A List of the names of 228 books of Alahazrat

It is an established fact that AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) gained proficiency in more that fifty branches of knowledge. With this, AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) wrote many books on various aspects of Islam. AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) was a genius writer. He wrote numerous books and treatises in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu on diversified topics. To date, it has not been fully ascertained as to exactly how many books he wrote, for in doing so, requires research and many personnel. There has risen, over the past years, many Islamic Scholars in the Indo-Pak Sub-Continent and in other parts of the world, who are making serious attempts in studying or translating the works of this great Mujaddid of Islam. In 1887, at the age of 30 years, he had completed 75 books and treatises. In 1909, at the age of 43 years, this number increased up to 500. However, It has been estimated that the number of books written by AlaHadrat Imam Ahmad Rida Khan Alaihir raHmah exceed 1000 on more than 50 branches of Knowledge. Apart from these contributions, he had written annotations and commentaries on more than 150 books pertaining to various branches of learning.   Professor Dr Muhammad Hassan, Shaikh-ul-Adab, Islamia University, Bhawalpur, said:   "Mawlana was a prolific writer. He wrote a large number of treatises. It is due to the fact that his head and heart had surging waves of knowledge which were hard to restrain."   From the many books that were written by him, a table of 549 have been classified. The table is as follows:   Tafseer of the Quran -- 11 Aqaa'id (Belief) -- 54 Hadith and Principles of Ahadith -- 53 Fiqh, Principles of Fiqh, Dictionary of Fiqh, Faraa'idh and Tajweed -- 214 Tassawwuf, Wazifas, Morals -- 19 Reviews of Books -- 40 Language, Arabic Grammar, Dictionaries, History, Poetry and Special Benefits, Traveling -- 55 Inspired Knowledge (Jafar) -- 11 Logarithms -- 8 Astronomy, Astrology -- 22 Mathematics, Geometry -- 31 Philosophy, Sciences, Logistics -- 7 Algebra -- 4 TOTAL AMOUNT OF BOOKS RECOVERED = 549   Professor Abdul Shakoor Shad, Kabul University, Afghanistan, said:   "The research works of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan are worth presenting. There is due need that Historical and Cultural Societies of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran together with other such institutions keep all his writings duly cataloged in their libraries."   His Divinely bestowed intelligence was such, that when AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) completed a quarter of any given book at the feet of a teacher, he used to study and memorize the remainder of the book by himself. It is recorded that he completed an Arabic commentary on the book, "Hidaayatun Nahw", on Arabic Syntax, when he was only 8 years old! The names of a 228 books written by AlaHadrat (Alaihir RaHma) have been listed below and few of these books are available for download at www.alahazrat.net (alHamduLILLAH)   1. Ajallā al-Iýlām anna’l Fatwā Muţlaqan álā Qawl al-Imām   2. At-Ţirs al-Muáddal fī Ĥaddi Mā al-Mustaámal   3. Jumān at-Tāj fī Bayāni’s Şalāti Qabl al-Miýrāj   4. Nahju’s Salāmah fi Ĥukmi Taqbīli’l Ibhāmayni fi’l Iqāmah   5. Īdhānu’l Ajr fī ِِِAdhāni’l Qabr   6. Ijtināb al-Úmmāl án Fatāwā al-Juhhāl   7. Awfa’l Lumáh fī Ādhāni Yawm al-Jumuáh   8. Surūru’l Ýīd as-Saýīd fī Ĥilli’d Duáa Baáda Şalāti’l Ýīd   9. Wishāĥu’l Jīd fī Taĥlīl Muáānaqati’l Ýīd   10. Al-Ĥarfu’l Ĥasan fi’l Kitābati ála’l Kafan   11. Al-Minnatu’l Mumtāzah fī Dáwāti’l Janāzah   12. Badhlu’l Jawāyiz ála’d Duáāyi Baáda Şalāti’l Janāyiz   13. An-Nahy al-Ĥājiz án Takrāri Şalāti’l Janāyiz   14. Ihlāku’l Wahabiyyīn álā Tawhīni Qubūri’l Muslimīn   15. Barīqu’l Manār bi Shumūýi’l Mazār   16. Jumal an-Nūr fī Nahyi’n Nisā’a án Ziyārati’l Qubūr   17. Ityān al-Arwāĥ li Diyārihim baád ar-Rawāĥ   18. Jalī as-Şawt li Nahyi’d Dáwati Amām al-Mawt   19. Ţuruq e Isbāt e Hilāl   20. Dar’a al-Qubĥ án Darki Waqti’s Şub’ĥ   21. Al-Árūs al-Miýtār fi Zamani Dáwati’l Iftār   22. Şayqalu’r Rayn án Aĥkāmi Mujāwarati’l Ĥaramayn   23. Anwāru’l Bishārah fī Masāyil al-Ĥajji wa’z Ziyārah   24. An-Nayyiratu’l Wađiyyah Sharĥ al-Jawharatu’l Muđiyyah   25. Izālatu’l Áār bi Ĥijri’l Karāyim án Kilābi’n Nār   26. Iýlām al-Aálām bi anna Hindustān Dār al-Islām   27. Dawāmu’l Áysh min al-Ayimmah mina’l Quraysh   28. Radd ar-Rafađah   29. Al Mubīnu Khatam an-Nabiyyīn   30. Al-Jabal at-Thānawi álā Kulliyati’t Tahānawi   31. Sub’ĥān as-Subbūĥ án Kadhibi Áybin Maqbūĥ   32. Damān e Sub’ĥān as-Subbūĥ   33. Qahru’d Dayyān álā Murtadd bi-Qādiyān   34. Al-Jurāz ad-Dayyānī ála’l Murtadd al-Qādiyānī   35. Al-Kawkabatu’sh Shihābiyyah fī Kufriyyāti Abi’l Wahābiyyah   36. Sall as-Suyūf al-Hindiyyah álā Kufriyyāti Bābā an-Najdiyyah   37. Kifl al-Faqīh al-Fāhim fī Aĥkāmi Qirţās ad-Darāhim   38. Ad-Dhayl al-Manūţ li Risālatu’n Nūţ   39. Kāsiru’s Safīh al-Wāhim fī Ibdāli Qirţāsi’d Darāhim   40. Subul al-Aşfiyā’a fī Ĥukmi’dh Dhabĥ li’l Awliyā’a   41. As-Şāfiyah al-Mūĥiyah li-Ĥukmi Julūdi’l Uđĥiyyah   42. Jalī an-Naşş fī Amākin ar-Rukhaş   43. Barakātu’l Imdād li Ahli’l Istimdād   44. Fiqh e Shahinshāh wa anna Al-Qulūb bi Yadi’l Maĥbūb bi Áţā’yillāh   45. Badru’l Anwār fī Ādāb al-Āthār   46. Shifā al-Wālih fi Şuwar al-Ĥabīb wa Mazārihi wa Niáālih   47. Maqāl al-Úrafā bi Iýzāzi Shar’ýin wa Úlamā   48. Al-Yāqūtatu’l Wāsiţah fī Qalbi Íqd ar-Rābiţah   49. Murūju’n Najā li Khurūji’n Nisā’a   50. Şafāyiĥ al-Lujayn fi Kawni’t Taşāfuĥ bi Kaffay al-Yadayn   51. Az-Zubdatu’z Zakiyyah li Taĥrīmi Sujūd at-Taĥiyyah   52. Lamátu’d Đuĥā fī Iýfā’yi’l Liĥā   53. Radd al-Qahţ wa’l Wabā’a bi Dáwati’l Jīrāni wa Muwāsāti’l Fuqarā’a   54. Irā’atu’l Adab Li Fāđili’n Nasab   55. Hādiyi’n Nās fī Rusūmi’l A’árās   56. Al-Adillatu’t Ţāýinah fī Adhāni’l Malāyinah   57. Ĥakku’l Áyb fi Ĥurmati Taswīdi’sh Shayb   58. Khayru’l Āmāl fī Ĥukmi’l Kasabi wa’s Su’āl   59. Masayil e Samāá   60. Al-Ĥaqq al-Mujtalā fi Ĥukmi’l Mubtalā   61. Taysīri’l Māúūn fī Ĥukmi’t Tāúūn   62. Al-Ĥuqūq li Ţarĥi’l Úqūq   63. Mashálatu’l Irshād fi Ĥuqūqi’l Awlād   64. Aájabu’l Imdād fi Mukaffarāti Huqūqi’l Íbād   65. A’áālī al-Ifādah fī Táziyati’l Hindi wa Bayāni’sh Shahādah   66. Al-Áţāyā al-Qadīr fī Hukmi’t Taşwīr   67. An-Nūr wa’d Điyā’a fī Aĥkāmi Báađ al-Asmā’a   68. Ĥaqqatu’l Marjān li Muhimmi Hukmi’d Dukhān   69. Ash-Sharīátu’l Bahiyyah fī Taĥdīdi’l Waşiyyah   70. As-Şamşām álā Mushakkiki fī Āyāti Úlūmi’l Arĥām   71. Al-Fađl al-Mawhibī fī Mána idhā şaĥĥa’l ĥadīthu fa huwa madh’habī   72. Nuzūl e Āyāt e Furqān ba Sukūn e Zamīn O Āsmān   73. Muýin e Mubīn Bahr e Daur e Shams o Sukūn e ZamīN   74. Fauz e Mubīn dar Radd e Ĥarkat e Zamīn   75. An-Nayyiratu’sh Shihābī álā Tadlīsi’l Wahābī   76. As-Sahmu’sh Shihābī álā Khadāýi’l Wahābī   77. Daf’áy e Zaygh e Zāgh   78. Al-Ĥujjatu’l Fāyiĥah li Ţībi’t Ta-áyyuni wa’l Fātiĥah   79. Aţāyibu’t Tahānī fi’n Nikāĥi’t Thānī   80. Izākhatu’l Áyb bi Sayfi’l Ghayb   81. At-Taĥbīr bi Bābi’t Tadbīr   82. Thalju’s Şadr bi Īmāni’l Qadr   83. Tajallī al-Yaqīn bi anna Nabiyyanā Sayyida’l Mursalīn   84. Shumūl al-Islām li Usūli’r Rasūli’l Kirām   85. Tamhīd e Īmān ba Āyāt e Qur’ān   86. Al-Amn wa’l Úlā li Nāáti’l Muşţafā bi Dāfiýi’l Balā’a   87. Nafyu’l Fayy Ámman Istanāra bi Nūrihi Kulla Shayy   88. Al-Hidāyatu’l Mubārakah fī Khalqi’l Malāyikah   89. Ismā’a al-Arbaýīn fī Shafāáti Sayyidi’l Maĥbūbīn   90. Al-Qawl al-Masúūd al-Maĥmūd fī Mas’alati Waĥdati’l Wujūd   91. Ad-Dawlatu’l Makkiyah bi’l Māddati’l Ghaybiyyah   92. Al-Wa�īfatu’l Karīmah   93. Al-Mīlād an-Nabawiyyah fi’l Alfā� ar-Riđawiyyah   94. Ĥaqīqat e Bay’át   95. At-Tabşīr al-Munjid bi anna Şaĥna’l Masjid Masjid   96. Mirqātu’l Jumān fi’l Hubūţi án Minbari li Mad’ĥi’s Şulţān   97. Riáāyatu’l Madh’habayn fi’d Duáāyi bayna’l Khuţbatayn   98. Al-Hādi al-Ĥājib án Janāzati’l Ghāyib   99. Ĥāyatu’l Mawāt fī Bayāni Samā’áyi'l Amwāt   100. Al-Wifāqu’l Matīn bayna Samāáyi’d Dafīn wa Jawābi’l Mubīn   101. Tajallī al-Mishkāh li Ināri As’yilati’z Zakāh   102. A-ázz al-Iktināh fī Raddi Şadaqatin Māniý az-Zakāh   103. Rādiýu’t Ta-ássuf áni’l Imām Abī Yūsuf   104. Afşaĥu’l Bayān fī Mazāriý Hindustān   105. Az-Zahr al-Bāsim fī Ĥurmati’z Zakāti álā Banī Hāshim   106. Azkā al-Ihlāl bi Ibţāli mā Aĥdatha’n Nāsa bi Amri’l Hilāl   107. Al-Budūr al-Ajillah fī Umūr al-Ahillah   108. Al-Iýlām bi Ĥāli’l Bukhūri fi’s Şiyām   109. Tafāsīru’l Aĥkām bi Fidyati’s Şālāti wa’s Şiyām   110. Hidāyatu’l Jinān bi Aĥkāmi Ramađān   111. Úbāb al-Anwār an Lā Nikāĥa bi Mujarradi’l Iqrār   112. Māĥī ad-Đalālah fī Ankiĥati’l Hindi wa’l Bangālah   113. Hibatu’n Nisā’a fī Taĥqīqi’l Muşāharati bi’z Zinā   114. Al-Jalī al-Ĥasan fī Ĥurmati Waladi Akhi’l Laban   115. Tajwīz ar-Radd án Tazwīj al-Ab’ád   116. Al-Basţ al-Musajjal fī Imtināýī’z Zawjati Baád al-Waţyi li’l Muájjal   117. Raĥīq al-Iĥqāq fī Kalimāti’t Ţalāq   118. Ākidu’t Taĥqīq bi Bābi’t Tálīq   119. Al-Jawhar ath-Thamīn fī Ílali Nāzilati’l Yamīn   120. Nābighu’n Nūr álā Su’ālāti Jabalfūr   121. Al-Maĥajjah al-Mu’taminah fī Āyāti’l Mumtaĥinah   122. Anfasu’l Fikar fī Qurbāni’l Baqar   123. Abĥās e Akhīrah   124. Ad-Dalāyil al-Qāhirah ála Al-Kafarah an-Nayāshirah   125. Tadbīr e Falāĥ o Najāt o Işlāĥ   126. Al-Qamú’l Mubīn li Āmāli’l Mukadh’dhibīn   127. Bāb al-Áqāyid wa’l Kalām   128. As-Sū’u wa’l Íqāb álā Al-Masīĥ al-Kadh’dhāb   129. Ĥajb al-Úwār án Makhdūmi Bihār   130. Jazā’a Allāh Áduwwah bi Ibānati Khatmi’n Nubuwwah   131. Jawwāl al-Úluww li Tabyīn al-Khuluww   132. At-Taĥrīr al-Jayyid fi Ĥaqqi’l Masjid   133. Ibānatu’l Mutawārī fi Muşālaĥati Ábd al-Bārī   134. Anşaĥu’l Ĥukūmah fī Faşli’l Khuşūmah   135. Al-Hibatu’l Aĥmadiyyah fi’l Wilāyati’s Sharýiyyah wa’l Úrfiyyah   136. Fat’ĥ al-Malīk fī Ĥukmi’t Tamlīk   137. Ajwadu’l Qirā Li Ţālibi’s Şiĥĥati fī Ijārati’l Qurā   138. Kitābu’l Munā wa’d Durar liman Ámada Money Order   139. Hādī al-Uđĥiyyah bi’sh Shāt al-Hindiyyah   140. Ar-Ramz al-Muraşşaf álā Suāli Mawlānā As-Sayyid Āşīf   141. Naqā’a as-Sulāfah fī Aĥkām al-Bayáti wa’l Khilāfah   142. An-Namīqatu’l Anqā fī Farqi’l Mulāqī wa’l Mulqā   143. Al-Hanī’i al-Namīr fi’l Mā’a al-Mustadīr   144. Ruĥb as-Sāĥah fī Miyahin lā Yastawī Wajhuhā wa Jawfuhā fi’l Misāĥah   145. Hibatu’l Ĥabīr fī Úmqi Mā’ayin Kathīr   146. An-Nūr wa’r Rawnaq li Isfāri’l Mā’a al-Muţlaq   147. Áţā’a an-Nabiyy li Ifāđati Aĥkāmi Mā’a as-Şabiyy   148. Ad-Diqqati wa’t Tibyān li Ílmi’r Riqqati wa’s Saylān   149. Ĥusn at-Támmum li Bayāni Ĥadd at-Tayammum   150. Samĥu’n Nudarā fīmā Yūrithu’l Ájza Mina’l Mā’a   151. A�-�afar li Qawli Zufar   152. Al-Maţar as-Saýīd álā Nabati Jins as-Şaýīd   153. Al-Jidd as-Sadīd fī Nafyi’l Istiýmāl áni’s Şaýīd   154. Qawānīn al-Úlamā’a fī Mutayammimin Álima índa Zaydin Mā’a   155. At-Ţalabatu’l Badīáh fī Qawli Şadru’sh Sharīáh   156. Mujalli’sh Shamáh li Jāmiýi Ĥadathin wa Lumáh   157. Salabu’th Thalb áni’l Qāyilīna bi Ţahārati’l Kalb   158. Al-Aĥlā mina’s Sukkar li Ţalabati’s Sukkari Rūsar   159. Ĥājizu’l Baĥrayn al-Wāqī án Jāmiýi’s Şalātayn   160. Munīr al-Áyn fī Ĥukmi Taqbīl al-Ibhāmayn   161. Al-Hādi’l Kāf fī Ĥukmi’đ Điáāf   162. Hidāyatu’l Mutáāl fi Ĥaddi’l Istiqbāl   163. Niýmu’z Zād li Rawmi’d Đād   164. Iljām as-Şādd án Sunani’d Đād   165. An-Nahyi’l Akīd áni’s Şalāti Warā’a Ádda’t Taqlīd   166. Al-Qilādatu’l Murassa-áh fī Naĥri’l Ajwibatu’l Arba-áh   167. Al-Quţūf ad-Dāniyah liman Aĥsana’l Jamāáh ath-Thāniyah   168. Tījān as-Şawāb fī Qiyāmi’l Imām fi’l Miĥrāb   169. Anhāru’l Anwār min Yammi Şalāti’l Asrār   170. Az’hāru’l Anwār min Şabā Şalāti’l Anwār   171. Waşşāfu’r Rajīĥ fī Basmalati’t Tarāwīĥ   172. Al-Jūd al-Ĥuluww fī Arkān al-Wuđū’u   173. Tanwīr al-Qindīl fī Awşāf al-Mindīl   174. Lumaá al-Aĥkām án lā Wuđū’u Mina’z Zukām   175. At-Ţirāzu’l Málam fīmā huwa Ĥadathun min Aĥwāli’d Dam   176. Nab’hu’l Qawm Anna’l Wuđū’u Min Ayyi Nawm   177. Khulāşah Tibyān al-Wuđū’u   178. Al-Aĥkām wa’l Ílal fī Ishkāl al-Iĥtilāmi wa’l Balal   179. Bāriqu’n Nūr fī Maqādīri Mā’a at-Ţuhūr   180. Barakātu’s Samā’a fī Ĥukmi Isrāfi’l Mā’a   181. Irtifāá al-Ĥujub án Wujūhi Qirā’ati’l Junub   182. At-Ţayyib al-Wajīz fi’l Amtiáti’l Waraqi wa’l Ibrīz   183. Abarr al-Maqāl fī Istiĥsāni Qiblati’l Ijlāl   184. Al-Kashfu Shāfiyā Ĥukmi Fūnūjrāfiya (phonograph)   185. Al-Fiqhu’t Tasjīlī fī Ájīni’n Nārjīlī   186. Al-Maqşadu’n Nāfiý fī Úşūbati’s Sinf ar-Rābiý   187. Ţayyibu’l Imáān fī Táddudi’l Jihāti wa’l Abdān   188. Tajliyatu’s Silm fī Masāyilin min Nişfi’l Ílm   189. Nuţq al-Hilāl bi-Arkhi Wilād al-Ĥabīb wa’l Wişāl   190. Jam-úl Qur’ān wa bima Ázzūhu li Úthmān   191. Iqāmatu’l Qiyāmah ála Ţāyini’l Qiyāmi li Nabiyyi’t Tihāmah   192. Kashf e Ĥaqāyiq o Asrār e Daqāyiq   193. Maqāmiý al-Ĥadīd álā Khaddi’l Manţiq al-Jadīd   194. Al-Kalimatu’l Mulhamah fi’l Ĥikmati’l Muĥkamah li Wihā’yi’l Falsafati’l Mash’amah   195. Ĥusām al-Ĥaramayn álā Manĥari’l Kufri wa’l Mayn   196. Waşāyā Sharīf   197. Aĥkām e Sharīát   198. Írfān e Sharīát   199. Malfūzāt e Ālāĥazrat   200. Shamāyim al-Ánbar fi Adabi’n Nidā’a Amām al-Minbar   201. Fatāwā Karāmāt e Ghawsiyah   202. Az-Zulāl al-Anqā min Baĥri Sabqati’l Atqā   203. Ţard al-Afāýī án Ĥimā Hādi Rafá’r Rifāýī   204. Tanzīhu’l Makānatu’l Ĥaydariyyah án Wasmati Áhdi’l Jāhiliyyah   205. Ghāyatu’t Taĥqīq fī Imāmati’l Áliyy wa’s Şiddīq   206. Qawāriýu’l Qahhār ála’l Mujassamati’l Fujjār   207. Khālişu’l Iýtiqād   208. Inbā’a al-Muşţafā bi Ĥāli Sirrin wa Akhfā   209. Anwāru’l Intibāh fi Ĥilli Nidā’yi Yā RasūlAllāh   210. Sharĥ al-Maţālib fī Mabĥathi Abī Ţālib   211. Iýtiqād al-Aĥbāb fī Al-Jamīl wa’l Muşţafā wa’l Āli wa’l Aş’ĥāb   212. Umūr e Íshrīn [Dar Imtiyāz e Áqāyid e Sunniyyīn]   213. Rimāĥu’l Qahhār álā Kufri’l Kuffār   214. Munyatu’l Labīb Anna’t Tashrīý Bi Yadi’l Ĥabīb   215. Munabbih al-Munyah Bi Wuşūl al-Ĥabīb ila’l Árshi wa’r Ru’yah   216. Şallāt as-Şafā’a fī Nūri’l Muşţafā   217. Qamru’t Tamām fī Nafyi’z �illi án Sayyidi’l Anām   218. Hadyu’l Ĥayrān fī Nafyi’l Fayy án Sayyidi’l Akwān   219. Al-Ijāzātu’l Matīnah li Úlamāyi Bakkah wa’l Madīnah   220. Aţāyib as-Sayyib álā Arđ at-Ţayyib   221. Sayf al-Muşţafā álā al-Adyān al-Iftarā   222. An-Nuktah álā Mirāyi Kalkatta    223. Charāgh e Uns   224. Qaşīdatān Rāyiyatān   225. Zikr-e-Aĥbāb O Duáā-e-Aĥbāb   226. I�hār al-Ĥaqq al-Jaliyy   227. Masāyil e Miýrāj   228. Fatāwā Āfrīqah   Some people object that these 228 books are already included in Fatawa ar-Ridawiyyah published in 30 volumes by the year 2007. Some others gripe that these are small 'booklets' which consists of only a few pages. here is the retort: ---- Ali al-qari in his sharH of fiqh al-akbar who noted that our elders were 'qaleel al-kalam katheer al-barakah' / spoke less, yet told more. and we are 'katheer al-kalam qaleel al-barakah' / we tell less even though we talk a lot more. he was alluding to the relatively small size of fiqh al-akbar which is no more than eight or ten pages. consider the following:   37 of ibn abidin's 'books' which are rasayil are collected in two average sized volumes named rasayil ibn abidin. A number of rasayil are collected in fatawa imam as-subki More than 70 rasayil are collected in imam suyuTi's al-hawi li'l fatawi. Recently some 60 different books of imam al-ghazali were printed in two large volumes named as 'rasayil al-ghazali' Ditto with 'rasayil ibn arabi' Fatawa al-fiqhiyyah of ibn Hajar al-haytami contains many of his epistles There is a volume printed by dar kutub al-ilmiyyah which has 94+ 'books' on various topics titled: 'al majmu'u al-kamil li'l mutun': fiqh, usul al-fiqh, hadith, aqidah, poetry, naHw, prosody, etc. and many of these 'books' are no more than four or five pages. for example, 'Aqayid an-Nasafi' is a mere three pages. Even novelists and poets have their own collections; check collected works of any major author: wells, twain, Iqbal's kulliyat and not to mention [the person/s writing as] Shakespeare. Almost all of Shakespeare's works are found - including his sonnets and poems - in one volume. When a prolific author writes many books, it makes sense to put them in one volume as a collection. it is easy for readers and researchers to find all or most of them in one place. for a bibliophile/librarian, easy to store and retrieve. this does not mean that one volume is ONE book. only a fool would suggest that. Yet, these rasayil have been referred by scholars as 'books' without vehement hair-splitting. --- Coming back to the rant of some folk who cannot probably even pronounce the names of AlaHadrat's books who attempt to downplay them as 'small' booklets. I would challenge them in a confrontationist tone to try and read these small booklets if they can; because if they have, they wouldn't talk so naively. Only the ignorant shrugs away the diamond in comparison with a rock; just because it is big does not make it valuable - just as the diamond's small size does not make it insignificant. --- AlaHadrat's fatawa - legal rulings are collected in one place. some legal rulings require lengthy explanations and in my humble opinion anything more than five-ten pages can be classified as a booklet as opposed to 'an essay' or an article. Those unaquainted with fatawa ar-ridawiyyah might think that AlaHadrat started writing fatawa from Vol. 1 and ended with Vol. 30 [one can quibble that the original fatawa was only 12 volumes - and takhrij made it double the size] In reality, AlaHadrat issued fatawa from a young age, many of which were never recovered. he also issued lengthy rulings/fatawa and published in the form of booklets giving them exquisite names instead of simply numbering them. in the later part of his life, his students and associates suggested that his fatawa being so insightful and valuable ought to be preserved; it was only then people began to collect the fatawa. when fatawa razwiyah was being edited by AlaHadrat himself, it was only fitting that lengthy fatawa issued as epistles be included under appropriate sections. Even in today's world these epistles are self-contained and are convenient to be published as separate works. for example take the issue of moon-sighting. how many people will buy thirty volumes, each of about 800 pages each to read those two or three epistles? naturally, it makes sense to print them separately and more so for online reading, where flipping pages to browse is not possible. --- Even the names of his books impart knowledge. Try reading them in the arabic script and if you don't understand the meaning, look it up in a dictionary. in the process, you will learn a lot of other words along with etymology and usage. I am sure there are not many - if there are any - who can understand all the words used in these names without a dictionary.