Heavily Ornaments

Heavily Ornaments

Arguably One of the Most Comprehensive Manuals of Hanafi Fiqh Currently available in the English Language.

The eminent work by Molana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, newly translated into contemporary English. This new edition also contains the references from the Qur’an, Hadith and other source books of Hanafi fiqh like the Hashiya of Ibn Abidin, Fatwa Hindiyya, and other fatawa works.

This work was originally written in Urdu in the nineteenth century sub-continent, although initially aimed as a complete guide for women on the practice of Islam and managing of a household, it has been used by Men as well as Women of the Hanafi Madhab to account for a lack of such teaching material during that period.
It has since to this very day, become an indispensable guide of innumerable households.

Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi was born in 1280 A.H. in the village of Thana Bowan. His desire for Deen was initiated by his initial ustad Moulana Fateh Muhammad Saheb.Commonly referred to as Hakim al-Ummat (‘Sage of the Ummah’), was a giant among the Islamic scholars of the twentieth century. He was a master in all branches of Islamic scholarship including Qur’an, Hadith, Fiqh and Tasawwuf. 

A prolific writer, he had more than a thousand publications to his credit. He wrote for the minimally literate as effectively as he did for scholars. Nearly a century later some of his books remain as popular as they were when originally published. 
Maulana’s Teachers were all great luminaries of their time. The most important amongst them was Maulana Muhammad Yaqub Saheb from whom he achieved the greatest amount of knowledge and spiritual benefit.

He learnt qirat from the well-known Qari Muhammad Abdullah Saheb Muhajir Makki, during his student days in Deoband he desired to make a pledge on the hands of Moulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi but he ended becoming a disciple of Hajee Imdadullah.

Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi spent his entire life serving deen in every field. he passed away in Rajab 1362 A.H. (1943).