Fazail-e-Amal
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The Fazail-e-Amal (also named فضائلِ اعمال, in Persian فضاءلﹺ عمال, or by various other transliterations, including Faza'el-e-Amal, Fazal-e-amal and Fadhaail-e-Aamaal), is an Islamic religious text written by the Indian scholar Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi. An English translation of the title is Virtuous Deeds.
The text consists of selected verses of the Qur'an, Hadiths, commentary thereon, and other material. It was originally written in Urdu but has been translated into English, Arabic, Persian, Bengali, and many other languages. Initially it was popular in Pakistan, India,Bangladesh and among South Asian immigrants in the United States or UK but now the popularity is exponentially grown up in recent years all over the Europe, Asia Pacific, African and Latin American countries. It is oftenly used by the Tablighi Jamaat for taalim (teaching) purposes. [1]
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[edit] Contents
The main purpose of compiling the book is to mention the virtues of good deeds in Islam, so the book is sub-divided into following sections,
- Hikayatus Sahabah ( Stories of the Sahabah )
- Fazail-e-Salah ( virtues of Salah )
- Fazail-e-Quran ( virtues of Quran)
- Fazail-e-Zikr ( virtues of remembering Allah)
- Fazail-e-Ramadhan (virtues of holy month of Ramadan )
- Fazil-e-Tabligh ( virtues of invitation and preaching )
[edit] Popularity
The Book is extreamly popular for its revolutionary and massive inspirational impacts over the entire globe. The cause of this success is neurtrality and acceptablity for all sects of islam. The book gives the inspiration to do virtuous deeds. Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhalawi Muhajir-e-Madani has written many other fazail books such as
- Fazail-e-Amaal (including Quraan,salat,zikar, tableegh)
- Fazail-e-Sadakaat(charity)
- Fazail-e-Darood (blessings on prophet sallallahu A'lihi wassalam)
- Fazail-e-Tijaraat (trade, Halal Earnings)
- Fazail-e-Remembring Death (preparation for life of grave)
[edit] See also
- Tablighi Jamaat
- Muhammad Zakariya al-Kandahlawi, author of Fazail-e-Amaal
[edit] References
- ^ Abu Mu'awiyah. "Teachings of Shirk in the Book “Fadhaa’il ‘A’maal” (Part 1)", Salafi Publications.
- ^ Mufti Taqi Usmani (June 21, 2003). Reading Fazail-e-Amaal. Albalagh. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.