Originally known as Tableeghi Nisaab,
‘Fazaail-e-Aamaal’ literally means the
virtues (Fazaail) of actions of worship
(Aamaal). It consists of a series of
booklets written by Moulana Zakariyah
Kandhalvi on the instructions of Moulana
Ilyas (the founder of Jamaat Tableegh)
as mentioned by Moulana Zakariyah
himself in his autobiography ‘Aap Beeti.’
Fazaail-e-Aamaal consists of nine
booklets, namely - Hikayaat Sahabah,
Fazaail-e-Dhikr, Fazaail-e-Namaaz,
Fazaail-e-Tableegh, Fazaail-e-Qur’aan,
Fazaail-e-Darood, Fazaail-e-Ramadaan,
Fazaail-e-Sadaqat and Fazaail-e-Hajj.
These series were compiled in two
volumes and entitled, ‘Tableeghi Nisaab.’
They were intended to be the fundamental
training guide for the cadre of the
Jamaat Tableegh. Later on, it was
re-named, ‘Fazaail-e-Aamaal.’ This book
originally in Urdu, has been translated
to many different languages. But it has
never been translated into the Arabic
language as a whole.[1]
[1]
The Arabic version is just a small
booklet of about 72 pages compared
to the original Urdu books, which
consists of two volumes (400+ pages
each). The Arabs who affiliate
themselves to the Jamaat Tableegh
never refer to the Tableeghi Nisaab,
but to Imaam Nawawi’s collection of
Hadeeth, ar-Riyaadh as-Saliheen.
