Al-Fadani's Treatise on Logic

Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani
Musa Furber (translation)
Paperback, 138 pages
9781944904234

This is a translation of Shaykh Muḥammad Yasīn al-Fādānī's (1335-1410 AH/1917-1990 CE) Risālah fī 'ilm al-manṭiq. Al-Fādānī composed his treatises for "novices"-his own word-who needed a ladder into the science. He structured it as a series of questions and answers to strip away the intimidating apparatus that can make classical manṭiq texts so impenetrable to beginners.

The author of the text comes from a family of scholars hailing from Padang, West Sumatra, though he himself was born in Mecca in 1355/1917. He began his studies with his father, Shaykh Muḥammad 'Īsā al-Fādānī, and his uncle, Shaykh Maḥmūd al-Fādānī. He then enrolled in the Madrasah al-Sawlatiyyah al-Hindiyyah. While there, he also attended lessons in al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. He was also studied at Dār al-'Ulūm al-Dīniyyah in Shi'b 'Alī, Mecca, once it had been established. During his various studies, he gathered many chains of narration and became the hadith authority of Mecca. He taught at Dār al-'Ulūm al-Dīniyyah, where he was appointed its supervisor and director. He held those positions until passing away in 1410/1990.