Authorship of Ghaniyyat al-Ṭālibīn Attributed to Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (رحمه الله)
Source: Aḥkām wa Masāʾil in the Light of Qurʾān and Ḥadīth, Vol. 1, p. 571
❖ Question
Some Barelvi scholars claim today that Ghaniyyat al-Ṭālibīn is not authored by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (رحمه الله), but rather falsely attributed to him. Is this correct?
❖ Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd!
The reality is that Ghaniyyat al-Ṭālibīn is indeed the authored work of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (رحمه الله).
Hādhā mā ʿindī wa-Allāhu aʿlam biṣ-ṣawāb.
