Kanz Al-Ummal - Works

Works

The eminent Ahl-i Hadith religious scholar Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan of Bhopal says regarding Shaykh ‘Alī al-Muttaqī: “I have read and studied the works of Shaykh ‘Alī al-Muttaqī, his works are very beneficial and informative and complete.”

From the works of Shaykh ‘Alī al-Muttaqī:

1. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, this is his most famous work. This work is printed.
2. Talkhīṣ al-Bayān, this book is regarding the Mahdi of the last time.
3. Maṭla‘ al-Ghāyah, it is a summary of Ibn al-Athīr’s "Al-Nihāyah fī Gharīb al-Aḥādīth". A manuscript of this was available in the Berlin Library.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. Al-Aḥādīth al-Mutawattira, a manuscript is available Raza Library Rampur, India.
8. Al-Rutba al-Fākhira, this deals with "taṣawwuf".
9. Tabyīn al-Ṭarīq, also "taṣawwuf".
10. Al-Ḥukm al-‘Irfānīya, also "taṣawwuf".
11. Al-Burhān al-Jalī fī Ma‘rifat al-Walī.

Other books by Shaykh ‘Alī al-Muttaqī are mentioned in the introduction of "Kanz al-‘Ummāl", a rare manuscript of the Shaykh is available in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland. Shaykh ‘Alī al-Muttaqī died in Makkah ((1567 CE/975 AH). He was buried in the Mu’alla graveyard. Shaikh Ali Muttaqi was the follower of Shaikh Muse, they met in makkak.