A question was just posed in the comments about ‘Allamah Shabbir Ahmad al-’Uthmani’s commentary on Sahih Muslim, Fath al-Mulhim, and whether a pdf of the book is available online.
To the best of our knowledge, there is no such pdf yet available. However, selected portions of the first volume of the Dar al-Qalam edition were recently scanned for students of an ‘Aqidah class and have been uploaded here. Some of the selections include discussions on the differences between iman and islam, whether iman increases or decreases, the Beatific vision, etc…
http://www.al-mostafa.info/data/arabic/depot3/gap.php?file=i002871.pdf
Posted by Ali | December 19, 2009, 7:21 pmJazaakallaahu Khayr, i’ve been looking through this kitaab, and i came across what i think must be a printing mistake on page 40, the part regarding a person having both eemaan and kufr in him at one time, in the first line of that part it says “wa shukrun wa tawheed” rather than “wa shirkun wa tawheed”.
Posted by Abu Mus'ab | December 20, 2009, 6:49 pmJazakallah. Can you please specify which volume?
There are many other such print errors in this beautiful publication. I am making a list of them as I read various chapters and passages from all six volumes.
Badr
Posted by Abu Asim Badrul Islam | February 1, 2010, 9:16 amAssalamu ‘alaykum,
All the selections in the scan are from the first volume of the six-volume edition.
Posted by at-Tahawi | February 1, 2010, 6:16 pmAssalamu alaikum
Those who wish to acquire the full 12 volume edition of Fath al Mulhim with the Takmila may now download it from the following link:
http://www.archive.org/details/waq79831
Wassalam
Abul Hasan
London
Posted by Abul Hasan | March 14, 2010, 11:03 pmDoes anyone know if this book is available in urdu as well?
Posted by Ahmad | March 15, 2010, 4:22 amI don’t believe such material is even aimed at laymen. This is highly academic material suitable for those ulema who specialize in Hadith and Fiqh. Most Arabic works that have been translated into Urdu deal with morals and spirituality as laymen need them most. Allah knows best.
Posted by Imran Khan | March 18, 2010, 12:15 amWell, there are a number of hadith commentaries that are available in Urdu, most of them being collections of lecture notes from hadith lessons conducted for advanced students of hadith.
Amongst these collections is a partial collection of ‘Allamah ‘Uthmani’s lecture notes for Sahih Bukhari entitled Fadl al-Bari.
Even more interesting to note is that this two volume commentary on Bukhari, which covers the Books of Faith and Revelation mainly, has also been translated into English. The translation is quite good although it is very difficult to find and, as far as I know, also out of print.
Posted by at-Tahawi | March 18, 2010, 1:36 amAssalamu ‘alaykum,
Mawlana Abul Hasan, Jazakallahu khayran for sharing this with us. It is indeed heartening to see so many of the Arabic works of our great Deobandi masters being published from the Arab world in such good standards now. I wonder if anyone has compared this 12-volume Dar Ihya’ al-Turath edition with the bulky but beautiful 6-volume edition of Dar al-Qalam. If so, please share your thoughts with us.
Badr
Posted by Abu Asim Badrul Islam | March 18, 2010, 11:43 pmI was wondering the same thing. How does this Dar Ihya Turath edition compare with the Dar al Qalam edition?
Posted by mahmoud | March 22, 2010, 9:34 pm