The late ‘Allamah Muhammad Musa Ruhani al-Bazi (d. 1998 CE) was an exceptional scholar of Pakistan. He was a graduate of Madrasah Qasim al-‘Ulum Multan (Pakistan), and his teachers include the renowned mufassir, Mawlana Ghulam Allah Khan and Mufti Mahmud of Multan (Pakistan), khalifah of Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya (may Allah shower His mercy upon them all). The ‘Allamah was a scholar of great repute, a prolific author of unique works and a wali of Allah.
He was Shaykh al-Hadith and Tafsir at Jami’ah Ashrafiyah Lahore (Pakistan). His lessons on Jami’ al-Tirmidhi and Tafsir al-Baydawi, in particular, became renowned, with students from around the world flocking to attend them.
Below is an email, sent by a friend about the unique writings of ‘Allamah Muhammad Musa Ruhani al-Bazi, who remains relatively unknown to the masses. With the authors’ permission, we have edited the e-mail and reproduced it for readers of this blog. Please note it was written as an informal e-mail regarding the descriptive names of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace), and is not intended to read as an exclusive article.
Mawlana Ibrahim Amin wrote:
‘‘Imam Sakhawi was known to have collected and created the most number (few hundred) of descriptive names for the Messenger (May Allah bless him and give him peace) until came along Shaykh ‘Allamah Muhammad Musa Bazi ar-Ruhani [d. 1998 CE].
He has enumerated 804 names for the Messenger (may Allah bless him and give him peace) in his Al-Barakat al-Makkiyah fi ‘l-Salawat al-Nabawiyyah. He also has composed Al-Qasidah al-Husna fi Asma al-Nabi al-‘Uzma, in which he quotes some 500 names of the Messenger (May Allah bless him and give him peace). Needless to say, both of these are amazing and truly inspirational works.
In fact, all of Shaykh’s works are immensely beneficial. After all, who nowadays has the depth of knowledge to give 1.3 million explanations (tawjihat) for [the Arabic phrase] Amma ba’d (see Shaykh’s Al-Najm as-Sa’d fi Mabahith Amma Ba’d) and over 190 explanations for the apparent superiority of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (upon him be peace) over our Messenger (May Allah bless him and give him peace) in the Durud Ibrahim (see Fath al-‘Alim fi Halli Ishkali al-Tashbih al-‘Azim fi Hadith ‘Kama Sallayta ‘ala Ibrahim’). He has also authored Fath Allah fi Khasa’is al-Ism Allah (a work on the specialties of the name ‘Allah’) in 2 volumes spanning over 1500 pages.
His works are of an extremely high standard in terms of research (tahqiq), language (he mostly wrote in Arabic) and depth of scholarship (isti’ab). He has written on many branches of the Islamic sciences including Tafsir (just his Tafsir of Baydawi is in 50 volumes; its muqaddimah (introduction) published separately in two volumes), Hadith (his commentary on Sunan al-Tirmidhi is the most extensive and arguably the most authoritative from scholars affiliated to Deoband), Usul al-Fiqh (an amazing commentary on Sharh al-Tawdih wa ‘l-Talweeh, Arabic literature (including two different commentaries of Diwan Mutanabbi), Arabic Grammar and Syntax, Etymology (sarf), ‘Urudh & Qawafi (the sciences of poetic meterage and literary criticism), Arabic, History (an amazing work in this regard is his Ghayat at-Talab fi Aswaq al-‘Arab, an extremely meticulous and insightful work into the markets of historic Arabia and their traditions), Classical Logic (Mantiq) (He has 8 lengthy commentaries on the major classical works in this field alone, such as a commentary on ‘Allamah Hamdullah as-Sandili’s commentary on Sullam al-‘ulum and an annotation of Mir Zahid’s commentary on Mulla Jalal), Philosophy (in both traditional branches of Metaphysics: Cosmology and Ontology), Ancient Hellenistic Ptolemaic Astronomy (5 major works), Modern Copernican Astronomy and Astrophysics (31 works, of which 6 written as core texts (mutun) and 2 major commentaries) and some other books in Da’wah and spiritual reformation (Islah) etc. The total number of his published or soon to be published works is 135, a number of which are in several volumes.
Some of his works can be obtained from the Azhar Academy bookshop in London, UK, for the benefit of those ‘ulama that are resident in the UK.’’
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ibrahim Amin
November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Assalamulaikum,
Dear brother in Islam,
May Allah Taala bless you. I’m very glad that to know more about Syeikh Muhammad Musa Al-Bazi,especially his books which it is very vualable to muslim ummah. What I have need to know how to get a copy of his books as in Arabic language,especially in hadith. could you email to me for any information.
Many thanks
Brother Wan Abd Majid
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November 12, 2011 at 12:01 pm
did you get this book or still waiting for some response???
December 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm
I am not yet get any copies of the books and do not know how to get its. If you have any information from any publisher which have publish the written of Syaikh Albazi, please email to me. I’m still waiting for some response from person who have know where it is available to get its.
Thank you
October 17, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah!
Jazak Allah khair.
Subhan Allah Taala.
October 18, 2008 at 10:08 am
JazakAllah!
Does anyone know who was his Shaykh in Tasawwuf?
October 27, 2008 at 10:11 pm
As-salamu ‘alaykum,
An ‘Alim told me that the ‘Allamah (may Allah shower His mercy upon him) was a sahib-e-nisbat wali of the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi silsilah. He had forgotten the name of ‘Allamah’s Shaykh, but said that he was a jalali Shaykh.
It was also suggested that he may have had some connection in tariqah with Hadrat Mawlana Ahmad ‘Ali Lahori (may Allah shower His mercy upon him), since they are buried side by side, even though they were not related. I am sure there are readers of the blog who know the answer!
October 28, 2008 at 12:50 pm
maulana lahori and maulana kashmiri did the bayah of jihad at the hands of maulana atatullah shah bukhari. In this respect they are connected. Definitely we need to educate ourselves about maulana lahori. He was one of the greatest scholars of the century.
October 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm
As-salamu ‘alaykum,
Jazak’Allah khayran.
interestingly, ‘Allamah Al-Bazi would regularly correspond with Hadrat Mawlana Yusuf Motala. He came to the UK in the 80’s, I believe, and visited the Darul Uloom in Bury during his time here.
October 29, 2008 at 4:11 am
Assalam-o-alaykum,
Bayat of Jihad?
I believe it was bayat against Qadyanis. Imam al-Asr Anwar Shah Kashmiri [r.h]chose him as am amir against the struggle with Qadyanis and had all the senior Ulama take bayat at the hands of Ameer-e-Shariat Syed Ataullah Shah Bukhari [r.h]. Ataullah Shah Buhkari was much junior than many Ulama but Allamah Kashmiri saw much potential in him and chose a young leader.
November 9, 2008 at 10:52 pm
…..and over 190 explanations for the apparent superiority of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (upon him be peace) over our Messenger (May Allah bless him and give him peace) in the Durud Ibrahim (see Fath al-‘Alim fi Halli Ishkali al-Tashbih al-‘Azim fi Hadith ‘Kama Sallayta ‘ala Ibrahim’).
can somebody pls explain the above passage in more detail…
October 4, 2009 at 6:05 am
Assalam o alaykum,
Did Shaykh al-Bazi really give 1.3 million explanations for “amma ba`d”? This sounds nearly impossible. What is the basis of this claim? Maybe it was a typo?
JazakAllah.
October 4, 2009 at 9:29 pm
As-salamu ‘alaykum,
It would seem he did.
It’s written on the front cover of the book.
January 24, 2011 at 3:43 am
Assalam o alykum
i need tro contact with Molana Zuhai Albazi. any one would like to help me in this regard?
Jazak Allah
January 24, 2011 at 3:45 am
Assalam o alykum
i need tro contact with Molana Zuhai Albazi. any one would like to help me in this regard?
Jazak Allah
May 24, 2011 at 11:08 am
plzz mention about albzi’s r.a books in urdu and where they can be easily available plzz i’ve been searching his books in urdu for a long time i live in karachi and came across to have only 1 book named “al barakt ul makkiyah”…plzz give us a detailed list of r.a books in urdu and from where we can purchase those books…thank you
August 26, 2011 at 5:37 pm
hazrat musa albazi s an other book is al barakat ul maseeha .you can get it from idara tesneef o adab yousuf market ghazni street urdu bazar lahore
November 12, 2011 at 11:58 am
al barkatul makkiyyah is in arabic and in urdu booth languages. only darood sharif’s written in arabic language. you get this book any where in karachi. you get it from idara e islamiyat in karachi and lahore.
December 7, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Brother, I’m looking hazrat musa albazi’s book of hadith as title is riayadhus sunan, commentary of sunan tirmizi and other book in tafsir albaidhawi and his commentary, also other books in arabic from hazrat musa albazi.
November 12, 2011 at 11:44 am
I am interested to upload this book on-line.
so it will be available to every one in world every where in world.
let me know if possible.
March 3, 2012 at 10:23 pm
hi,
i want to know about special darood of molana musa sahib.
plz must reply