Muhammad 'Abid al-Sindi

Muhammad 'Abid al-Sindi al-Ansari (محمد عابد السندي الأنصاري), was a Hanafi jurist (faqih), hadith expert (muhaddith), judge (qadi), and the shaykh of the 'ulama of his time in the city of Madina during the Ottoman Caliphate. His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.

He has followed the Naqshbandi Sufi path. He was appointed qadi of Zabid. In 1232 A.H. he was appointed the leader of the scholars of Madina by the ruler of Egypt, Muhammad 'Ali Pasha. His grandfather migrated to Middle East and he was known as Shaykh al-Islam.

Name
Muhammad 'Abid b. Ahmad 'Ali b. Muhammad Murad Ya'qub al-Hafiz b. Muhamud b. 'Abd al-Rahman, al-Sindi al-Ansari al-Khazraji al-Madani al-Hanafi al-Naqshbandi.

Life
He was born in 1190 AH/1776 AD at Sehwan, a village in Sind on the bank of the Indus, north of Hyderabad. Educated at Zabid, he married a daughter of the then minister of San'a' and was appointed by the Imam of al-Yaman as his ambassador of Egypt. He then had a sojourn to his native land where after staying for a while, he left for al-Hijaz and was appointed by the Egyptian government as the chief of the 'Ulama' of al-Madina. He died at al-Madina, and was buried in al-Baqi' in Rabi' I (Rabi' al-Awwal), 1257 AH/April 1841 AD.

Books
He has a number of works to his credit which include:
 * Al-Mawahib al-Latifa 'ala Musnad al-Imam Abi Hanifa (المواهب اللطيفة على مسند الإمام أبي حنيفة).
 * Tawali' al-Anwar 'ala al-Durr al-Mukhtar (طوالع الأنوار على الدر المختار), gloss by al-Sindi on al-Durr al-Mukhtar, which is a commentary by al-Haskafi (d. 1088/1677) on Tanwir al-Absar wa-Jami' al-Bihar by al-Timirtashi (d. 1004/1595).
 * Sharh Taysir al-Wusul (شرح تيسير الوصول) by Ibn Diba' al-Shaybani (d. 944/1537); he writes a commentary on over 1600 hadith.
 * Sharh Bulugh al-Maram (شرح بلوغ المرام) by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani.
 * Tartib Musnad al-Imam al-Shafi'i (ترتيب مسند الإمام الشافعي‏).
 * Al-Tawassul wa-Ahkamuh wa-Anwa'uh (التوسل وأحكامه وأنواعه‏).