Author
Sayyid Pir ʿAli Shah
Author Original
سید پیر علی شاہ
Publication Date
1902
Publication Place
Printer: Lahore (Pakistan) / Lahore (Pakistan) -
Munshi Nawal Kishore
Subject
Law | Jurisprudence (fiqh) | Taqlid | Islam | Sayyids | Polemics | Sufism | Ghayr-Muqallid (refutation) | Wahhabism (refutation); Imam Mahdi | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad; British India
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
73
Physical Dimensions
24.5 cm x 16 cm
Library
UCLA Digital Library
Library Asset ID
1875
Record ID
z1hv2rbh
Library Location
Sufi Shrine Libraries of the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier - Shah Mohammad Ghous Academy, Peshawar
Date
1902
Notes
This book is a collection of fifteen treatises (rasaʾil). It addresses and refutes various objections from non-Muqallids or Wahhabis, and affirms the beliefs of Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jamaʿah. Topics include the virtues of establishing prayers (qiyam), adherence to legal schools (taqlid), the marriage of Sayyid women to non-Sayyids, signs of the Imam Mahdi, and a refutation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, among others. | Digitization for the Sufi Shrine Libraries of the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier collection was sponsored by the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia. | public domain
