Tabligh Guide — Page 65
(American Edition) 65 16. Ḥ a ḍrat Shah Waliyyullāh Dehlavī is acknowledged as Khātam -ul- Mu ḥaddithīn, Ch ief of the Specialists in Ḥadīth in ‘Ujālah Nāfi‘ah by Shah ‘Abdul - Azīz. 17. Al Shaikh Shams-ud- Dīn was known as Khātam -ul- Ḥuffāẓ , Chief of the Memorizers of the Holy Qur’ān. (Tajrīd -u ṣ - Ṣarīḥ , Muqaddimah, p. 4) 18. The greatest Walī (saint) is known as Khātam -ul- Auliyā, chief of the saints or friends of Allāh. (Tadhkiratul - Auliyā’, p. 422) 19. By continued progress, a Walī reaches the status of Khātam -ul- Auliyā, chief of the saints or friends of Allāh. (Futūḥ -ul-Ghaib, p. 43) 20. Al- Shaikh Najīb is acknowledged as Khātam -ul- Fuqahā, chief of the jurists. (Akhbār Al - Ṣirāt al- Mustaqīm, Y ā f ā , 27 Rajab, 1354 A. H. ) 21. Shaikh Rash ī d Ra ḍā has been acknowledged as Khātam -ul- Mufassirīn, chief of the commentators of the Holy Qur’ān. (Al- Jāmi‘atul - Islāmiyyah, 9 Ju mād a al- Thānī, 1354 A. H. ) 22. Al Shaikh ‘Abdul - Ḥ aq (958-1052 A. H. /1551-1642 A. D. ) was known as Khātam -ul- Fuqahā, Chief of the Jurists. ( Title page of Tafsīrul - Iklīl ) 23. Al-Shaikh Mu ḥammad Najīb has been mentioned as Khātam -ul- Mu ḥaqqiqīn, Chief of the Researchers, in Al - Islām, printed in Egypt , Sha‘bān, 1354 A. H. ) 24. The superior-most (Af ḍal) Walī is of the rank of Khātam -ul- Wilāyah, c hief of the sainthood. (Muqaddimah Ibn Khaldūn, p. 271) 25. Shah ‘Abdul - ‘Azīz (1159 - 1236 A. H. ) was Khātam -ul-Mu ḥaddithīn Wal - Mufassirīn, Chief of the Specialists in Ḥadīth and Commentary of the Holy Qur’ān. (Hadya Al- Shī‘ah, p. 4) 26. Every human being is Khātam -ul- Makhlūqāt al - Jismāniyyah, chief of all creatures. (Tafsīr Kabīr , Vol. 6, p. 22, published in Egypt) 27. Al-Shaikh Mu ḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh was Khātam -ul- Ḥuffāẓ , Chief of the Memorizers of the Holy Qur’ān. (Al- Rasā’il -ul- Nādirah, p. 30) 28. ‘Allāmah Sa‘d -ud- Din Taftāzānī was Khātam -ul-Mu ḥaqqiqīn, Chief of the Researchers. (Shar ḥ Ḥadīth Al - Arba‘īn, p. 1) 29. Ibn Ḥ ajar-al- ‘Asqalānī was Khātam -ul- Ḥuffāẓ , Chief of the Memorizers. (Title page of Ṭabaqāt -ul- Mudallisīn) 30. Maulawī Muḥammad Qāsi m (1148- 1297 A. H. ) has been noted as Khātam - ul- Mufassirīn, Chief of the Commentators of the Holy Qur’ān. (Title page of A srār - i- Qur’ānī) 31. Imām Suyūtī was Khātam -ul-Mu ḥaddithīn, Chief of specialists in Ḥadīth. (Hadyah Al- Shī‘ah, p. 210)