Salam
We were honoured in the UK for this year’s Ramadan to host Shaykh Khalid Turkestani from Makkah, a student of Shaykh Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani and Sayyid Muhammad bin Alawi al-Maliki amongst others. During his stay of 9 days we completed a reading of Imam Ibn Abi Jamrah’s abridgement of Bukhari as well as reading a number of musalsal hadith from the collection Ithaf al-Ikhwan. A quick translation of the Musalsal hadith on brotherhood which was narrated at the Mukhtasar Bukhari Khatam on Sunday 4th August 2013 is presented below. Alhumdulilah this is a rare musalsal narration not commonly found with scholars but transmitted by Shaykh al-Fadani to his students at special gatherings.
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Shaykh Khalid Turkestani said: I was informed by Shaykh Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by our brother in Allah, the Shaykh, the Allamah Abd al-Qadir bin Muhammad Salih ibn Abdullah al-Shaybi al-Makki who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Mulla Ismail bin Muhammad Nawab al-Hindi al-Hanafi who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Sharif Muhammad bin Nasir al-Hazimi al-Tihami al-Yamani who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Qadi Muhammad bin Ali al-Shawkani who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Abd al-Qadir al-Kawkabani al-Hasani who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by our Shaykh Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Salim bin Abdullah bin Salim bin Muhammad bin Isa al-Basri al-Makki who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by my father who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ala al-Din al-Babili al-Shafi’i who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Salim bin Muhammad al-Sanhuri who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Shams al-Din Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Alqama who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Hafiz Jalal al-Din Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakr al-Suyuti who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Abul Qasim bin Yusuf al-Tujibi who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Musa Ibn Abdullah bin Asim by ijazah who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Abu Ali Umar Ibn Abd al-Majid al-Randi who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Abul Hasan Ali bin al-Kawthar who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Abul Fath al-Karukhi who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Mahmud Ibn al-Qasim al-Marwazi who said to me to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
I was informed by Abd al-Jabbar who said to me to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
It was narrated to me by Muhammad Ibn Ahmad bin Mahbub al-Tajir who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
It was narrated to me by Muhammad bin Isa bin Sawrah who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
It was narrated to me by Yusuf bin Musa al-Qattan al-Baghdadi who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
It was narrated to me by Ali bin Qadim who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
It was narrated to me by Ali bin Salih Khuyay who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
It was narrated to me by Hakim bin Jubayr who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
It was narrated to me by Jami’ bin Umayr al-Taymi who said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next” and said:
On the authority of Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them both) who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) established ties of brotherhood between his companions. Ali (Allah be pleased with him) came with tears in his eyes and said, “O Messenger of Allah, you have established the ties of brotherhood between your companions but not established this tie between me and anyone else”. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: “You are my brother in this world and the next”.
Ibn Umar said: Ali bin Abi Talib (Allah ennoble his countenance) said to me: “You are my brother in this world and the next”.
Jami’ Ibn Umayr al-Taymi in turn said: Ibn Umar said to me, “You are my brother in this world and the next.”
I [Shaykh al-Fadani] say: This hadith is Hasan Gharib, containing a pattern chain of brotherhood where each of the narrators says “So and so narrated to me and said to me: You are my brother in this world and the next,” Some of the people of knowledge have questioned the authenticity of this pattern as al-Tirmidhi narrated it in his Jami’ with this chain without the pattern. However this does not necessitate Tirmidhi not narrating it with the pattern chain as on some occasions he may have done so along with it being one chain of transmission.
