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Translator's Note
Praise be to Allah, the most Gracious and the mostMerciful Who blessed me with another opportunity totranslate this very valuable book of A'la Hadrat ImamAhmad Rida Khan al-Quadiri
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May Mercy of Allah be uponhim
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.The Urdu text of this book was actually a Fatwa inreply to a question asked by Sayyid Muhammad Muzaffar Husain of Mauza Katwarah, Awadhh District Khehri inIndia on 28
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Muharram 1325 AH. The Urdu text is nowfound in volume 11 (pp. 187-199) of Fatawa Ridawiyyah published (in August 1994) by Rida Academy, BumbaiIndia; and in volume 29 (pp. 287-302) of FatawaRidawiyyah published (in August 2005) by RidaFoundation, Lahore Pakistan.My studies of the Fatawa Ridawiyyah have shown thatits text is not standardized. Neither its Indian publication(in 12 volumes) nor its Pakistani publication (in 30volumes) should be followed without attention. Urdu textof the Fatawa Ridawiyyah seriously needs attention of such scholars who can clear all kinds of errors in it. For