Muhammad Yasin Al-Fadani

Abū al-Fayḍ Muḥammad Yāsīn bin Muḥammad ʿĪsā al-Fādānī al-Makkī (; 1916 – 21 July 1990) was a Saudi ʿālim of Minangkabau descent. He was known as a muḥaddith who collected the most hadith chains of transmission (isnād) of his time, thus earning him the title Musnid al-Dunyā.

He began his studies with his father, Muhammad Isa al-Fadani, and his uncle, Mahmud al-Fadani. He then studied at Madrasah al-Sawlatiyyah, a madrasa which was founded by clerics from the Indian subcontinent. When a conflict arose between Indian and Southeast Asian teachers, the latter left Sawlatiyyah to establish a new madrasa, Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. al-Fadani moved to the new madrasa in 1353 AH. After he graduated in 1356 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. In 1375 AH, he was chosen as the director of the madrasa.

Apart from his activities at Dar al-Ulum, al-Fadani taught several subjects at Masjid al-Haram. He also spent part of his time studying under several scholars at Masjid al-Haram. In 1377 AH, he built a madrasa for girls.

Some famous Islamic scholars studied under him, such as Muhammad Taqi Uthmani, Ali Jumaah, Hasan Azhari, and Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninawi.

Literary works al-Fadani authored a number of works, some of them unpublished, others in print. From amongst his works are:

Hadith al-Durr al-Manḍūd: Sharḥ Sunan Abī Dāwud (20 volumes) Fatḥ al-‘Allām: Sharḥ Bulūgh al-Marām (4 volumes)

Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh Bughyah al-Mushtāq: Sharḥ Luma‘ al-Shaykh Abī Isḥāq Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Ashbāh wa al-Naẓā’ir fī al-Furū‘ al-Fiqhiyyah li al-Suyūṭī Tatmīm al-Dukhūl: Ta‘līqāt ‘alā Madkhal al-Wuṣūl ilā ‘Ilm al-Uṣūl al-Durr al-Naḍīd: Hawāshi ‘alā Kitāb al-Tamhīd li al-Isnawī al-Fawā’id al-Juniyyah: Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Mawāhib al-Sunniyyah ‘alā al-Qawā’id al-Fiqhiyyah Ta‘līqāt ‘alā Luma‘ al-Shaykh Abī Isḥāq Iḍā’ah al-Nūr al-Lāmi‘: Sharḥ al-Kawkab al-Sāṭi‘ Naẓm Jam‘ al-Jawāmi‘ Ḥāshiyah ‘alā al-Talaṭuf Sharḥ al-Ta‘arruf fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh Nayl al-Ma’mūl: Ḥāshiyah ‘alā Lubb al-Uṣūl wa Ghāyah al-Wuṣūl

Astronomy Jannī al-Thamr: Sharḥ Manẓūmah Manāzil al-Qamar al-Mukhtaṣar al-Muhadhdhab fī Istikhrāj al-Awqāt wa al-Qiblah bi al-Rubi‘ al-Mujīb al-Mawāhib al-Jazīlah: Sharḥ Thamarāt al-Wasīlah

Arabic grammar Tashnī al-Sam‘: Mukhtaṣar fī ‘Ilm al-Waḍa‘ Bulghah al-Mushtāq fī ‘Ilm al-Ishtiqāq

Logic, rhetoric, and others Manhal al-Ifādah: Hawāshi ‘alā Risālah Ādāb al-Bahth wa al-Munāẓarah li Ṭāshkubrīzādah Ḥusn al-Ṣiyāghah: Sharḥ Kitāb Durūs al-Balāghah Risālah fī ‘Ilm al-Manṭiq Itḥāf al-Khallān: Tawḍīḥ Tuḥfah al-Ikhwān fī ‘Ilm al-Bayān li al-Dardīr al-Risālah al-Bayāniyyah fī ‘Ilm al-Bayān ‘alā Ṭarīqah al-Su’āl wa al-Jawāb

Hadith chains of narration Maṭmaḥ al-Wajdān (transmission from Umar Hamdan, 3 volumes) Fayḍ al-Raḥman (transmission from Khalifah bin Hamd Al Nabhan) Fayḍ al-Muhaymīn (transmission from Sayyid Muhsin al-Musawi) al-Maslak al-Jallī (transmission from Muhammad Ali al-Maliki) al-Waṣl al-Rātī (transmission from Shihab Ahmad al-Mukhallalati)