Hashiyat ʿAbd al-ʿAli ʿala Hashiyat Mir Zahid ʿala al-Risalah al-Qutbiyyah represents a distinguished contribution to the rich scholarly tradition of Islamic logic, theology, and philosophical inquiry. At its core lies al-Risalah al-Qutbiyyah of Qutb al-Din al-Razi, a foundational text that occupied a central place in the advanced curricula of Islamic seminaries for centuries. The work was subsequently elucidated by Mir Zahid al-Harawi, whose celebrated gloss became a standard reference for students and scholars alike.

Building upon this tradition, Mulla Abd al-Ali al-Laknawi offers a detailed and penetrating commentary on Mir Zahid’s annotations, engaging with intricate discussions in logic, dialectics, conceptual analysis, and the methodological foundations of rational inquiry. His explanations illuminate difficult passages, clarify technical terminology, and provide valuable insights into the intellectual debates that shaped the post-classical Islamic scholarly tradition.

Who It Is For Students and scholars of classical Islamic logic, particularly those following the Dars-i Nizami or similar traditional curricula.

Its Place in the Tradition A hashiya by one of the greatest Hanafi scholars of South Asia on a foundational logic text, representing the South Asian traditionʻs engagement with the rational sciences.

Discipline Logic (Mantiq). A marginal commentary on the Risalah of Mir Zahid al-Hirawi within the classical South Asian madrasa tradition of layered commentary on logic texts.

Level Advanced

Bahr al-Ulum ʻAbd al-ʻAli al-Lakhnawi

1144–1225 AH / 1731–1810 CE

Mulla ʻAbd al-ʻAli ibn Nizam al-Din al-Laknawi (1144–1225 AH / 1731–1810 CE), widely known by his honorific Bahr al-ʻUlum, meaning Ocean of the Sciences, was one of the foremost Hanafi scholars of eighteenth-century South Asia. Born in Lucknow, he excelled across the full range of the Islamic sciences, with particular distinction in jurisprudence, theology, and the rational sciences. He served as a leading scholarly authority in Lucknow and counted among his students many of the prominent scholars of the following generation.

Published by Sadr al-ʻUlama. Edited and prepared by Shaykh Muhammad ʻUmayr Sadiq.

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