Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani محمد ياسين الفاداني | |
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 al-Fadani (middle, sat on chair) with teachers of Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1916 (1916) |
| Died | 21 July 1990(1990-07-21) (aged 73–74) Mecca,Saudi Arabia |
| Resting place | Jannat al-Mu'alla |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith,Islamic jurisprudence |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
Abū al-Fayḍ Muḥammad Yāsīn bin Muḥammad ʿĪsā al-Fādānī al-Makkī (Arabic:أبو الفيض محمد ياسين بن محمد عيسى الفاداني المكي; 1916 – 21 July 1990) was aSaudiʿālim ofMinangkabau descent.[1] He was known as amuḥaddith who collected the mosthadith chains of transmission (isnād) of his time, thus earning him the titleMusnid al-Dunyā.[2]
Yasin al-Fadani was born inMecca in 1335 AH (1916 CE). His father, Muhammad Isa, hailed fromPadang in modern-dayIndonesia. Yasin al-Fadani spent most of his life in Mecca.[2]
He began his studies with his father, Muhammad Isa al-Fadani, and his uncle, Mahmud al-Fadani.[3] He then studied atMadrasah al-Sawlatiyyah, amadrasa which was founded by clerics from theIndian subcontinent.[4] When a conflict arose between Indian andSoutheast Asian teachers, the latter left Sawlatiyyah to establish a new madrasa, Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. al-Fadani moved to the new madrasa in 1353 AH. After he graduated in 1356 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. In 1375 AH, he was chosen as the director of the madrasa.[5]
Apart from his activities at Dar al-Ulum, al-Fadani taught several subjects atMasjid al-Haram. He also spent part of his time studying under several scholars at Masjid al-Haram. In 1377 AH, he built a madrasa for girls.[2]
al-Fadani died on 28 Dhu al-Hijjah 1410 (21 July 1990). He was buried inJannat al-Mu'alla.[3]
al-Fadani studied under around 400 teachers in the Hejaz.[3] Some of his well-known teachers include Muhammad Ali bin Husayn bin Ibrahim al-Maliki, Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mashat, Umar bin Hamdan al-Mahrasi, Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Aqilah, Ali bin Zahir al-Watri, Abid al-Sindi, Falih bin Muhammad al-Zahiri, Sayyid Husayn bin Muhammad al-Habashi, Umar Bajunayd al-Shafii, Said bin Muhammad al-Yamani, Hasan bin Said al-Yamani, Sayyid Muhsin bin Ali al-Musawi al-Falimbani, Abd Allah Muhammad al-Ghazi, Ibrahim bin Dawud al-Fatani, Alawi bin Abbas al-Maliki, Sayyid Muhammad bin Amin al-Kutbi, Shihab Ahmad al-Mukhallalati al-Shami, Khalifah bin Hamd Al Nabhan, Ubayd Allah bin al-Islam al-Sindi, Husayn Ahmad al-Faydabadi, Abd al-Qadir bin Tawfiq al-Shalabi, Muhammad Abd al-Baqi al-Luknawi, and Abd al-Hadi al-Madrasi.[6]
Some famous Islamic scholars studied under him, such asMuhammad Taqi Uthmani,Ali Jumaah,Hasan Azhari, andMuhammad bin Yahya al-Ninawi.
al-Fadani authored a number of works, some of them unpublished, others in print. From amongst his works are:[5][6]
Hadith
Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh
Astronomy
Arabic grammar
Logic, rhetoric, and others
Hadith chains of narration
