Works of Shah Waliyullah

Works of Shah Waliyullah
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Quran

It includes his translation of the Holy Book into Persian, the literary languages of the subcontinent of those times. According to him, the object of studying the Holy Book is “to reform human nature and correct the wrong beliefs and injurious actions”.

Hadith

He has left behind several works including an Arabic and Persian Commentaries on Muwatta, the well-known collection of the Tradition of the Holy Prophet compiled by Imam Malik. He attached great importance to this collection of Traditions by Imam Malik, even greater than those of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim. He is an outstanding Muhaddis (Traditionist) and links of all modern scholars of Hadith in the subcontinent may be traced to him. Foremost among these modern Traditionalists were his son and successor Shah Abdul Aziz and Syed Murtaza Bilgrami. Shah Waliullah wrote a number of books and pamphlets dealing with Hadith.

Jurisprudence

Brief but a very interesting and informative history of the Islamic Jurisprudence of the last five centuries.

Philosophy

Shia-Sunni Differences

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