyārah 24. An-Nayyiratu’l Wađiyyah Sharĥ al-Jawharatu’l Muđiyyah 25. Izālatu’l Áār bi Ĥijri’l Karāyim án Kilābi’n Nār 26. Iýlām al-Aálām bi anna Hindustān Dār al-Islām 27. Dawāmu’l Áysh min al-Ayimmah mina’l Quraysh 28. Radd ar-Rafađah 29. Al Mubīnu Khatam an-Nabiyyīn 30. Al-Jabal at-Thānawi álā Kulliyati’t Tahānawi 31. Sub’ĥān as-Subbūĥ án Kadhibi Áybin Maqbūĥ 32. Damān e Sub’ĥān as-Subbūĥ 33. Qahru’d Dayyān álā Murtadd bi-Qādiyān 34. Al-Jurāz ad-Dayyānī ála’l Murtadd al-Qādiyānī 35. Al-Kawkabatu’sh Shihābiyyah fī Kufriyyāti Abi’l Wahābiyyah 36. Sall as-Suyūf al-Hindiyyah álā Kufriyyāti Bābā an-Najdiyyah 37. Kifl al-Faqīh al-Fāhim fī Aĥkāmi Qirţās ad-Darāhim 38. Ad-Dhayl al-Manūţ li Risālatu’n Nūţ 39. Kāsiru’s Safīh al-Wāhim fī Ibdāli Qirţāsi’d Darāhim 40. Subul al-Aşfiyā’a fī Ĥukmi’dh Dhabĥ li’l Awliyā’a 41. As-Şāfiyah al-Mūĥiyah li-Ĥukmi Julūdi’l Uđĥiyyah 42. Jalī an-Naşş fī Amākin ar-Rukhaş 43. Barakātu’l Imdād li Ahli’l Istimdād 44. Fiqh e Shahinshāh wa anna Al-Qulūb bi Yadi’l Maĥbūb bi Áţā’yillāh 45. Badru’l Anwār fī Ādāb al-Āthār 46. Shifā al-Wālih fi Şuwar al-Ĥabīb wa Mazārihi wa Niáālih 47. Maqāl al-Úrafā bi Iýzāzi Shar’ýin wa Úlamā 48. Al-Yāqūtatu’l Wāsiţah fī Qalbi Íqd ar-Rābiţah 49. Murūju’n Najā li Khurūji’n Nisā’a 50. Şafāyiĥ al-Lujayn fi Kawni’t Taşāfuĥ bi Kaffay al-Yadayn 51. Az-Zubdatu’z Zakiyyah li Taĥrīmi Sujūd at-Taĥiyyah 52. Lamátu’d Đuĥā fī Iýfā’yi’l Liĥā 53. Radd al-Qahţ wa’l Wabā’a bi Dáwati’l Jīrāni wa Muwāsāti’l Fuqarā’a 54. Irā’atu’l Adab Li Fāđili’n Nasab 55. Hādiyi’n Nās fī Rusūmi’l A’árās 56. Al-Adillatu’t Ţāýinah fī Adhāni’l Malāyinah 57. Ĥakku’l Áyb fi Ĥurmati Taswīdi’sh Shayb 58. Khayru’l Āmāl fī Ĥukmi’l Kasabi wa’s Su’āl 59. Masayil e Samāá 60. Al-Ĥaqq al-Mujtalā fi Ĥukmi’l Mubtalā 61. Taysīri’l Māúūn fī Ĥukmi’t Tāúūn 62. Al-Ĥuqūq li Ţarĥi’l Úqūq 63. Mashálatu’l Irshād fi Ĥuqūqi’l Awlād 64. Aájabu’l Imdād fi Mukaffarāti Huqūqi’l Íbād 65. A’áālī al-Ifādah fī Táziyati’l Hindi wa Bayāni’sh Shahādah 66. Al-Áţāyā al-Qadīr fī Hukmi’t Taşwīr 67. An-Nūr wa’d Điyā’a fī Aĥkāmi Báađ al-Asmā’a 68. Ĥaqqatu’l Marjān li Muhimmi Hukmi’d Dukhān 69. Ash-Sharīátu’l Bahiyyah fī Taĥdīdi’l Waşiyyah 70. As-Şamşām álā Mushakkiki fī Āyāti Úlūmi’l Arĥām 71. Al-Fađl al-Mawhibī fī Mána idhā şaĥĥa’l ĥadīthu fa huwa madh’habī 72. Nuzūl e Āyāt e Furqān ba Sukūn e Zamīn O Āsmān 73. Muýin e Mubīn Bahr e Daur e Shams o Sukūn e ZamīN 74. Fauz e Mubīn dar Radd e Ĥarkat e Zamīn 75. An-Nayyiratu’sh Shihābī álā Tadlīsi’l Wahābī 76. As-Sahmu’sh Shihābī álā Khadāýi’l Wahābī 77. Daf’áy e Zaygh e Zāgh 78. Al-Ĥujjatu’l Fāyiĥah li Ţībi’t Ta-áyyuni wa’l Fātiĥah 79. Aţāyibu’t Tahānī fi’n Nikāĥi’t Thānī 80. Izākhatu’l Áyb bi Sayfi’l Ghayb 81. At-Taĥbīr bi Bābi’t Tadbīr 82. Thalju’s Şadr bi Īmāni’l Qadr 83. Tajallī al-Yaqīn bi anna Nabiyyanā Sayyida’l Mursalīn 84. Shumūl al-Islām li Usūli’r Rasūli’l Kirām 85. Tamhīd e Īmān ba Āyāt e Qur’ān 86. Al-Amn wa’l Úlā li Nāáti’l Muşţafā bi Dāfiýi’l Balā’a 87. Nafyu’l Fayy Ámman Istanāra bi Nūrihi Kulla Shayy 88. Al-Hidāyatu’l Mubārakah fī Khalqi’l Malāyikah 89. Ismā’a al-Arbaýīn fī Shafāáti Sayyidi’l Maĥbūbīn 90. Al-Qawl al-Masúūd al-Maĥmūd fī Mas’alati Waĥdati’l Wujūd 91. Ad-Dawlatu’l Makkiyah bi’l Māddati’l Ghaybiyyah 92. Al-Wa�īfatu’l Karīmah 93. Al-Mīlād an-Nabawiyyah fi’l Alfā� ar-Riđawiyyah 94. Ĥaqīqat e Bay’át 95. At-Tabşīr al-Munjid bi anna Şaĥna’l Masjid Masjid 96. Mirqātu’l Jumān fi’l Hubūţi án Minbari li Mad’ĥi’s Şulţān 97. Riáāyatu’l Madh’habayn fi’d Duáāyi bayna’l Khuţbatayn 98. Al-Hādi al-Ĥājib án Janāzati’l Ghāyib 99. Ĥāyatu’l Mawāt fī Bayāni Samā’áyil Amwāt 100. Al-Wifāqu’l Matīn bayna Samāáyi’d Dafīn wa Jawābi’l Mubīn 101. Tajallī al-Mishkāh li Ināri As’yilati’z Zakāh 102. A-ázz al-Iktināh fī Raddi Şadaqatin Māniý az-Zakāh 103. Rādiýu’t Ta-ássuf áni’l Imām Abī Yūsuf 104. Afşaĥu’l Bayān fī Mazāriý Hindustān 105. Az-Zahr al-Bāsim fī Ĥurmati’z Zakāti álā Banī Hāshim 106. Azkā al-Ihlāl bi Ibţāli mā Aĥdatha’n Nāsa bi Amri’l Hilāl 107. Al-Budūr al-Ajillah fī Umūr al-Ahillah 108. Al-Iýlām bi Ĥāli’l Bukhūri fi’s Şiyām 109. Tafāsīru’l Aĥkām bi Fidyati’s Şālāti wa’s Şiyām 110. Hidāyatu’l Jinān bi Aĥkāmi Ramađān 111. Úbāb al-Anwār an Lā Nikāĥa bi Mujarradi’l Iqrār 112. Māĥī ad-Đalālah fī Ankiĥati’l Hindi wa’l Bangālah 113. Hibatu’n Nisā’a fī Taĥqīqi’l Muşāharati bi’z Zinā 114. Al-Jalī al-Ĥasan fī Ĥurmati Waladi Akhi’l Laban 115. Tajwīz ar-Radd án Tazwīj al-Ab’ád 116. Al-Basţ al-Musajjal fī Imtināýī’z Zawjati Baád al-Waţyi li’l Muájjal 117. Raĥīq al-Iĥqāq fī Kalimāti’t Ţalāq 118. Ākidu’t Taĥqīq bi Bābi’t Tálīq 119. Al-Jawhar ath-Thamīn fī Ílali Nāzilati’l Yamīn 120. Nābighu’n Nūr álā Su’ālāti Jabalfūr 121. Al-Maĥajjah al-Mu’taminah fī Āyāti’l Mumtaĥinah 122. Anfasu’l Fikar fī Qurbāni’l Baqar 123. Abĥās e Akhīrah 124. Ad-Dalāyil al-Qāhirah ála Al-Kafarah an-Nayāshirah 125. Tadbīr e Falāĥ o Najāt o Işlāĥ 126. Al-Qamú’l Mubīn li Āmāli’l Mukadh’dhibīn 127. Bāb al-Áqāyid wa’l Kalām 128. As-Sū’u wa’l Íqāb álā Al-Masīĥ al-Kadh’dhāb 129. Ĥajb al-Úwār án Makhdūmi Bihār 130. Jazā’a Allāh Áduwwah bi Ibānati Khatmi’n Nubuwwah 131. Jawwāl al-Úluww li Tabyīn al-Khuluww 132. At-Taĥrīr al-Jayyid fi Ĥaqqi’l Masjid 133. Ibānatu’l Mutawārī fi Muşālaĥati Ábd al-Bārī 134. Anşaĥu’l Ĥukūmah fī Faşli’l Khuşūmah 135. Al-Hibatu’l Aĥmadiyyah fi’l Wilāyati’s Sharýiyyah wa’l Úrfiyyah 136. Fat’ĥ al-Malīk fī Ĥukmi’t Tamlīk 137. Ajwadu’l Qirā Li Ţālibi’s Şiĥĥati fī Ijārati’l Qurā 138. Kitābu’l Munā wa’d Durar liman Ámada Money Order 139. Hādī al-Uđĥiyyah bi’sh Shāt al-Hindiyyah 140. Ar-Ramz al-Muraşşaf álā Suāli Mawlānā As-Sayyid Āşīf 141. Naqā’a as-Sulāfah fī Aĥkām al-Bayáti wa’l Khilāfah 142. An-Namīqatu’l Anqā fī Farqi’l Mulāqī wa’l Mulqā 143. Al-Hanī’i al-Namīr fi’l Mā’a al-Mustadīr 144. Ruĥb as-Sāĥah fī Miyahin lā Yastawī Wajhuhā wa Jawfuhā fi’l Misāĥah 145. Hibatu’l Ĥabīr fī Úmqi Mā’ayin Kathīr 146. An-Nūr wa’r Rawnaq li Isfāri’l Mā’a al-Muţlaq 147. Áţā’a an-Nabiyy li Ifāđati Aĥkāmi Mā’a as-Şabiyy 148. Ad-Diqqati wa’t Tibyān li Ílmi’r Riqqati wa’s Saylān 149. Ĥusn at-Támmum li Bayāni Ĥadd at-Tayammum 150. Samĥu’n Nudarā fīmā Yūrithu’l Ájza Mina’l Mā’a 151. A�-�afar li Qawli Zufar 152. Al-Maţar as-Saýīd álā Nabati Jins as-Şaýīd 153. Al-Jidd as-Sadīd fī Nafyi’l Istiýmāl áni’s Şaýīd 154. Qawānīn al-Úlamā’a fī Mutayammimin Álima índa Zaydin Mā’a 155. At-Ţalabatu’l Badīáh fī Qawli Şadru’sh Sharīáh 156. Mujalli’sh Shamáh li Jāmiýi Ĥadathin wa Lumáh 157. Salabu’th Thalb áni’l Qāyilīna bi Ţahārati’l Kalb 158. Al-Aĥlā mina’s Sukkar li Ţalabati’s Sukkari Rūsar 159. Ĥājizu’l Baĥrayn al-Wāqī án Jāmiýi’s Şalātayn 160. Munīr al-Áyn fī Ĥukmi Taqbīl al-Ibhāmayn 161. Al-Hādi’l Kāf fī Ĥukmi’đ Điáāf 162. Hidāyatu’l Mutáāl fi Ĥaddi’l Istiqbāl 163. Niýmu’z Zād li Rawmi’d Đād 164. Iljām as-Şādd án Sunani’d Đād 165. An-Nahyi’l Akīd áni’s Şalāti Warā’a Ádda’t Taqlīd 166. Al-Qilādatu’l Murassa-áh fī Naĥri’l Ajwibatu’l Arba-áh 167. Al-Quţūf ad-Dāniyah liman Aĥsana’l Jamāáh ath-Thāniyah 168. Tījān as-Şawāb fī Qiyāmi’l Imām fi’l Miĥrāb 169. Anhāru’l Anwār min Yammi Şalāti’l Asrār 170. Az’hāru’l Anwār min Şabā Şalāti’l Anwār 171. Waşşāfu’r Rajīĥ fī Basmalati’t Tarāwīĥ 172. Al-Jūd al-Ĥuluww fī Arkān al-Wuđū’u 173. Tanwīr al-Qindīl fī Awşāf al-Mindīl 174. Lumaá al-Aĥkām án lā Wuđū’u Mina’z Zukām 175. At-Ţirāzu’l Málam fīmā huwa Ĥadathun min Aĥwāli’d Dam 176. Nab’hu’l Qawm Anna’l Wuđū’u Min Ayyi Nawm 177. Khulāşah Tibyān al-Wuđū’u 178. Al-Aĥkām wa’l Ílal fī Ishkāl al-Iĥtilāmi wa’l Balal 179. Bāriqu’n Nūr fī Maqādīri Mā’a at-Ţuhūr 180. Barakātu’s Samā’a fī Ĥukmi Isrāfi’l Mā’a 181. Irtifāá al-Ĥujub án Wujūhi Qirā’ati’l Junub 182. At-Ţayyib al-Wajīz fi’l Amtiáti’l Waraqi wa’l Ibrīz 183. Abarr al-Maqāl fī Istiĥsāni Qiblati’l Ijlāl 184. Al-Kashfu Shāfiyā Ĥukmi Fūnūjrāfiya (phonograph) 185. Al-Fiqhu’t Tasjīlī fī Ájīni’n Nārjīlī 186. Al-Maqşadu’n Nāfiý fī Úşūbati’s Sinf ar-Rābiý 187. Ţayyibu’l Imáān fī Táddudi’l Jihāti wa’l Abdān 188. Tajliyatu’s Silm fī Masāyilin min Nişfi’l Ílm 189. Nuţq al-Hilāl bi-Arkhi Wilād al-Ĥabīb wa’l Wişāl 190. Jam-úl Qur’ān wa bima Ázzūhu li Úthmān 191. Iqāmatu’l Qiyāmah ála Ţāyini’l Qiyāmi li Nabiyyi’t Tihāmah 192. Kashf e Ĥaqāyiq o Asrār e Daqāyiq 193. Maqāmiý al-Ĥadīd álā Khaddi’l Manţiq al-Jadīd 194. Al-Kalimatu’l Mulhamah fi’l Ĥikmati’l Muĥkamah li Wihā’yi’l Falsafati’l Mash’amah 195. Ĥusām al-Ĥaramayn álā Manĥari’l Kufri wa’l Mayn 196. Waşāyā Sharīf 197. Aĥkām e Sharīát 198. Írfān e Sharīát 199. Malfūzāt e Ālāĥazrat 200. Shamāyim al-Ánbar fi Adabi’n Nidā’a Amām al-Minbar 201. Fatāwā Karāmāt e Ghawsiyah 202. Az-Zulāl al-Anqā min Baĥri Sabqati’l Atqā 203. Ţard al-Afāýī án Ĥimā Hādi Rafá’r Rifāýī 204. Tanzīhu’l Makānatu’l Ĥaydariyyah án Wasmati Áhdi’l Jāhiliyyah 205. Ghāyatu’t Taĥqīq fī Imāmati’l Áliyy wa’s Şiddīq 206. Qawāriýu’l Qahhār ála’l Mujassamati’l Fujjār 207. Khālişu’l Iýtiqād 208. Inbā’a al-Muşţafā bi Ĥāli Sirrin wa Akhfā 209. Anwāru’l Intibāh fi Ĥilli Nidā’yi Yā RasūlAllāh 210. Sharĥ al-Maţālib fī Mabĥathi Abī Ţālib 211. Iýtiqād al-Aĥbāb fī Al-Jamīl wa’l Muşţafā wa’l Āli wa’l Aş’ĥāb 212. Umūr e Íshrīn [Dar Imtiyāz e Áqāyid e Sunniyyīn] 213. Rimāĥu’l Qahhār álā Kufri’l Kuffār 214. Munyatu’l Labīb Anna’t Tashrīý Bi Yadi’l Ĥabīb 215. Munabbih al-Munyah Bi Wuşūl al-Ĥabīb ila’l Árshi wa’r Ru’yah 216. Şallāt as-Şafā’a fī Nūri’l Muşţafā 217. Qamru’t Tamām fī Nafyi’z �illi án Sayyidi’l Anām 218. Hadyu’l Ĥayrān fī Nafyi’l Fayy án Sayyidi’l Akwān 219. Al-Ijāzātu’l Matīnah li Úlamāyi Bakkah wa’l Madīnah 220. Aţāyib as-Sayyib álā Arđ at-Ţayyib 221. Sayf al-Muşţafā álā al-Adyān al-Iftarā 222. An-Nuktah álā Mirāyi Kalkatta 223. Charāgh e Uns 224. Qaşīdatān Rāyiyatān 225. Zikr-e-Aĥbāb O Duáā-e-Aĥbāb 226. I�hār al-Ĥaqq al-Jaliyy 227. Masāyil e Miýrāj 228. Fatāwā Āfrīqah Some people object that these 228 books are already included in Fatawa ar-Ridawiyyah published in 30 volumes by the year 2007. Some others gripe that these are small booklets which consists of only a few pages. here is the retort: ---- Ali al-qari in his sharH of fiqh al-akbar who noted that our elders were qaleel al-kalam katheer al-barakah / spoke less, yet told more. and we are katheer al-kalam qaleel al-barakah / we tell less even though we talk a lot more. he was alluding to the relatively small size of fiqh al-akbar which is no more than eight or ten pages. consider the following: 37 of ibn abidins books which are rasayil are collected in two average sized volumes named rasayil ibn abidin. A number of rasayil are collected in fatawa imam as-subki More than 70 rasayil are collected in imam suyuTis al-hawi lil fatawi. Recently some 60 different books of imam al-ghazali were printed in two large volumes named as rasayil al-ghazali Ditto with rasayil ibn arabi Fatawa al-fiqhiyyah of ibn Hajar al-haytami contains many of his epistles There is a volume printed by dar kutub al-ilmiyyah which has 94+ books on various topics titled: al majmuu al-kamil lil mutun: fiqh, usul al-fiqh, hadith, aqidah, poetry, naHw, prosody, etc. and many of these books are no more than four or five pages. for example, Aqayid an-Nasafi is a mere three pages. Even novelists and poets have their own collections; check collected works of any major author: wells, twain, Iqbals kulliyat and not to mention [the person/s writing as] Shakespeare. Almost all of Shakespeares works are found - including his sonnets and poems - in one volume. When a prolific author writes many books, it makes sense to put them in one volume as a collection. it is easy for readers and researchers to find all or most of them in one place. for a bibliophile/librarian, easy to store and retrieve. this does not mean that one volume is ONE book. only a fool would suggest that. Yet, these rasayil have been referred by scholars as books without vehement hair-splitting. --- Coming back to the rant of some folk who cannot probably even pronounce the names of AlaHadrats books who attempt to downplay them as small booklets. I would challenge them in a confrontationist tone to try and read these small booklets if they can; because if they have, they wouldnt talk so naively. Only the ignorant shrugs away the diamond in comparison with a rock; just because it is big does not make it valuable - just as the diamonds small size does not make it insignificant. --- AlaHadrats fatawa - legal rulings are collected in one place. some legal rulings require lengthy explanations and in my humble opinion anything more than five-ten pages can be classified as a booklet as opposed to an essay or an article. Those unaquainted with fatawa ar-ridawiyyah might think that AlaHadrat started writing fatawa from Vol. 1 and ended with Vol. 30 [one can quibble that the original fatawa was only 12 volumes - and takhrij made it double the size] In reality, AlaHadrat issued fatawa from a young age, many of which were never recovered. he also issued lengthy rulings/fatawa and published in the form of booklets giving them exquisite names instead of simply numbering them. in the later part of his life, his students and associates suggested that his fatawa being so insightful and valuable ought to be preserved; it was only then people began to collect the fatawa. when fatawa razwiyah was being edited by AlaHadrat himself, it was only fitting that lengthy fatawa issued as epistles be included under appropriate sections. Even in todays world these epistles are self-contained and are convenient to be published as separate works. for example take the issue of moon-sighting. how many people will buy thirty volumes, each of about 800 pages each to read those two or three epistles? naturally, it makes sense to print them separately and more so for online reading, where flipping pages to browse is not possible. --- Even the names of his books impart knowledge. Try reading them in the arabic script and if you dont understand the meaning, look it up in a dictionary. in the process, you will learn a lot of other words along with etymology and usage. I am sure there are not many - if there are any - who can understand all the words used in these names without a dictionary.
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