Aap Beeti Maulana Mohammad Zakariya Kandhalwi

“Aap Beeti” (My Autobiography) is a deeply personal and frank memoir by the esteemed Hadith scholar and Sufi master, Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi. This work offers unique and intimate insight into the author’s spiritual development, scholarly pursuits, personal struggles, and travels across the Indian subcontinent and Hijaz. Unlike a formal academic biography, Aap Beeti shares his reflections, dreams, and profound experiences related to Hadith teaching, the Tablighi Jamā’at (of which he was a central figure), and the pursuit of Tazkiyah (purification of the soul). It serves as an invaluable primary source for understanding the spiritual and academic life of a key figure in 20th-century Islamic revivalism and for gaining moral and spiritual lessons from his life.