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THE GREAT EDIFICE of Islamic Law is held up by four towering figures of the early middle ages: Abu Hanifa, Malik, al-Shafi i, and Ibn Hanbal. Because of their immense dedication and intellectual acuity, these men enjoy recognition to this day as Islam s most influential scholars. By assessing and ranking hadith, by cultivating a deep knowledge of the Arabic language, and by virtue of their great native intelligence, they are credited with having shaped the development of the fundamental systems of Muslim jurisprudence, avoiding the twin pitfalls of subjective rationalism and blind literalism. By doing so they not only protected their religion from chaos and disorder, but showed the Muslims, ...
In an attempt to bring back some of the forgotten traditional elements of the sacred journey known as the Hajj, this travelogue is the first to thoroughly explore this ritual pilgrimage to Mecca by recounting the loss of rites and practices over several centuries. Lamenting the loss of spiritual grace and the celebration of visiting the Prophet in Medina that once accompanied the Hajj, the book raises some of the most controversial and oft-disputed topics amongst pilgrims while focusing on the search for blessings and grace upon the journey.
A survey of the most important Maturidi authorities and their doctrinal textbooks, with a condensed overview of the bio-bibliography of Maturidi scholarship.
"The best of this Umma is the age in which I was sent" (Hadith of the Prophet in Sahih Muslim). "The Messenger of Allah admonished us so intensely that the eyes wept and the hearts trembled. 'I exhort you to hear and obey even if your leader is a black Ethiopian. ... You must follow my Sunna and the Sunna of the rightly-guided, upright successors after me'" (Narrated from al-ʿIrbād ibn Sāriya in the Musnad and Sunan). "The sequence of the Prophet's order to follow his Sunna and the Sunna of the well-guided Successors, coming after his order to hear and obey governors generally, is a proof that the Sunna of the Rightly-Guided Successors must be followed just as his own Sunna must be follow...
"The Sunna is the first subsidiary source (masdar far`i) after the Qur'an among the sources of Islamic law. We describe it as a subsidiary source because it is the Qur'an that actually indicated that it is a source, and the basis of everything is the Qur'an. The Qur'an commanded us to follow the messenger of Allah: therefore we follow the messenger of Allah." Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Sa`id Ibn Mulla Ramadan al-Buti "The meaning of the expression Binding Proof of the Sunnah is that the Sunna points to the judgment of Allah Most High, either as definitive knowledge (`ilm) or as as probable knowledge (zann), bringing it out and disclosing it for us. We understand the Divine rulings by means of the S...
"By the One God! Verily my blood ties are firmly kept in this life and the hereafter." Hadith of the Prophet (s) narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri with a sound chain by Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, ibn Abi Shayba, 'Abd b. Humayd, Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Hakim. Cling to the sanctuary; endear yourself by serving them; For on the Day of Resurrection they're overlords. Care not for naysayers-people of perdition. For the Envoy never demanded wages for guidance When he conveyed; only affectionate love for the near kin. Shaykh Muhyi al-Din ibn 'Arabi and Sayyid Hamid b. Ahmad b. 'Ubayd Allah al-'Attar. A bilingual annotated Arabic edition and English translation of 43 fully-chained and fully-documented Prophetic hadiths on the Excellence of the House of the Prophet Muhammad (upon him and them the blessings and peace of Allah) sourced to 43 different Hadith books and narrated from 49 contemporary shaykhs of the Prophetic House by the author. The book concludes with a primer on the linguistic, juridical, and spiritual meanings of the love of Ahl a-Bayt in Islam followed by a concise bibliography of past classics and current works on the subject.
200 verses of Qur'an and over 250 texts from the Prophet's biography (sira), his Attributes (shama'il) and unique aspects (khasa'is), the spiritual poetry of the Companions and Awliya, and commentary of the Qur'an and Hadith on the Light of the Prophet Mu ammad (upon whom be peace) and his Inheritors. When I beheld his lights shining out, I placed in awe my hand before my eyes, In fear for my sight at the beauty of his frame; and now I look at him only to my capacity. His light has made all lights drown in his lights. -Hassan b. Thabit About the Author Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad is a disciple of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani at the hands of his deputy Shaykh Hisham Kabbani for over two decades in the United States and Syria, and holds scholarly licenses (ijaza) from 150 shaykhs. Dr. Haddad has authored three dozen books and hundreds of articles in Islamic hermeneutics, doctrine, hadith, biography and heresiology. He resides in Brunei Darussalam.
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Shaykh Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki delivers an absorbing account of the Isra' wal-Mi'raj that brings the reader almost into the story. Indeed it is a detailed narrative spiced with a simple commentary that attempts to reconcile various accounts or reports of the event that transpired. This provides a comprehensive reading that takes the reader on an experiential ride to feel the magic of Rasulullah's journey. In short, it is very inspiring; exhilarating to the spiritual core. Praise be to Allah Who chose His praiseworth servant Muhammad (saw) for the Message, distinguished him with the night journey on the lightening-mount Buraq, and caused him to ascend the ladders of perfection to the high heavens to show him of the greatest signs of his Lord. He raised him until he reached the Lote-tree of the Farthest Boundary where ends the science of every Messenger-Prophet and every Angel Brought Near, where lies the Garden of Retreat, to the point that he heard the sound of the pens that write what has befallen and what is to befall.
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