‘Ala al-Din ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd-al-Malik Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (; 1472–1567 CE/888–975 AH) was a Sunni Islamic scholar best known for being author of Kanz al-Ummal.Islam Library . al-eman.com.
Biography
Al-Muttaqī was born in 1472 CE (888 AH) in Burhanpur, an Indian town in southern Madhya Pradesh on the banks of the Tapti River. ‘Alī al-Muttaqī writes in his autobiography that when he was eight years old, it occurred to his father to enroll him in the service of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Raḥīm Bajan. The Shaykh instructed him in samā‘ and taught him adhkār [pl. of "dhikr"]. ‘Ali al-Muttaqī soon after earned his living as a scribe. He travelled to different regions of Hindustan and travelled to Multan to meet Ḥisām al-Dīn al-Muttaqī and stayed under his guardianship, where he was instructed in Taṣawwuf (Sufism). ‘Alī al-Muttaqī then travelled to Mecca and stayed in the company of Abu al-Ḥasan al-Bakrī al-Ṣiddīqī, from whom he acquired knowledge of hadith and Taṣawwuf. Ali Muttaqi was the follower of Sheikh Muse. He read his books in Hartmut, Yemen. ‘Alī al-Muttaqī wrote some of his early works in Mecca. He also studied with the hadith scholar Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad bin Hajar al-Makkī. ‘Alī al-Muttaqī returned twice to India to Gujarat, which was ruled by Maḥmūd Shāh, who was an admirer of the Shaykh.
Works
Regarding ‘Alī al-Muttaqī, the Ahl-i Hadith scholar Siddiq Hasan Khan of Bhopal says: "I have read and studied the works of Shaykh ‘Alī al-Muttaqī, his works are very beneficial and informative and complete."
‘Alī al-Muttaqī's works include: Kanz al-‘Ummāl, his most famous work. This work has been published. Talkhīṣ al-Bayān, regarding the Mahdi of the last time. Maṭla‘ al-Ghāyah, a summary of Ibn al-Athīr’s "Al-Nihāyah fī Gharīb al-Aḥādīth". A manuscript of this was available in the Berlin Library. Ghāyat al-Kamāl fī Bayān Afḍal al-‘Amaml, a copy of it is in the Dār al-‘Ulūm library of Peshawar, a copy also exists in Institute of Oriental Manuscripts Leningrad. Al-Fuṣūl fī Sharḥ Jami‘ al-Uṣūl, a hand written manuscript by ‘Alī al-Muttaqī is in the collections of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Jawāmi‘ Kalim fī al-Mawāḍi‘ wa'l-Ḥikam, manuscripts of this work is available in many Indian collections also in Paris, Berlin, and al-Azhar. Al-Aḥādīth al-Mutawattira, a manuscript is available Raza Library Rampur, India. Al-Rutba al-Fākhira, this deals with "taṣawwuf". Tabyīn al-Ṭarīq, also "taṣawwuf". Al-Ḥukm al-‘Irfānīya, also "taṣawwuf". Al-Burhān al-Jalī fī Ma‘rifat al-Walī.
Other books by ‘Alī al-Muttaqī are mentioned in the introduction of "Kanz al-‘Ummāl". A rare manuscript of this is available in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland.
Death ‘Alī al-Muttaqī died in Mecca (1567 CE/975 AH), where he was buried at the Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery.
See also Islamic scholars
References
External links Ghadir . al-islam.org.