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Abū al-Fayḍ Muḥammad Yāsīn bin Muḥammad ʿĪsā al-Fādānī al-Makkī (Arabic: أبو الفيض محمد ياسين بن محمد عيسى الفاداني المكي; 1916 – 21 July 1990) was a Saudi ʿālim of Minangkabau descent. He was known as muḥaddith who collected the most hadith chains of transmission (isnād) of his time, thus earning him the title Musnid al-Dunyā.

Biography

Yasin al-Fadani was born in Mecca in 1335 AH (1916 CE). His father, Muhammad Isa, hailed from Padang in modern-day Indonesia. Yasin al-Fadani spent most of his life in Mecca.

He began his studies with his father, Muhammad Isa al-Fadani, and his uncle, Mahmud al-Fadani. He then studied at Madrasah al-Sawlatiyyah, a madrasa which was founded by clerics from Indian Subcontinent. When a conflict arose between Indian and Southeast Asian teachers, the latter left Sawlatiyyah to established a new madrasa, Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. al-Fadani moved to the new madrasa in 1353 AH. After he graduated in 1356 AH, he was appointed as the teacher at Dar al-Ulum al-Diniyyah. In 1375 AH, he was chosen as the director of the madrasa.

Apart from his activities at Dar al-Ulum, al-Fadani also taught several subjects at Masjid al-Haram. He also spent part of his time studying under several scholars at Masjid al-Haram.

al-Fadani died on 28 Dhu al-Hijjah 1410 (21 July 1990).

Teachers and students

al-Fadani studied under several teachers. Some of his well-known teachers include Muhammad Ali bin Husayn bin Ibrahim al-Maliki, Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mashat, Umar bin Hamdan al-Mahrasi, Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Aqilah, Ali bin Zahir al-Watri, Abid al-Sindi, Falih bin Muhammad al-Zahiri, Sayyid Husayn bin Muhammad al-Habashi, Umar Bajunayd, Said bin Muhammad al-Yamani, Hasan bin Said al-Yamani, Sayyid Muhsin bin Ali al-Musawi al-Falimbani, Abd Allah Muhammad al-Ghazi, Ibrahim bin Dawud al-Fatani, Alawi bin Abbas al-Maliki, Sayyid Muhammad bin Amin al-Kutbi, Shihab Ahmad al-Mukhallalati al-Shami, Khalifah bin Hamd al-Nabhani, Ubayd Allah bin al-Islam al-Sindi, Husayn Ahmad al-Faydabadi, Abd al-Qadir bin Tawfiq al-Shalabi, Muhammad Abd al-Baqi al-Luknawi, and Abd al-Hadi al-Madrasi.