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Bahishti Zewar
	1909 edition
Author	Ashraf Ali Thanwi; Ahmed Ali Fatehpuri;
Language	Urdu
Genre	Fiqh

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Bahishti Zewar (Urdu: بہشتی زیور transl. "jewels of paradise"; English: Heavenly Ornaments) is a volume of Deobandi beliefs and practices written by Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Ahmed Ali Fatehpuri.^[1] The book is comprehensive handbook of fiqh, Islamic rituals and morals, it is especially aimed at the education of girls and women. The volume describes the Five Pillars of Islam and also highlights more obscure principles. For years it has remained a favorite with the people of the Indian subcontinent as well as the Indian Muslim diaspora all over the world. It was originally written in the Urdu language but has been translated into a host of other languages including English.^[2]

Sections

The book is divided into ten sections:

"True Stories"
"Beliefs"
"Incorrect Beliefs and Actions"
"Salat and its Virtues"
"Fasting, Zakat, Qurbâni, Hajj, Vows, Apostasy, Halâl and Harâm, etc."
"Marriage, Divorce, 'Iddah, Maintenance, Custody, the Rights of Living and Reciting the Qurân"
"Principles of Business and Pursuit of Wealth"
"Etiquette, Manners Reformation of the Heart Deeds and their Retribution, and the Signs of Qiyâmah"
"The Lives of Pious Women"
"Health Matters and Etiquette

Legacy

Barbara Daly Metcalf's 1992 book Perfecting Women is a commentary and history of the Bahishti Zewar.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Saʻīd, Aḥmad (1975). Bazm-i Ashraf ke cirāg̲h (in Urdu). Lāhaur: Maktabah-yi Aḥyāʻ-ul-ʻulūm alsharqīyah. p. 116.
^ Usmani, Taqi (2005). Tabsre (in Urdu). Pakistan: Maktaba Ma'ariful Quran. pp. 126–128.
^ Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī; Barbara Daly Metcalf (1992). Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08093-5.
^ Ansari, Usamah Yasin (2012). ""Tandrusti Deen ka Kaam Hai": Health as a Matter of Religion in Book 9 of Ashraf Ali Thanvi's Bahishti Zewar". History of Religions. 52 (1): 49–76. doi:10.1086/665963. ISSN 0018-2710. JSTOR 10.1086/665963. S2CID 162194778.
^ Ansari, Usamah Yasin (November 2010). "The Pious Self is a Jewel in Itself: Agency and Tradition in the Production of 'Shariatic Modernity'". South Asia Research. 30 (3): 275–298. doi:10.1177/026272801003000304. ISSN 0262-7280. S2CID 147134358.

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[1] Saʻīd, Aḥmad (1975). Bazm-i Ashraf ke cirāg̲h (in Urdu). Lāhaur: Maktabah-yi Aḥyāʻ-ul-ʻulūm alsharqīyah. p. 116.

[:tabsere-2] Usmani, Taqi (2005). Tabsre (in Urdu). Pakistan: Maktaba Ma'ariful Quran. pp. 126–128.

[ThānvīMetcalf1992-3] Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī; Barbara Daly Metcalf (1992). Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08093-5.

[4] Ansari, Usamah Yasin (2012). ""Tandrusti Deen ka Kaam Hai": Health as a Matter of Religion in Book 9 of Ashraf Ali Thanvi's Bahishti Zewar". History of Religions. 52 (1): 49–76. doi:10.1086/665963. ISSN 0018-2710. JSTOR 10.1086/665963. S2CID 162194778.

[5] Ansari, Usamah Yasin (November 2010). "The Pious Self is a Jewel in Itself: Agency and Tradition in the Production of 'Shariatic Modernity'". South Asia Research. 30 (3): 275–298. doi:10.1177/026272801003000304. ISSN 0262-7280. S2CID 147134358.

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+'''''Bahishti Zewar''''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|بہشتی زیور}}}} {{trans|"jewels of paradise"}}; {{lang-en|italic=yes|Heavenly Ornaments}}) is a volume of Deobandi beliefs and practices written by [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]] and Ahmed Ali Fatehpuri.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Saʻīd |first=Aḥmad |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001930488 |title=Bazm-i Ashraf ke cirāg̲h |date=1975 |publisher=Maktabah-yi Aḥyāʻ-ul-ʻulūm alsharqīyah |location=Lāhaur |pages=116 |language=ur}}</ref> The book is comprehensive handbook of [[fiqh]], Islamic rituals and morals, it is especially aimed at the [[female education|education of girls and women]]. The volume describes the [[Five Pillars of Islam]] and also highlights more obscure principles. For years it has remained a favorite with the people of the [[Indian subcontinent]] as well as the Indian Muslim diaspora all over the world. It was originally written in the Urdu language but has been translated into a host of other languages including English.<ref name=":tabsere">{{Cite book |last=Usmani |first=Taqi |author1-link=Taqi Usmani |url=https://archive.org/details/Tabsre_201610 |title=Tabsre |publisher=Maktaba Ma'ariful Quran |year=2005 |location=Pakistan |pages=126–128 |language=ur}}</ref>
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 #"Beliefs"<br/>
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 #"The Lives of Pious Women"<br/>
 #"Health Matters and Etiquette
+==Legacy==
+[[Barbara Daly Metcalf]]'s 1992 book ''[[Perfecting Women]]'' is a commentary and history of the ''Bahishti Zewar''.<ref name="ThānvīMetcalf1992">{{cite book|author1=Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī|author2=Barbara Daly Metcalf|title=Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjKv1IhDoMgC|year=1992|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08093-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ansari |first=Usamah Yasin |date=2012 |title="Tandrusti Deen ka Kaam Hai": Health as a Matter of Religion in Book 9 of Ashraf Ali Thanvi's Bahishti Zewar |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665963 |journal=History of Religions |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=49–76 |doi=10.1086/665963 |jstor=10.1086/665963 |s2cid=162194778 |issn=0018-2710}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ansari |first=Usamah Yasin |date=November 2010 |title=The Pious Self is a Jewel in Itself: Agency and Tradition in the Production of 'Shariatic Modernity' |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/026272801003000304 |journal=South Asia Research |language=en |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=275–298 |doi=10.1177/026272801003000304 |s2cid=147134358 |issn=0262-7280}}</ref>
-== Controversy ==
-The book is considered as containing absolutely vulgar content including support for the uses of female for man's personal ego and lusts.
 == See also==
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 ==External links==
-*Bahishti Zewar [http://www.jamiaashrafia.org/fiqha.html]
+{{Commonscat|Bahishti Zewar}}
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120815054736/http://www.jamiaashrafia.org/fiqha.html Bahishti Zewar Online]
+*[https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/islamic-life/2020/06/28/928287 Beheshti Jeor of 11 volumes]
+*[https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/oboshore/2017/06/03/504434 Emdadiya's most popular book is Beheshti Jeor]
+{{Ashraf Ali Thanwi}}
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 [[Category:Islam and women]]
+[[Category:Deobandi fiqh literature]]
+[[Category:20th-century Indian books]]
+[[Category:Indian non-fiction books]]
+[[Category:Indian religious texts]]
+[[Category:Islamic studies books]]
+[[Category:Islamic literature]]
+[[Category:Books by Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]
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v t e Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Personal details	Denomination: Sunni Jurisprudence: Hanafi Creed: Maturidi Movement: Deobandi Education: Darul Uloom Deoband
Notable works	Bayan al-Quran Bahishti Zewar Perfecting Women Imdad al-Fatawa Nashr al-Tib fi Zikr al-Nabi al-Habib
Disciples	Abdul Hai Arifi Athar Ali Bengali Abdul Majid Daryabadi Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri Abrarul Haq Haqqi Shah Ahmad Hasan Muhammadullah Hafezzi Khair Muhammad Jalandhari Masihullah Khan Maqsudullah Muhammad Shafi Deobandi Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri Habibullah Qurayshi Sulaiman Nadvi Shah Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi Zafar Ahmad Usmani
Legacy	Bibliography Hakeemul Ummat
Category:Ashraf Ali Thanwi