Al Fadani's Treatise on Logic: Risalah Fi Ilm Mantiq

This booklet presents a translation of Shaykh Mu¿ammad Yas¿n al-F¿d¿n¿'s (1335-1410 AH/1917-1990 CE) Ris¿lah f¿ 'ilm al-man¿iq. Al-F¿d¿n¿ composed his treatises for "novices"-his own word-who needed a ladder into the science. He structured it as a series of questions and answers to strip away the intimidating apparatus that can make classical man¿iq texts so impenetrable to beginners.The author of the text comes from a family of scholars hailing from Padang, West Sumatra, though he himself was born in Mecca in 1355/1917. He began his studies with his father, Shaykh Mu¿ammad '¿s¿ al-F¿d¿n¿, and his uncle, Shaykh Mäm¿d al-F¿d¿n¿. He then enrolled in the Madrasah al-Sawlatiyyah al-Hindiyyah. While there, he also attended lessons in al-Masjid al-¿ar¿m. He also studied at D¿r al-'Ul¿m al-D¿niyyah in Shi'b 'Al¿, Mecca, once it had been established. During his various studies, he gathered many chains of narration and became the hadith authority of Mecca. He taught at D¿r al-'Ul¿m al-D¿niyyah, where he was appointed its supervisor and director. He held those positions until passing away in 1410/1990.He authored over one hundred books and treatises on hadith, jurisprudence, Arabic, astronomy, and logic - including our text.