The First Fatwās in Urdu and the Anonymous Fiqh al-Mubīn Manuscript of 1182 AH

Answer

Who first collected fatwās in the Urdu language could not be determined. Until the last century Persian was in general use, and scholars as a rule wrote their books in it. The writing of religious books in Urdu began with the Qur'an translations of Ḥaḍrat Shāh ʿAbd al-Qādir ﵀ and Ḥaḍrat Shāh Rafīʿ ad-Dīn ﵀, and with the writings of Ḥaḍrat Shāh Muḥammad Ismāʿīl Shahīd ﵀ and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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