Abstract
The greatest scholar of 18th century India better known as Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi who wrote a number of works, especially on the science of prophetic tradition (hadith). He was a scholar who contributed many ideas to express the unification of Muslims in terms of comprehension and appreciation. Undeniably, he has strived to establish Islam to the society by recognizing the Qur’an and Sunna as the basis of reformation. Therefore, this study attempts to analyse the intellectuality of al-Dihlawi as a famous hadith scholar and his contribution towards the appreciation of Sunna of the prophet. By applying content analysis method as the study design by focusing on his great work, Hujjat al-Baligha, the study found that the transformation carried out by al-Dihlawi then he was considered a moderate figure who tried to balance between demands worldly and hereafter goals to the community. His efforts toward the unity of umma were considered positively when succeed to quell internal dissent and ideology differences between the fiqhism and Sufism, and also between the rationalists (ahl al-Ra’y) and the traditionalists (ahl al-Hadith). DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s1p302
Highlights
Shah Wali Allah was born on the 4th of Shawwal, 1114/1702 in Pulth, in district Muzaffargarh, Delhi, India, (Jalbani, 1967)
Al-Dihlawi’s approach to compromise the disciplines of Hadith and Sufism can be seen through a piece of his another spiritual experience as follow: My father told me that he saw the Prophet in the dream and recited the remembrance of al-nafy and al-ithbat (La ilaha illa Allah) as according to the Sufi orders to him, and my father pledged allegiance to me as the Prophet did to him, and he recited to me as the Prophet did
Al-Dihlawi put elements of Sufism as a very noble aspiration to be stepped in daily life, and shows real connection to the God which is rooted in the word of unification
Summary
Al-Dihlawi’s writing career began in earnest on his return from pilgrimage. His most important and influential work, Hujjat Allah al-Balighah (in Arabic), in which he aimed to restore the Islamic sciences through hadith studies, was composed sometime during the decade after his return. Al-Dihlawi’s intellectual elements could be seen in various scientific fields such as linguistics, Quranic exegesis, Hadith studies, Islamic law, the rule of jurisprudence, morality, etc He was able to master the Arabic and Persian well, among his works are written in Persian al-Hummi’at and Surur al-Mahzun (Al-Dihlawi, 2005). Al-Zahrawain, al-Fawz al-Kabir and al-Fath al-Munir (in Arabic) He was mastering the Islamic jurisprudence that emphasize of the four schools and by researching the prophetic traditions with producing laws which led to the Tariq al-Fuqaha al-Muhaddisin (the way of jurists and hadith scholars) (Al-Dihlawi, 2005). Good social relations and strong economic systems are interrelated which involve political stability in a country
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