{"title":"Scholars \u0026 Saints","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"necklaces-of-gems-qala-id-aljawahir","title":"Necklaces of Gems (Qala'id al-Jawahir): A Biography of the Crown of the Saints Shaikh 'Abd Al-Qadir Jilani","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBy Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Tadifi. A Biography of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (may Allah be well pleased with him), on the Marvelous Exploits of the Crown of the Saints, the Treasure-trove of the Pure, the Sultan of the Awliya', the Sublime Qutb, Shaikh Muhyi'd-din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis birth (may Allah be well pleased with him). His studies (may Allah be well pleased with him). His entering the service of his Shaikh. The Shaikhs he met. His arrival in Baghdad. Repentance of highway robbers at his hands. His sojourn in the deserts and ruins. His friendship with Sh. Hammad ad-Dabbas. The Prophet (peace be upon him) spits in his mouth. His walking on air. His pupils and his intercession for them. What he said about al-Hallaj. Jews and Christians embrace Islam at his hands. The Sultan's opposition to him. His saying: \"My foot is on the neck of every Saint of Allah.\" Increase of the Tigris in his days. His poetry. The jinn obey his orders. The jurists examine him. His conversation with the serpent. What has been handed down concerning his mediation (may Allah be well pleased with him). Consensus concerning those who have powers of life and death. His giving of legal opinions according to the Shafi'i and Hanbali schools. His supplications (may Allah be well pleased with him). Mention of his wives (may Allah be well pleased with him). Mention of his children (may Allah be well pleased with him). Mention of his grandchildren (may Allah be well pleased with him). History of this composition. Mention of his offspring in Hama. His offspring in the village of Ya'u in the district of Aleppo. His offspring in Cairo \/ in Baghdad. Destruction of the zawiya ('convent') in Baghdad. Sultan Sulaiman orders the rebuilding of the Baghdad zawiya. His sermons in sessions [majalis]; his exhortations. His words concerning the Supreme Name of Allah. Eulogy of him by Shaikh Ahmad ar-Rifa'i. Withdrawal of the barbarians from Baghdad at his command. His performing the dawn prayer with the ablution of the night prayer. Marvels of the Shaikhs who praised him, including: Sh. Abu Bakr ibn Hawara? Sh. Muhammad ash-Shanbaki Sh. Abu'l-Wafa' Muhammad Kakis Sh. Hammad ad-Dabbas Sh. 'Azzaz ibn Mustawdi' Sh. Mansur al-Bata'ihi \/ Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifa'i Sh. 'Adi ibn Musafir Sh. 'Ali ibn al-Hiti Sh. Abu Ya'z al-Maghribi Sh. Maslama as-Saruji Sh. 'Uqayl al-Manbaji Sh. 'Ali ibn Wahb ar-Rabi'i Sh. Musa az-Zuwali Sh. RASLAN AD-DIMASHQI Sh. Abu'l-Najib as-Suhrawardi Sh. Abu Muhammand ibn 'Abd al-Basri Sh. Abu'l-Hasan al-Jawsaqi Benefit of supplications answered Sh. 'Abd al-Rahman at-Tafsunji Sh. Baqa ibn Batu Sh. Abu Sa'id al-Filawi Sh. Matar al-Badhirani Sh. Majid al-Kurdi Sh. Abu Madyan al-Maghribi Sh. Abu'l-Barakat Sakhr Sh. Abu'l-Mafakhir 'Adi ibn Abi'l-Barakat Sh. Yusuf al-Hamadani Sh. Shihab ad-Din 'Umar as-Suhrawardi Sh. Jakir al-Kurdi Sh. 'Uthman al-Qurashi Sh. Suwayd as-Sanjari Sh. Hayat ibn Qays al-Harrani Sh. Abu 'Uthman ibn Marzuq al-Bata'ihi Sh. Muhammad an-Na''al Sh. Qudayb al-Ban al-Mawsili Sh. 'Umar ibn Mas'ud al-Bazzaz Sh. Makarim an-Nahr Khalisi Sh. Khalifa an-Nahr Malaki Sh. 'Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurashi Useful remedy against dyspepsia Sh. Ibrahim al-A'zab Sh. 'Ali ibn Idris al-Ya'qubi Sh. 'Abdullah al-Jubba'i Sh. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali as-Sabbagh Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir's Birthday.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion of the Book with mention of some of his marvelous exploits.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Eulogy of him by 'Izz ad-Din ibn 'Abd as-Salam Eulogy of him by al-Yafi'i in his History His sitting to give advice in the year 251. Eulogy of him by Muhyi'd-din an-Nawawi Ode in his praise by Qadi Abu Bakr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhtar Holland was born in 1935, in the ancient city of Durham in the North East of England. This statement may be considered anachronistic, however, since he did not bear the name Muhtar until 1969, when he was moved-by powerful experiences in the latihan kejiwaan of Subud-to embrace the religion of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis freelance activities have mostly been devoted to writing and translating in various parts of the world, including Scotland and California. 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In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which led to this and flowed from it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazali takes time to repudiate the methods and logic of the philosophers and the esotericists (batiniyya) and the principles of sophistry. Lastly, he provides a section on the Reality of Prophethood and the urgent need all people have for it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali was fondly referred to as the \"Hujjat-ul-lslam\", Proof of Islam, he is honoured as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhtar Holland was born in 1935, in the ancient city of Durham in the North East of England. This statement may be considered anachronistic, however, since he did not bear the name Muhtar until 1969, when he was moved-by powerful experiences in the latihan kejiwaan of Subud-to embrace the religion of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis freelance activities have mostly been devoted to writing and translating in various parts of the world, including Scotland and California. He made his Pilgrimage [Hajj] to Mecca in 1980.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673480282420,"sku":"AB018","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Savior-from-Error-_Al-Munqidh-mina-_d-Dalal_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40069068.jpg?v=1780408585"},{"product_id":"the-unlimited-mercifier-the-spiritual-life-and-thought-of-ibn-arabi","title":"The Unlimited Mercifier: The Spiritual Life and Thought of Ibn 'Arabi","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is the first full introduction written for a general audience to the life and teachings of Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240), regarded as the greatest mystical thinker in the history of Islam and known in the Islamic world as al-Shaykh al-Akbar (the Greatest Master).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e White Cloud Press, in a joint publishing effort with Anqa Publishing in the United Kingdom, presents the first in a series of books on the life and teachings of Ibn 'Arabi. Relatively unknown in the West until the 20th century, he has been revered by Sufi mystics ever since he first burst upon the Islamic world at the turn of the 13th century. He wrote over 350 books and treatises that are recognized as classics of world spirituality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Hirtenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e has been editor of the\u003cem\u003e Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn '\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eArabi Society\u003c\/em\u003e since its inception in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_20 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"20\" id=\"20\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e1982,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and is a co-founder of Anqa Publishing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe read History at King's College, Cambridge, and then studied at the Beshara School of Intensive Esoteric Education in Gloucestershire and Scotland. After a teaching career, he began writing and giving talks on Ibn ʿArabi's thought at conferences across the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn addition to lecturing and writing, he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_18 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"18\" id=\"18\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eorganizes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and leads tours in the footsteps of Ibn ʿArabi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe currently works as a Senior Editor for the Institute of Ismaili Studies in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"17\" id=\"17\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eLondon,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and lives in Oxford. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anqa Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673497682228,"sku":"ANQ005","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Unlimited-Mercifier_-The-Spiritual-Life-and-Thought-of-Ibn-_Arabi-Anqa-Publishing-40082597.jpg?v=1780409185"},{"product_id":"the-african-caliphate-the-life-works-and-teaching-of-shaykh-usman-dan-fodio-1754-1817","title":"The African Caliphate: The Life, Works, and Teaching of Shaykh Usman Dan Fodio (1754-1817)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis scholarly work focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto caliphate, which may well have been the last re-establishment, anywhere in the world, of Islam in its entirety, comprising all its many and varied dimensions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs well as giving the biography of the Shehu and a comprehensive account of the history of his movement, the book also provides an in-depth examination of his teaching and literary works. These factors are all inextricably interwoven since, in a way scarcely equaled by any other historical figure, the Shehu’s writings sparing directly out of the exigencies and requirements of his immediate situation and were what drove his movement foreword and gave it its momentum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs will be seen, his sole inspiration and source of guidance in every instance were the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of his Messenger (pbuh) to such a point that he even died at exactly the same age. It is also astonishing how relevant the Shehu’s teachings are, in spite of the clear difference in both time and environment, to the situation of so many Muslims in the world today and the solution to many of the problems besetting Islam are clearly indicated within its pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMalam Ibraheem Sulaiman teaches law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and is a research fellow at the University’s Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, where he was the director for a decade. He has attended seminars and conferences in many different countries and presented papers on Islam, Shari’a and political matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Diwan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673509216564,"sku":"DP001","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-African-Caliphate_-The-Life_-Works_-and-Teaching-of-Shaykh-Usman-Dan-Fodio-_1754-1817_-Diwan-Press-40088415.jpg?v=1780402342"},{"product_id":"the-four-imams","title":"The Four Imams: Their Lives, Works and their Schools of Thought","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book is a compilation of four books which deal with the lives and works of the four imams who founded the four great canonical \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/15-fiqh-jurisprudence\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eschools of thoughts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e of Islamic Fiqh. The Book was originally written in Arabic by the great Egyptian scholar and theologian Muhammad Abu Zahra and is presented in English for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhammad Abu Zahra (1898–1974) was an Egyptian public intellectual, scholar of Islamic law, and author. He also served as a member of al-Azhar's Academy of Islamic Research.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Zahra was born on March 29, 1898 in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, the second largest city in the Nile Delta. In 1913, Abu Zahra completed high school and enrolled in the Ahmadi Madrasa in Tanta. In 1916, he scored highest on the entry examination for the judiciary institute in the Gharbia rGovernorate despite being several years younger and less experienced than his colleagues.Having been rooted in traditional Azharite education, and never having studied in Europe or in Egyptian Westernized schools, Abu Zahra has been criticized by Orientalists as having a superficial grasp of Western methods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe taught at al-Azhar's faculty of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/137-theologyaqidah\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003etheology \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand later, as Professor of Islamic law at Cairo University.Between 1933 and 1942, he taught courses on the history of religions, denominations and sects at Azhar, during which time his lectures on comparative religion and Christianity were given, though the latter wasn't published until 1965.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis more than forty books include biographies of Abu Hanifah, Malik ibn Anas, Al-Shafi'i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Zayd ibn Ali, Jafar as-Sadiq, Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin, Ibn Hazm and Ibn Taymiyyah, as well as works on personal status, pious endowments (waqf), property, and crime and punishment in Islamic law.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShaykh Abdalhaqq Bewley accepted Islam in 1968 and spent some years in Morocco studying Islam. Since that time he has worked with Shaykh Dr Abdalqadir as-Sufi on the establishment of Islam and Muslim communities, which has led to periods living and teaching in Nigeria, the US, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, the Caribbean and the UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is the author of Islam, its basic practices and beliefs, Zakat: raising a fallen pillar and a number of other works. 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The author was a specialist in Islamic Studies and a professor at the American University in Cairo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Christians often find it curious that Mary figures so prominently in the Qur’an and in Muslim spiritual life. She is seen as a faithful servant of the Lord who allows God’s word to bring Jesus to life in her miraculously, and so give the world a Prophet whom Muslims revere. This work shows in inspiring detail the manner in which Muslim life and practice bring Mary to life as a faithful servant of the one God.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Aliah Schleifer\u003c\/strong\u003e lived, studied and worked in the Middle East for thirty years. Her interests and publications in the field of Islamic Studies range from the classical commentaries on the Qur’an, the prophetic traditions and Islamic jurisprudence, to Morisco Studies and Islamic mysticism. 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She received her Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In the course of her research and language training she lived for extended periods in Egypt, Jordan, India, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan and she conducts research in Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu as well as the major European languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer books include \u003cem\u003eMuslima Theology: The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians\u003c\/em\u003e (forthcoming), \u003cem\u003eShah Wali Allah’s Treatises on Islamic Law\u003c\/em\u003e (Fons Vitae 2010) and \u003cem\u003eThe Conclusive Argument from God\u003c\/em\u003e, a study and translation (from Arabic) of Shah Wali Allah of Delhi’s,\u003cem\u003e Hujjat Allah al-Baligha \u003c\/em\u003e(Brill 1996).  She was an associate editor of the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (2003). 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The life of this great spiritual master, whose teachings and personal example continue to influence lives around the world, is examined, from his early attraction to Sufi poetry and visit to the tomb of the prophet Hud - to his rise as a Sufi master and his Hajj journey to Mecca. The biographical facts of al-Haddad's life are interspersed with his spiritual teachings, including his take on the nine stages of certainty, the five investitures of taqwa, the stages of gnosis, and supernatural events. Sufi practitioners, historians, and anthropologists will come to a deeper understanding of this timeless and enduring tradition with this fascinating record of a seminal Sufi master’s life and death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImam Abd Allah ibn Alawi al-Haddad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas born in 1634 CE (1044 Hijri). He lived his entire life in the town of Tarim in Yemen’s Valley of Hadramawt and died there in 1720 CE (1132 Hijri). In Islamic history, he was considered one of the great Sufi sages. He was an adherent to the Ashari Sunni Creed of Faith (Aqeedah), while in Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh), he was a Shafi'i.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe lived at Tarim in the Hadramaut valley between Yemen and Oman, and is widely held to have been the ‘renewer’ of the twelfth Islamic century. A direct descendant of the Prophet, his sanctity and direct experience of God are clearly reflected in his writings, which include several books, a collection of Sufi letters, and a volume of mystical poetry. He spent most of his life in Kenya and Saudi Arabia where he taught Islamic jurisprudence and classical Sufism according to the order (tariqa) of the Ba'Alawi sayids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn spite of being a major source of reference among the Sunni Muslims (especially among Sufis), only recently have his books began to receive attention and publication in the English-speaking world. Their appeal lies in the concise way in which the essential pillars of Islamic belief, practice, and spirituality have been streamlined and explained efficiently enough for the modern reader. Examples of such works are The Book of Assistance, The Lives of Man, and Knowledge and Wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDr. Mostafa Badawi was born in Cairo in 1948. He graduated from Cairo University Medical School in 1971 and thereafter completed his postgraduate training in the United Kingdom in 1985. He has been practicing as a consultant psychiatrist since then. Dr. al-Badawi has authored several books in English, including Man and the Universe: An Islamic Perspective, The Prophetic Invocations, and Sufi Sage of Arabia: Biography of Imam al-Haddad.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe is a distinguished authority on the history and teachings of the Ba 'Alawi Sayyids. He studied under many shaykhs, foremost among whom is the late Habib Ahmad Mashur al-Haddad.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDr. Badawi is one of the leading contemporary translators of Islamic books from Arabic to English and has authored several books in Arabic. 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He also translated into English Habib Ahmad al-Haddad's Key to the Garden as well as Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq ash-Shabrawi's Degrees of the Soul. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents Foreword by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Preface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1 Tarim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe descendants of the Prophet reach South Yemen - spread of the Sunni Shafi’i school - civil strife in Hadramawt - Tarim becomes the capital of the Sayyids - the Haddad clan acquire their name - birth of the Imam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2 The Young Seeker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMemorizing the Quran - Beginnings on the Sufi path - The Imam's childhood companions - the Imam' s masters - the Khirqa or Sufi investiture - influences from the unseen - relationship with Shaykh Abdal-Qadir al-Jilani.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3 Stations and States\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dense veils, ailments of the heart - the nine stations of certainty: repentance, fear and hope, patience and gratitude, detachment and reliance, love and contentment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4 Structuring Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhazali on time - invocations and other devotions - teaching sessions - visiting the tomb of Prophet Hud - social activities and family affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5 The Sufi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Sufism? Who is the Sufi? Union and separation - the five investitures of taqwa - the different aspects of the Sufi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6 The Saint\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is sanctity? The Imam's behavior toward his guests - fluctuation of spiritual states between majesty and beauty - Divine protection of saints - the baraka of the Imam - powerlessness before Divine omnipotence - the lights of sanctity - dealings with the jinn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7 The Gnostic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is gnosis? Stages of gnosis: from perception of created beings, to that of the Divine acts, attributes, and essence - certainty: knowledge, eye, and truth of certainty - unveiling -contemplation - ascension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8 The Spiritual Master\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho is the spiritual master? Functions of the master - the two methods, that of the Drawn Near and that of the People of the Right Hand - spiritual transmission - protection of the disciple by the master – circumspection - reticence to reveal the secrets of the unseen - attitude toward ibn ‘Arabi and ibn al-Farid - dangers of the path - influence of the Imam in other countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9 The Scholar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDifferent kinds of Islamic sciences - breadth of the Imam's knowledge - jurisprudence, which school? - teaching activities - the Pole of Guidance - meticulous following of the sunna - definition of personal teaching role - the Imam's books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10 Doctrinal Position\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing Imam al-Shafi’i in matters of sacred law and Ash’ari in matters of tawhid - the creed of Imam al-Haddad - the question of predestination - points of divergence with the Shi’a.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11 Social Influence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefinition of the role of religious and political authorities - the Imam's opinion on the main factors of instability in Muslim society - degeneration of the times - the Imam sets an example for virtuous social behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12 The Pole\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho is the Pole? The Circle of Sainthood - attributes of the Pole - recognition by the other saints of the Imam's supremacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13 The Hajj Journey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePredictions concerning the pilgrimage of the Imam - tyranny of the governor - traveling to the Hajj - Shaykh Husayn’s hospitality - rites of the pilgrimage - karamat in Makka - visit to Madina - return to Makka - spiritual openings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14 Supernatural Events\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is a karama? -The Imam's view on such happenings - examples of supernatural events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15 The Last Days\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Imam's prediction of the time of his own death - the first signs of illness - receiving visitors during his terminal illness- investiture of his disciple - death of the Imam - the funeral - supernatural events following his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16 The Succession\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Imam's son al-Hasan and grandson Ahmad - Habib Tahir ibn ‘Umar al-Haddad and his descendants - Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad - successors from other Ba-‘Alawi clans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes Glossary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo paths to God exist for the people of this world, the path of salvation and the path of sanctification. For those who seek more than the minimum, who desire more than the average man, who want and yearn for intimate knowledge of their source and ultimate destiny, sanctification allows them that possibility. The Prophets are sanctified souls that are specially prepared by their Lord, not only as a vessel of divine knowledge but also as the means of conveying it to others. For the men and women who take from them and come after them heeding their call, it is through the path of sanctification that the prophetic path is continued in this world for others to walk the path of salvation. Without sanctified souls in the world, the path would eventually be lost, and those seeking salvation destroyed. For those who the saints call, sanctification is a process that continues throughout one’s life on earth and is finalized with a purified soul that is content and ready to return to God in a sanctified state. These souls are then able to act as milestones for those on the path of salvation. They inspire us and direct us to strive on and keep the goal of God’s presence in our hearts. Imam al-Haddad was such a soul. He, through his own teachers, tended to his soul and journeyed on the path of sanctification in order to realize the true alchemy of the hearts, turning the self from a base element, susceptible to corruption, into pure spiritual gold, free of the corrosive elements of this world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book, while a biography of one of the greatest saints in Islamic history, is more than that. It is a book of alchemy itself, filled from start to finish with the science of tasawwuf, which is and has always been the heart of the Islamic tradition. It was written by a practitioner of the outward science of psychology and the inward science of the nafs or soul, which, in the path of salvation, works to confine itself to the laws of the sacred order as articulated by the prophets, and, in Islam’s case, by the last and final messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon him), and, in the path of sanctification, works to move through the well-established states and stations of the wayfarer until true knowledge of God is realized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Badawi was a student of a direct descendant of Shaykh ‘Abdallah al-Haddad, Habib Ahmad Mashshur al-Haddad, who those of us fortunate enough to have known him personally consider a realized spiritual master and sanctified soul, and none can sanctify save God. Habib Ahmad Mashshur was an antidote for the insanity that accompanies so much religious imbalance in our times. Just as his ancestor, the subject of this book, brought renewal and light to the Islam of his time, today’s masters maintain that same light in a time that might be referred to as ‘the endarkenment’. This book is a compelling testimony to the spiritual power and influence of the sanctified soul on the world. It is, perhaps more importantly for us, a step toward reintroducing the desperately needed path of sanctification. If there was ever a time that saints were needed, it is this time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Shaykh Hamza Yusuf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, almost three centuries after Imam ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Alawi al-Haddad’s death in 1720, it is not difficult to see why his influence seems to be growing more powerful by the day and his knowledge continues to spread far and wide. Because he was one of the most accomplished scholars of all time, as well as a giant of Muslim spirituality, the task of renewing Islam fell upon him. His work restates traditional Islamic knowledge in the form best suited for his time and succeeding centuries, and has also modified the spiritual methodology of the Sufis, rendering it suitable for the Muslims of the ‘End of Time’. This modified practice he called the ‘Method of the Companions of the Right Hand’ in order to distinguish it from the much stricter ‘Method of the Drawn Near’ of his ancestors and other previous Sufis. In all these endeavors the Imam always represented the strictest orthodox current within Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImam al-Haddad received two divine gifts that were perceptible even to ordinary Muslims. The first was his ability to accurately read the developments that were to ail the Islamic community, rendering most Muslims incapable of either perusing or understanding the masterpieces of the great Imams of old. The second was the ability to express profound truths in a brief, yet astoundingly clear way. The combination of these gifts has made his writings among the most practically useful sources for the Muslims of our time in terms of a theoretical understanding of traditional Islam in all its wisdom, while remaining an easily followed guide for its application.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImam al-Haddad is still present in the lives of many Muslims. The anniversary of his death continues to be commemorated each year on all five continents. His awrad are recited daily by thousands of Muslims. His poems, which radiate love, wisdom, and knowledge, are among the most frequently sung verses in spiritual gatherings. His books have been and still are being reprinted almost yearly, formerly in Cairo but now more often in Beirut and Singapore. Many of his works have been translated into a number of languages and are benefiting thousands of people everywhere. His spiritual method is still being implemented by ‘Alawi masters, producing more masters, and thereby continually proving its efficacy in assisting spiritual travelers along the path to fruition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe relevance of this biography is therefore manifold. Since the Imam’s works are being studied by so many thousands of English speakers, many of them will naturally wish to know more about the author. This inquiry will undoubtedly lead to a stronger emotional attachment to him, and therefore to a greater effulgence of baraka, and thus engender a greater capacity to benefit from his writings. Others, perhaps attracted to Sufism though undecided as to its merits, will find much benefit from studying the life of a spiritual leader of such magnitude. Still others, harboring false ideas about the Sufi path prevalent among superficially educated Muslims of today, may find it interesting to learn about the inward spiritual dimension of so great an exoteric scholar. Over the years, many of the eminent scholars of the Muslim community have been spiritual men, whether they permit their spirituality to shine outwardly or not. As for non-Muslims, I hope they will find here much of the real worth of Islam and its most profound meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo biography can ever do justice to men of this caliber and versatility. One should note that the Imam often kept his inner states hidden. What he allowed to be noticed outwardly were the few glimpses that he felt were necessary to reveal in order to best carry out his various functions. Similarly, the Imam could not entrust much of his inward knowledge to the pages of a book as this might invite misinterpretation. The little we do have is nevertheless of immense value, as shall become clear to the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was told by a friend in the publishing business that for the Western reader such a description of the Imam’s life might seem to be an idealization, even leaving aside the few supernatural events I mention. There is little that can be done about that since the very concept of sanctity has become incomprehensible to the modern mentality. However, near perfect people do exist, and not just as legends. I have met many men of God whose character and behavior bore witness that such great saints as the Imam are still alive among Muslims today. Many people I know have also personally witnessed such a number of supernatural events as to render them ordinary, everyday occurrences, far from hearsay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were three main sources for this biography, the first of which was the Imam’s major Arabic biography, written shortly after his death by one of his closest disciples, Imam Muhammad ibn Sumay, and published in Cairo in 1990 C.E. The second source was the book of Shaykh Ahmad al-Sajjar, who collected all he was able to note of the Imam’s utterances over the course of sixteen years. These were recorded in the work, Tathbit al-Fu’ad, printed in Cairo in 1981 C.E. and again in Singapore in 1999 C.E. The third important source was the two-volume collection of his correspondence, edited by Imam Ahmad ibn Zayn al-Habashi, and printed in Cairo in 1979 C.E. Other sources include information gleaned from the Imam’s descendants (received by oral transmission from their forefathers), his published works, and his Diwan of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe hope that by making this exceptional scholar and saint better known to the public, we will have contributed to the dissemination of his message to the community, which was always the Imam’s dearest wish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuccess comes from none other than God, may He be praised and thanked for what He has granted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673772966196,"sku":"FV020","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Sufi-Sage-of-Arabia_-Imam-Abdallah-ibn-Alawi-al-Haddad-Fons-Vitae-40125248.jpg?v=1780401001"},{"product_id":"a-collection-of-sufi-rules-of-conduct","title":"A Collection of Sufi Rules of Conduct","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Collection of Sufi Rules of Conduct (Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya) was written by one of the foremost early masters of Sufism and is considered as the first work devoted to the description of the way of life and the customs of the Sufis. It represents an early attempt to illustrate the conformity of Sufi beliefs and manners with the Qur’an and the example of the Prophet (Sunna). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Collection of Sufi Rules of Conduct is therefore not only a pioneering work of ethics and mysticism, it is also a summary of the views of Sufis up till the eleventh century. It was a major influence on the development of Sufism from the eleventh century onwards. The translation by Dr. Elena Biagi includes an introduction that places the author in his historical, literary and religious context and a general glossary of Sufi technical terms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter One: The Life and Works of al-Sulami\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Two: The Adab Literary Tradition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Three: Sulami’s Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Four: The Translation of the Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGlossary: Glossary of Sufi Technical Terminology in the Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBiographical Notes: Biographical Notes on Some Major Sufi Figures Mentioned in the Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography, Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami was born in Nishapur in 937 to a prestigious family. His father was on good terms with the early Malamatiyya. When al-Sulami was young his father moved to Makkah and left al-Sulami under the care of his maternal grandfather. His grandfather, Abu ‘Amr Isma’il b. Nujayd al-Sulami (d. 971) was the spiritual heir to Abu ‘Uthman al-Hiri (d.910) who is an important figure in the formation of the Malamatiyya.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDr. Elena Biagi is Professor of Arabic at Milan University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673828573492,"sku":"ITS014","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Collection-of-Sufi-Rules-of-Conduct-Islamic-Texts-Society-40131363.jpg?v=1780373960"},{"product_id":"a-sufi-saint-of-the-twentieth-century","title":"A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Almost a prerequisite for any serious study of Sufism in European languages': this was the verdict of Seyyed Hossein Nasr in his review of the first edition of the book. According to the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, it is 'one of the most thorough and intimately engaging books on Sufism to be produced by a Western scholar'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCertainly there is nothing second-hand about it. The author lets Sufis speak for themselves and, in a series of unusual and absorbing texts mainly translated from Arabic, he gives a vivid picture of life in a North African Sufi order. Against this background stands the unforgettable figure of the Algerian Shaikh who was head of the order from 1909 until his death in 1934. The last few chapters are mainly devoted to his writings, which include some penetrating aphorisms, and which end with a small anthology of his remarkable mystic poems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Martin Lings, formerly Keeper of Oriental Manuscript in the British Museum and the British Library, is the author of three works on Islamic mysticism, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, What is Sufism? and The Book of Certainty, all published by The Islamic Texts Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A masterly study of a man whose sanctity recalled the golden age of medieval mystics. In this well documented book Dr Lings draws on many rare sources...and has made some important original contributions.’\u003c\/em\u003e A. J. Arberry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘What Martin Lings adds by way of commentary is of the greatest significance and may serve as a key to a deeper understanding of Islam as a whole.’\u003c\/em\u003e Titus Burckhardt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart One: The Path and the Order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeen from Outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Origins of Sufism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeen from Within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spiritual Master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Two: The Doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOneness of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Three Worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Symbolism of the Letters of the Alphabet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great Peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGnosis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ritual Purification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ritual Prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Further Dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelections from his Aphorisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelections from his Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix I: List of his Writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix II: The Spiritual Chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeen from Outside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative which follows is by Dr Marcel Carret. It speaks for itself and needs no introduction; and having read it, the reader will no doubt understand why I have chosen to begin with it rather than with anything else, although at its outset the Shaikh is already fifty years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I met the Shaikh Al-Alawi for the first time in the spring of 1920. It was not a chance meeting, for I had been called in to him in my capacity as doctor. It was then only a few months since I had started a practice at Mostaganem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘What could have prompted the Shaikh to consult a doctor, seeing that he attached so little importance to the petty misfortunes of the flesh. And why had he chosen me, a newcomer, from among so many others?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘It was from him himself that I eventually learned the answers to these questions: not long after my arrival at Mostaganem, I had set up a clinic in the Arab town of Tigitt exclusively for the use of Moslems, and three times a week I gave consultations there for a minimum fee. Moslems have an instinctive repugnance for State-organized dispensaries, and my clinic, which was set up in their very midst and arranged to suit their tastes and customs, was a success. Echoes of this came to the ears of the Shaikh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘His attention was attracted by this initiative on the part of a newly arrived French doctor who, unlike most Europeans, apparently did not look down on Moslems from the heights of a disdainful pride. Without my knowing it, and without the least attempt at investigation on his part, he was benevolently informed by his disciples as to how I looked, What I did, my movements, my way of treating the sick and my sympathetic attitude towards Moslems. As a result, the Shaikh Al-‘Alawi already knew me quite well when I was still ignorant of his very existence. A rather serious attack of influenza which he had during the spring of 1920 made him decide to send for me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘From my first contact with him I had the impression of being in the presence of no ordinary personality. The room I was shown into, like all rooms in Moslem houses, was without furniture. There were simply two chests which, as I found out later, were full of books and manuscripts. But the floor was covered from end to end with carpets and rush mats. In one corner was a rug-covered mattress, and here, with some cushions at his back, sitting straight upright, cross-legged, with his hands on his knees, was the Shaikh, in a motionless hieratic attitude which seemed at the same time perfectly natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The first thing that struck me was his likeness to the usual representations of Christ. His clothes, so nearly if not exactly the same as those which Jesus must have worn, the fine lawn head-cloth which framed his face, his whole attitude—everything conspired to reinforce the likeness. It occurred to me that such must have been the appearance of Christ when he received his disciples at the time when he was staying with Martha and Mary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘My surprise stopped me for a moment on the threshold. He too fixed his eyes on\u003cem\u003e my\u003c\/em\u003e face, but with a far-away look, and then broke the silence by asking me to come in, with the usual words of welcome. His nephew, Sidi Muhammad, acted as his interpreter, for although the Shaikh understood French well he had some difficulty in speaking it, and in the presence of a stranger he made as if he did not know it at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I asked for some sandals to cover my shoes, so as not to defile the carpets and the mats, but he said that this was quite unnecessary. A chair was brought for me, but it seemed so ridiculous in such surroundings that I declined it, saying I would rather sit on a cushion. The Shaikh smiled almost imperceptibly, and I felt that by this simple gesture I had already gained his sympathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘His voice was gentle, somewhat subdued. He spoke little, in short sentences, and those about him obeyed in silence, waiting on his least word or gesture. One felt that he was surrounded by the deepest reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I already knew something of Moslem ways, and realizing that I had to do something with someone who was not just ‘anyone’, I was careful not to broach too abruptly the subject for which I had been called in. I let the Shaikh question me, through Sidi Muhammad, about my stay in Mostaganem, what had brought me there, the difficulties I had met with, and how far I was satisfied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘During this conversation a young disciple had brought in a large brass tray with some mint-flavoured tea and some cakes. The Shaikh took nothing, but invited me to drink when the tea had been served, and himself pronounced the “Bismillah” (in the Name of God) for me as I raised the cup to my lips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘It was only after all this usual ceremony was over that the Shaikh decided to talk to me about his health. He said that he had not sent for me to prescribe medicines for him; certainly, he would take medicine, if I thought it was absolutely necessary and even if I thought it would help him, but he had no desire to do so. He simply wanted to know if the illness he had contracted a few days previously was a serious one. He relied on me to tell him quite frankly, and without keeping anything back, what I thought of his condition. The rest was of little or no importance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘ I felt more and more interested and intrigued: a sick man who has not the cult of medicines is rare enough as it is, but a sick man who has no particular desire to get better and who simply wants to know where he stands is still a greater rarity.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Lings\u003c\/strong\u003e (1909–2005), also known as Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din, was an English writer, a student of Frithjof Schuon and a renowned British Shakespearean scholar, with degrees in English and Arabic from London University and Oxford University. At Oxford, he studied English under C. S. Lewis, who later became a close friend. Lings taught at several European universities and the University of Cairo and served as the keeper of Oriental manuscripts for the British Museum and the British Library. His friendship and similar beliefs with philosophers René Guénon and Frithjof Schuon inspired Lings to convert to Islam. He went on to become an influential member of Western Muslim society, participating in several international Islamic councils and conferences, including acting as consultant to the World of Islam Festival Trust. He is the author of twelve books on religion and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673829196084,"sku":"ITS015","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Sufi-Saint-of-the-Twentieth-Century-Islamic-Texts-Society-40131510.jpg?v=1780374919"},{"product_id":"the-search-for-truth-the-life-and-teaching-methods-of-the-indian-sufi-shaykh-hazrat-maulvi-muhammad-said-khan","title":"The Search for Truth: The Life and Teaching Methods of the Indian Sufi Shaykh Hazrat Maulvi Muhammad Sa‘id Khan","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eProviding insight into the life and teachings of Hazrat Maulvi Mohammed Sa'id Khan, this chronicle supplements a selection of his instructions, letters, and discourses with explanatory and contextual writings from the author, Khan's student of more than 30 years. Presented as a tribute to Khan’s life, this journal also acts as a treatise on the teaching and practice of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/22-tasawwuf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eSufism \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby the Shayks and an explanation of their methodology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHazrat Azad Rasool (1921-2006)\u003cem\u003e (may Allah protect his secrets)\u003c\/em\u003e, Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid’s teacher, received the consent from his Shaykh, Maulana Mohammad Saeed Khan (may Allah’s blessings be upon him), to establish the Institute for Search of Truth in New Delhi to serve the needs of Westerners who wish to pursue the Sufic path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Institute emphasizes the teachings and practices of the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddadiyya Order.  Branches of the Institute (under the name “School of Sufi Teaching”) are currently active in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Poland, and other countries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHazrat is the author of Turning Toward the Heart: Awakening to the Sufi Way (Forty Questions and Answers). He also published several tracts in Urdu, including two booklets on the lives of earlier Shaykhs of his line: The Biography of Shaykh ul-Tariqat Hazrat Hamid Hasan Al-Alawi and The Biography of Hazrat Syyed Abdul Bari Shah, both by Hazrat’s Shaykh, Shaykh ul-Tariqat Hazrat Mohammed Saeed Khan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid has been the khalif of Hazrat Azad Rasool since 1984. Shaykh Hamid Hasan has been the representative of his father since 2006.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673848135988,"sku":"FV051","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Search-for-Truth_-The-Life-and-Teaching-Methods-of-the-Indian-Sufi-Shaykh-Hazrat-Maulvi-Muhammad-Sa_id-Khan-Fons-Vitae-40136560.jpg?v=1780408688"},{"product_id":"classification-of-knowledge-in-islam","title":"Classification of Knowledge in Islam","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe classification of knowledge is a recurring theme in Islamic scholarship. Successive generations of Muslim scholars, from al-Kindi in the ninth century to Shah Waliallah of Delhi in the eighteenth century, have devoted considerable efforts to the exposition of this theme. The lives and the ideas of the three thinkers discussed in \u003cem\u003eClassification of Knowledge in Islam\u003c\/em\u003e - al-Farabi (870-950AD), al-Ghazali (1058-1111AD) and Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236-1311AD) - cover the pivotal period of Islamic history from the first flourishing of the philosophical sciences to the sacking of Baghdad by the Mongols.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn addition, each of these three thinkers was either a founder or an eminent representative of a major intellectual school in Islam. Al-Farabi was the founder and one of the most prominent representatives of the \u003cem\u003emashsha’i\u003c\/em\u003e (Peripatetic) school of philosopher-scientists. Al-Ghazzali is still recognised as the most famous theologian\/sufi of Islam. Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi represents the \u003cem\u003eishraqi\u003c\/em\u003e(Illuminationists) school of philosophy. Prof. Osman Bakar’s \u003cem\u003eClassification of Knowledge in Islam\u003c\/em\u003ei s the first work of its kind in the English language and is based on extensive scholarships and reference to the original texts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘This book must be considered as an important contribution to a better understanding of certain significant aspects of classical Islamic thought. The work is also an important contribution to the Islamic philosophy of science...’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- From the Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One: Al-Farabi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Life, Works and Significance of al-Farabi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Farabi’s Psychology in its Relation to the Hierarchy of the Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Methodological Basis of the Hierarchy of the Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Ontological and Ethical Bases of the Hierarchy of the Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eClassification and Description of Linguistic Science and Logic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eClassification and Description of the Philosophical Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: Al-Ghazzali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Life, Works and Significance of al-Ghazzali.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazzali’s Classification of Seekers after Knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazzali Classification of the Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three: Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Life, Works and Significance of Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eQutb al-Din’s Classification of the Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt from the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAl-Farabi’s Psychology In Its Relation To The Hierarchy Of The Sciences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2.1 The idea of the Unity and Hierarchy of the Sciences\u003cbr\u003e No\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eproper, in-depth philosophical study of al-Farabi’s classification of the sciences, indeed of any worthy classification, is possible without a prior investigation into certain aspects of epistemology. This investigation must provide the philosophical basis of classification. It is only in the light of such an epistemological paradigm that we can unveil the true significance of why, for example, al-Farabi chose the scheme of classifying the sciences that he did, why a number of sciences in his day, such as alchemy and the interpretation of dreams, were excluded from his enumeration (although he wrote treatises on them), and why the religious sciences of jurisprudence (\u003cem\u003eilm al-fiqh\u003c\/em\u003e) and \u003cem\u003ekalam\u003c\/em\u003e (dialectical theology) do not seem to occupy a central position in his classification. N. Rescher, in fact, treated the \u003cem\u003eIhya al-ulum\u003c\/em\u003e, the treatise in which the above classification is given, as one of al-Farabi’s important works on epistemology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe most fundamental idea related to traditional epistemology to which al-Farabi fully subscribed is that of the unity and the hierarchy of the sciences. The profound relationship between this idea and traditional epistemology may be expressed by saying that in one sense the idea is the fruit of traditional inquiry into epistemology, while in another sense it is a basis of that inquiry. The former is true, use this idea results from the application of the doctrine of \u003cem\u003eTawhid \u003c\/em\u003e(Unity of the divine principle) to the whole domain of human intelligence and its activities of thinking and knowing. In inquiring into the problem of how a person knows—that is, the methodology of\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eknowledge (\u003cem\u003eal-ilm\u003c\/em\u003e) in its most comprehensive sense one cannot but be confronted by the hierarchic nature and reality of the subjective and objective poles of knowledge. We are, in other words, confronted with the hierarchy of the faculties and powers of knowing within the human knowing subject and the world of beings that are knowable and known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis hierarchy in both the microcosmic and macrocosmic orders of reality represents many manifestations of the divine principle. The idea of the hierarchy of the sciences, al-Farabi would say, is rooted in the nature of things. The sciences constitute a unity because, as will be explained in chapter three, their ultimate source is one, namely the divine intellect. This is true regardless of the intermediary agencies through which people may have acquired these sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe idea of the unity and hierarchy of the sciences may also be regarded as a basis for traditional epistemology. This is true in a human society closely bound to revelation, like the society in which al-Farabi lived and thought. There, the idea of a hierarchy of reality is very much alive. Thanks to the teaching of revelation, that idea is accepted as an axiomatic philosophical truth. It is evident that the idea of hierarchy is rooted in Islamic revelation from the following teachings of the Qur’an and\u003cem\u003ehadiths. \u003c\/em\u003eFirst, the Qur’anic verses themselves are of various grades in respect of value although all of them are believed to be of divine origin This is because they deal with different levels of reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe celebrated Verse of the Throne (\u003cem\u003eayat al-kursi\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewas described by the Prophet as the chief (\u003cem\u003esayyidah\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eof the Qur’anic verses. As explained by al-Ghazzali, the reason for this is that the verse is exclusively “concerned with the divine essence, attributes and works” and that “it contains nothing other than these.” Moreover, according to another prophetic \u003cem\u003ehadith, \u003c\/em\u003ethe greatest divine name (\u003cem\u003eal-ism al-a’zam\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003elies in the Verse of he Throne. The Prophet also said that the Chapter of Sincerity or Purity (\u003cem\u003eSurat al-ikhlas\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich is made up of four short verses, equals one third of the Qur’an. The high position occupied by this chapter is due to the fact that it concerns knowledge of the \u003cem\u003eHaqiqah \u003c\/em\u003eor the divine reality, which is the most excellent of the three fundamental forms or levels of knowledge contained in the Qur’an. The other two divisions of the Qur’anic verses deal respectively with the \u003cem\u003eTariqah \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eShari’ah\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eboth which reflect the \u003cem\u003eHaqiqah \u003c\/em\u003eat their own levels. The \u003cem\u003eTaflqah\u003c\/em\u003e, the esoteric spiritual path to God, is the qualitative and vertical extension of the \u003cem\u003eShari’ah, \u003c\/em\u003ethe divine law which is the general path to God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe scriptural evidence cited above indicates that the hierarchic structure of the Qur’an reflects the structure of objective reality. There are, however, numerous verses which refer directly to the hierarchy of creation. These speak of the tripartite division of the verse into the heavens, the earth, and the intermediate world. There is also the lower heaven and the higher angelic world which is nearer to God. Angels, according to both the Qur’an and \u003cem\u003ehadiths, \u003c\/em\u003ehave been created by God with different ranks. Revelation also teaches that both Paradise and Hell are characterized by degrees.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOne finds numerous references in the Qur’an and \u003cem\u003ehadiths \u003c\/em\u003eto the idea of degrees of intellectual and spiritual realization or the subjective experience of reality. We have, for example, a hierarchy of believers and knowers, as testified by the following verse: “God raises in degrees those of you who believe and those to whom knowledge is given. According to Ibn ‘Abbas (d.68\/687-688), a companion of Prophet, the learned rank seven hundred grades above ordinary believers. There is, further, the hierarchy of witnesses of divine unity. Says the Qur’an: “God bears witness that there is no god but Him, and so do His angels and those endowed with knowledge standing firm on justice.” We may also mention here the three main categories or divisions of mankind after the Day of Judgment. In Qur’anic terminology, these are (1) those nearest to God (\u003cem\u003eal­muqarrabun\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e(2)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethe Companions of the Right Hand (\u003cem\u003eashab al­maimanah\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ethat is the righteous generally, and (3) the Companions of the Left Hand (\u003cem\u003eashab al-mashamah\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ethose who will be placed in the abode of misery because they have rejected God and His Message or have led a wicked and sinful life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe above references to the Qur’an and the prophetic traditions, although by no means exhaustive, are sufficient in our view for the purpose we have in mind, namely to demonstrate that the idea of hierarchy is rooted in the Islamic revelation. Since the hierarchic structure of reality extends to all domains of cosmic manifestation, including the realm of human intelligence and cognition, its corollaries in these domains (one of which is the hierarchy of the sciences) are operative in most people’s minds when they deal with the ace of things in the cosmic order. Thus, in the second sense referred to earlier and in the way of looking at the genesis of philosophical and scientific concepts, al-Farabi’s inquiry into psychology represents no more than an attempt to give a rational dress to the metaphysical idea of the hierarchy of beings and of knowledge. Al-Farabi certainly did not discover the above metaphysical idea through the process of rational inquiry. Rather, this idea acts as one of the principal guides to that inquiry, while at the same time being confirmed by it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAlthough the idea of hierarchy was generally accepted medieval Muslim thinkers, it was by no means conceptualized and understood in only one way. We may speak of the distinctly Farabian exposition of this idea. Accordingly, in the next three chapters, I deal with what I consider to be al-Farabi’s treatment a understanding of the specific idea of the unity and the hierarchy of sciences.\u003cbr\u003e ​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Osman Bakar\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar, teacher and author whose writings are known throughout many Islamic countries and by Western scholars of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDr. Bakar was born in Temerloh in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. He completed his undergraduate degree with Honors and an M.Sc. in Mathematics (specializing in Algebra) at London University. In 1981, Osman Bakar entered Temple University where he completed an M.A. in Comparative Religion and his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science\/Islamic Philosophy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOsman Bakar served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor\/Vice President of Academics and was the first holder of the Chair of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur), a post he held until 2001. He is one of the founding members and has also served as President of the Islamic Academy of Science of Malaysia. His research interests include Southeast Asian Islam, particularly Malaysian-Indonesian Islam, contemporary Islamic thought, and religion and science in the Islamic context, both classical and modern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMany of his essays have appeared in numerous journals, chapters in various books, and in encyclopedias. His books, \u003cem\u003eClassification of Knowledge in Islam\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTawhid and Science\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCivilizational Dialogue\u003c\/em\u003e, among others, have been translated into Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, Persian, Spanish, Turkish, and Urdu. In 1994 he was awarded the honorary title of \"Dato\" by the Sultan of Pahang and by the King of Malaysia in 2000. Dr. Bakar has received additional recognition for his work, including the Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. He has also served as a consultant to various agencies such as the United Nations and UNESCO.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCurrently, Dr. Osman Bakar is the Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia, Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding and is a member of the Centre’s Academic Council (part of the School of Foreign Service), where he teaches courses on Contemporary Islam in Southeast Asia, Religion and Science in Islam, and Dialogue of Civilizations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOsman Bakar's essay \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Nature and Extent of Criticism of Evolutionary Theory\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is included in the anthology \u003cem\u003eScience and the Myth of Progress \u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(\u003cstrong\u003eForeword By\u003c\/strong\u003e) Seyyed Hossein Nasr\u003c\/strong\u003e (born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and a prominent Islamic philosopher. He is the author of many scholarly books and articles.Nasr is a Muslim Persian philosopher and renowned scholar of comparative religion, a lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon, and writes in the fields of Islamic esoterism, Sufism, philosophy of science, and metaphysics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNasr was the first Muslim to deliver the distinguished Gifford Lectures, and in year 2000, a volume was devoted to him in the prestigious Library of Living Philosophers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eProfessor Nasr speaks and writes based on the doctrine and the viewpoints of the perennial philosophy on subjects such as philosophy, religion, spirituality, music, art, architecture, science, literature, civilizational dialogues, and the natural environment. He also wrote two books of poetry (namely \u003cem\u003ePoems of the Way\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrimage of Life and the Wisdom of Rumi\u003c\/em\u003e), and has been even described as a 'polymath'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNasr speaks Persian, English, French, German, Spanish and Arabic fluently.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673857638708,"sku":"ITS023","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Classification-of-Knowledge-in-Islam-Islamic-Texts-Society-40140681.jpg?v=1780381181"},{"product_id":"the-way-of-abu-madyan","title":"The Way of Abu Madyan","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is the first English translation of works attributed to Abu Madyan, a seminal figure of Sufism in Muslim Spain and North Africa. The Arabic text accompanying the English translation also represents the first scholarly edition of these works in the original language. The variety of Abu Madyan’s \u003cem\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/em\u003e, which includes doctrinal treatises, aphorisms, and poetical works in the ode, \u003cem\u003eqasida\u003c\/em\u003e, style, provides a unique opportunity for students of Arabic and Sufism, as well as the interested layman, to experience several of the most important genres of religious writing in the Islamic Middle Period. The Arabic texts have been extensively vocalised in order to aid the student. The work as a whole is well-suited for use as a reader for advanced level classes in the Arabic language. In addition, notes have been provided in the English translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Arabic parallel text, set by DecoType, Amsterdam, marks the debut of a new form of calligraphic typesetting in the classical \u003cem\u003eNashk\u003c\/em\u003estyle, combining state-of-the-art computer technology with unique faithfulness to the great calligraphic tradition of the Islamic world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe World of Maghrebi Sufism in the Twelfth Century AD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Career of Abu Madyan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Madyan and Sufism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Texts and their Translations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Supplication for Forgiveness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Blessed Creed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBasic Principles of the Sufi Path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Intimacy of the Recluse and Pastime of the Seeker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e5-12. Numerous Qasidas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix I: The Ode in Nun by Ali ibn Isma’il ibn Hirzihim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix II: A Treatise on Sufism by Abu Ya’za Yalannur ibn Maymun ad-Dukkali.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbu Madyan\u003c\/strong\u003e (1126–1198), also known as \u003cstrong\u003eAbu Madyan S̲h̲u'ayb\u003c\/strong\u003e, or \u003cstrong\u003eAbū Madyan\u003c\/strong\u003e, or \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSidi\u003c\/em\u003e Bou-Mediene\u003c\/strong\u003e, or \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSidi\u003c\/em\u003e Abu Madyan Shuayb ibn al-Hussein al-Ansari\u003c\/strong\u003e, was an influential Andalusian mystic and a great Sufi master.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSome even refer to him as the national figure of Maghreb mysticism as he was such a forerunner of Sufism in this geographical area. Devoted to the fervent service of God, he helped introduce looking into oneself and harmonizing internal occurrences with the external observances through asceticism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Madyan was born in Cantillana, a small town about 35 km away from Seville, in 1126. He came from an obscure family and his parents were poor. As he grew up, he learned the trade of a weaver as it was a popular practice at the time. As a young adult, Madyan moved to Marrakech where he joined a group of Andalusian soldiers and worked as a guard for the city. His insatiable hunger for knowledge, however, piqued his interest in the Qur'an and the study of religion and mysticism. The basic principles and virtues taught at Madyan’s school in Bejaia were repentance (\u003cem\u003etawba\u003c\/em\u003e), asceticism (\u003cem\u003ezuhd\u003c\/em\u003e), paying visits to other masters, and service to experienced masters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe emphasized \u003cem\u003efutuwa\u003c\/em\u003e (youth\/chivalry) but only when accompanied by the obedience of devotees to their master, the avoidance of disagreements between devotees, justice, constancy, nobility of mind, the denunciation of the unjust, and a feeling of satisfaction with the gifts of God. Aside from attaining Ghawth status and teaching hundreds and hundreds of disciples, Abu Madyan left his mark in more ways than one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe gained immense popularity because he was relatable, despite his high scholarly status. He had a personality and way of speaking that united people from all walks of life, from the common people to the academics. Even to this day, scholars say that no one of the time surpassed him in religious and intellectual influence. His school produced hundreds of saints and out of the 46 Sufi saints in the Rif region, 15 were his disciples. People still visit his tomb today for pilgrimage from all around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVincent Cornell\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American scholar of Islam. From 2000 to 2006 he was a Professor of History and Director of the King Fahd Centre for Middle East and Islamic Studies at the University of Arkansas. He was an advisor to the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary \u003cem\u003eMuhammad: Legacy of a Prophet\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation. He left Arkansas in 2006 to become a Professor of History at Emory University, in Atlanta. Sufism and Islamic philosophy are among his specialities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs a Muslim and self-described \"critical traditionalist\", Cornell has publicly deplored what he calls the superficiality of modern-day Islamic practices, which he sees as removed from the religion's traditions of deliberation. In his view, context should be taken into account in interpreting the sacred texts of Islam, and that in the globalized world of shifting ideas, Muslims cannot isolate themselves from reflexivity. He is critical of the spread of Wahhabism in the last several decades -- a phenomenon he attributes to a \"corporate\" form of organized Islam fuelled by petro dollars. Nevertheless, he cautions against a simplistic view that \"demonizes\" the role played by the Saudi monarchy, which he sees as compelled to promote Wahhabism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTHE CAREER OF ABU MADYAN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe man who was to become the most influential figure of the developmental period of North African Sufism, Abu Madyan Shu’ayb ibn al-Husayn al-Ansari, who was called by later biographers the ‘Shaykh of Shaykhs, Imam of the Ascetics and the Pious, Lord of the Gnostics, and Exemplar of the Seekers’, and who remains known to posterity as ‘Abu Madyan the Nurturer’ (\u003cem\u003eal-Ghawth\u003c\/em\u003e), entered the world in inauspicious circumstances. Born around the year 509\/1115-16 at the fortress of Cantillana in the region of Seville (Ishbiliya) in Muslim Spain, the future shaykh was orphaned early in life by the unexpected death of his father and suffered cruel treatment and exploitation at the hands of his elder brothers. Fortunately, Abu Madyan’s own account of the often difficult, formative period of his intellectual development is available to the modem student of Sufism via the efforts of a near contemporary, the Moroccan biographer Abu Ya’qub Yusuf ibn Yahya at-Tadili (d. 627\/1229-30), who reproduced many of the shaykh’s autobiographical comments in his \u003cem\u003eKitab al-tashawwuf ila rijal at-tasawwuf\u003c\/em\u003e, written a short time after the latter’s death:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eI was an orphan in al-Andalus. My brothers made me a shepherd for their flocks, but whenever I saw someone praying or reciting [the Qur’an], it pleased me. I would come near to him and found a sadness in my soul because I had not memorized anything from the Qur’an and did not know how to pray. So I resolved to run away in order to learn how to read and pray.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eI ran away, but my brother caught up with me, spear in hand, and said, ‘By God, if you do not return I will kill you!’ So I returned and remained for a short time. Then I strengthened my resolve to flee by night. I slipped away at night and took another road [from that which I had originally followed]. My brother [again] caught up with me after sunrise. He drew his sword against me and said, ‘By God, I will kill you and be rid of you!’ Then he raised his sword over me in order to strike me. I parried him with a piece of wood that was in my hand and his sword broke and flew into pieces. When he saw [what had happened] he said to me, ‘Oh my brother, go wherever you wish’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eUpon leaving the region of Seville, the young Abu Madyan traveled south for three or four days, until he reached a hillock near the sea, upon which he found a tent. An old man (\u003cem\u003eshaykh\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ewearing nothing except what was necessary to cover his nakedness, emerged from the tent and walked toward him. Thinking that the younger man was a captive who had fled from a Christian raiding parry, he asked Abu Madyan about his situation. When told of the young man’s desire to learn the fundamentals of Islam, the shaykh allowed him to remain in his company for a few days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThen he took a rope, tied a nail to its end, threw it into the sea, and pulled out a fish, which he cooked so that I could eat it. I stayed with him for three days, and whenever I was hungry he would throw that rope and nail into the sea and pull out a fish. Then he would cook it and I would eat it. After [three days had passed] he said to me, ‘I see that you covet honor (\u003cem\u003eamr\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003eReturn to the city, for God is not [properly] worshipped except with knowledge.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHeeding his ascetic companion’s advice, Abu Madyan returned to Seville, from whence he proceeded to Jerez (Sharish) and Algeciras (al-Jazira al-Khadra’). From Algeciras he crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to Tangier (Tanja) and went from there to Ceuta (Sabta), where he labored for a time in the employ of local fishermen. Impatient to gain the knowledge he so earnestly desired, with the little money he had earned Abu Madyan next traveled to Marrakesh (Marrakush), then the rapidly growing capital of the Almoravid state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eUpon arriving in Marrakesh, Abu Madyan was recruited by these mercenaries and drafted into the regiment of Andalusians that was charged with defending the Almoravid capital. The shaykh apparently suffered further exploitation during the period of his military service, for he mentions that other, more experienced soldiers would regularly steal his wages, leaving him only a little with which to provide for his needs. Finally, someone said to him, ‘If you want to devote yourself to religion, go to the city of Fez (Fas).’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSo I turned toward [Fez] and attached myself to its mosque-university (the famous \u003cem\u003eJami’ al-Qarawiyyin\u003c\/em\u003e), where I learned to make the ablution and the prayer and sat in the study circles of legists and \u003cem\u003ehadith\u003c\/em\u003e specialists. I retained nothing of their words, however, until I sat at the feet of a shaykh whose words were retained firmly within my heart. I asked whom he was and was told, ‘Abu’l-Hasan [Ali] ibn Hirzihim’. [I went to this shaykh] and told him that I could memorize only what I had learned from him alone and he said to me, ‘These [others] speak with parts of their tongues, but their words are not worthy [even] to call the prayer. 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But did you know that during his lifetime he was a scholar, a saint and a penniless wanderer? In this short biography, you will discover how Al-Ghazali rose from his humble background as a fatherless young boy from a small town, to become a successful student, a great teacher and the most famous thinker on Islam of his time. It also reveals why, after years of success, he left behind his prestigious position and his family, and became a penniless traveler trying to experience the peace of a content inner life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAward-winning author, Edoardo Albert, brings this most extraordinary of Muslims to life for a new generation, demonstrating his enduring influence and importance for Islamic civilization and the wider world. With numerous extracts from Al-Ghazali’s own autobiography carefully rendered into contemporary English, this book makes the man many consider to be one the most important Muslims in history accessible to all. Illustrated throughout with photographs, pictures and maps, the rich and diverse world that produced Al-Ghazali is also brought vividly alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdoardo Albert\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer of Sri Lankan and Italian extraction based in London. He specializes in religion, travel and archaeology, and gets up early in the morning (5 am!) to write stories. The best response to his writing was when he reduced a friend to helpless, hysterical, rolling-on-the-floor-holding-his-stomach laughter. Unfortunately, the writing in question was a lonely hearts ad. 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Ramadan is more than tarówiú, recitation of Qur’an, and fasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a time to gain closeness with Allah and to remove the accumulated effects of sins, bad environments, and our ghafla (forgetfulness of Allah) throughout the year. It provides a beautiful spiritual curriculum for gaining closeness with Allah by retreating into the house of Allah, breaking our ties and connections with the world, and spending our time in meditation and devotions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book presents the example of how one of the greatest hadith scholars of the past century, Shaikh al-Hadith Muhammad Zakariyya, and other notable scholars, left their religious duties of teaching Qur’an and hadith to devote their time in austere devotion and worship of Allah in the blessed month.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDespite his busy schedule and scholarly work of hadith, Shaikh al-Hadith Muhammad Zakariyya devoted the whole month of Ramadan to connect those who came to sit in his pious company with Allah and to ignite the flame of love of Allah, love for the Blessed Prophet (peace be upon him), and perpetual remembrance of Allah in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book is an excellent firsthand account of how the great scholars of Islam utilized each moment of this blessed month. It is an inspirational and motivational book that will, inshallah, change the way we view and utilize the blessed month of Ramadan.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHazrat Dr. Mohammad Ismail Memon\u003c\/strong\u003e Madani was born in 1935 in a small town, known as Mangrole, in Junagadh state, India. After the partition of the Indian subcontinent, his family moved to Pakistan and settled in Karachi.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHis quest for knowledge began while a young student. While completing his formal education in Medicine at the Dow Medical College, he also learned the Arabic language and other religious subjects at Darul-Uloom Karachi. In 1961, he completed his study of medicine and shortly thereafter, migrated to Saudi Arabia to serve as the official Medical Officer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe was a sincere student of the prominent late Shaikhul Hadith, Shaikh Zakariya rahmatullahi alayh who taught many Islamic Sciences in Madinah Munawarrah for almost 10 years. Hazrat Dr. Ismail.s regular attendance and devotion to his teacher quickly made him one of Shaikh Zakariya’s beloved students.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1967, he received Ijazah for Bai.yah from Shaikh Zakariya rahmatullahi alayh He also had close friendship with the late Shaikh Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi rahmatullahi alayh.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe migrated from Madinat-ul-Munawwara to Canada with the intention of establishing an Islamic Educational Institution in 1986. 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How can two authentic narrations from the Messenger of Allah appear to contradict one another? When is it acceptable for Muslims to differ over religious matters? What did the Messenger mean when he said, “The differences of my Umma are a source of mercy?”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003eUsing examples from the Messenger of Allah, his Companions, and their Followers, The Differences of the Imams answers these puzzling questions in a thorough and concise manner. In a clear and lucid style, the author illustrates the various ways in which different narrations seem to contradict one another and how the Companions and the Imams of jurisprudence have reconciled these apparent differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003eThis work is an excellent resource for anyone seeking to better understand some of the deeper issues of hadith and jurisprudence: how these two disciplines come together to form the basis of Islamic law [\u003cem\u003eShari'a\u003c\/em\u003e], why it is necessary to follow a school of Islamic law, and what the basic principles of hadith scholarship are.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"emphasize\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise of the Author from Distinguished Scholars\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e“Shaykh and honorable Imam; jurist and noble scholar of hadith; the fragrant flower of India and Arabia; master of spiritual realities [\u003cem\u003ehaqiqa\u003c\/em\u003e] and allusions [\u003cem\u003emajaz\u003c\/em\u003e]; our leader and our blessing (from Allah).” —Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda, Halab, Syria\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e“It is evident to one who takes a look at his works that he had a brilliancy, both in knowledge and with the pen, like that of Ibn al-Jawzi and Imam Ghazali. Of the scholars of his era, I know of no one comparable to him in this regard, except Imam 'Abd al-Hayy al-Farangi Mahalli (of Lucknow).” —Sa'id Ahmad Akbarabadi, Aligarh, India\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e“Morally outstanding, hadith scholar, a remnant of the predecessors and splendor of the successors, blessed Imam, caller to Allah, my master and my teacher: Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya.” —Sayyid Muhammad Ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki, Madina Munawwara\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Thread Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674181222708,"sku":"WTP003","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Differences-of-the-Imams-White-Thread-Press-40248820.jpg?v=1780403537"},{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-a-moroccan-soufi","title":"The Autobiography of a Moroccan Soufi","description":"\u003cp\u003eIbn Ajiba, an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawi Sufi lineage, wrote his fahrasa or autobiography not for the pleasure of talking about himself but \"to celebrate God's kindness\" by informing others of the graces bestowed on him. This account details Ibn Ajiba's travels in search of both secular and spiritual knowledge; his entrance on a Sufi path strongly based within the Islamic tradition; and the social, intellectual, and spiritual struggles that such a search entailed. He spent time in prison, and time in ecstasy. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHe tells his tale with humility and a sense of humor, and the story manages to be at the same time practical (details of how much he paid to workmen to build a house or advice to his followers on how to consummate their marriages) and spiritual (explaining the subtleties of mystical experience and how the esoteric way is superior to the exoteric). His zeal for both intellectual learning and the devotional path are apparent on every page. Long unavailable to Western readers, this new English translation by David Streight is based on the contemporary French version by Jean-Louis Michon, a longtime scholar of Islamic culture and traditional ideas in the North African country where Ibn Aijba lived and taught. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" This lengthy and fascinating book is a rare example of the genre of autobiography in Islamic literature. It deals with everything from the little details of everyday life to the mystical states experienced on the path to God. It will be welcomed by everyone interested in the day-to-day workings of Islamic society, the interplay between \"exoteric\" and \"esoteric\" learning in the dynamics of Islamic understanding, and the place of the Sufi path in the personal and social life of the community. Recommended for historians and anthropologists, general readers, spiritual seekers, and Sufi adepts.\"\u003cbr\u003e                          - William C. Chittick, State University New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" A fascinating account of the life of a prolific, yet little known, Moroccan Sufi that casts special light on the socio-cultural and religious milieu of eighteenth-century northwest Africa. By tracing the events of his life between the extremes of the mundane and the spiritual, Ibn ‘Ajiba paints a detailed and engaging picture of what a person eager for spiritual fulfillment had to learn, practice, and endure along the path of Sufism. In addition to the details of his genealogy, marriages, travels, contact, the geographical and tribal “maps” of his world (of interest to anthropologists and social historians), Ibn ‘Ajiba provides some insightful commentaries on the Islamic exoteric and esoteric sciences and alludes to the canonical texts in circulation. His preoccupation with the intricacies of daily life foregrounds his reflections and experiences gracefully against the rich, and often disharmonious mosaic of the social, intellectual, pedagogical, and moral values of the time. Michon’s rendering of the original text into French is masterful and elegant, and Streight’s competent translation into English has the subtlety and transparency necessary to reveal Michon’s erudite scholarship. The book will be of interest to scholars of Sufism and the socio-cultural history of Morocco and North Africa.\"\u003cbr\u003e                                - Samer Akkach, University of Adelaide\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One Day I was in my khalwa, on the upper floor of the house. One of my wives got into a rage and came in seething with jealousy. She came up to where I was, grabbed me by the collar, and pulled me, rolling down the stairs; then she showed me out the door and bolted it, forcing me to spend the night outdoors.” [1] This amusing anecdote is taken from the chapter on ‘Regarding Women We Have Married…’ from Ahmad Ibn Ajiba’s Fahrasa. For those who are light readers like myself and fall asleep within ten minutes of opening a book, the humour and style of the Fahrasa will keep you awake beyond those crucial opening minutes! However, care needs to be taken when reading the book as it is a secondary translation, based on a French translation of the original Arabic by Jean Louis-Michon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fahrasa is an autobiography by ibn Ajiba who was an 18th century Darqawi [2] Sufi Shaykh from the Maghreb. The book is a narrative of the journey Ibn Ajiba undertook to seek worldly and religious knowledge. The early chapters concentrate on his background and the company of virtuous and noble people that he kept. We see that he had a traditional scholarly upbringing, memorising Qur’an and hadith and devoted his time to the exoteric sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIbn Ajiba took the Darqawi tariqa around 1793-1794, and describes the trials that he was inflicted with later. It was not until Ibn Ajiba began studying and living the science of tasawwuf that he had his epiphanic opening which he describes as light shining into his heart. It is at this stage in the Fahrasa that ibn Ajiba makes a distinction between exoteric and esoteric knowledge and explains the nature and structure of the latter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose of us not acquainted with the methods of self-purification practised by the Sufis might be puzzled by an example illustrated in chapter eleven. Ibn Ajiba is ordered by his Shaykh to carry garbage over his shoulders and go begging through the markets in Tetuan. Through this exercise, he was shown the virtue of humility in its existential reality, rather than from mere examples and exhortations from a text. An emphasis is made of the importance of action based on knowledge, with reference to  Ibn ‘Ata Allah’s seminal Sufi treatise, ‘The Hikam’. [3] Ibn Ajiba emphasises the necessity of a Shaykh for a murshid to reach his goal, ‘for the slightest deviation from the road that is laid out results in making the goal by a great distance.’ [4]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is also an interesting read for people interested in the history of the period and the Fahrasa gives an excellent account of the socio-cultural milieu of ibn Ajiba’s Morocco. Many facts and details relating to ibn Ajiba’s life are also mentioned. A good example is the description of the ijaza system through which the author was given proof of his competency over works studied with scholars. 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It offers a clear reminder of the criteria and conditions traditionally applied before any ruling gained general acceptance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 12.727272033691406px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003eMohammed Akram Nadwi, former student then teacher of Hanafi and Shafi'i law at the prestigious Nadwat al-Ulama (Lucknow, India), is currently a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He is the author (in Arabic) of several biographies, and editions and translations of classical hadith and fiqh works. His most recent publications in English are a multi-volume primer of Hanafi fiqh (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/800-al-fiqh-al-islami-vol-1-shaykh-m-akram-nadwi-hanafi-fiqh-9780955577901.html?search_query=Mohammed+Akram+Nadwi+fiqh+al-islami\u0026amp;results=286\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eal-Fiqh al-Islami\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, 2007-), and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/804-al-muhaddithat-the-women-scholars-in-islam-9780955454547.html?search_query=Mohammed+Akram+Nadwi\u0026amp;results=31\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eal-Muhaddithat: the Women Scholars in Islam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2007).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kube Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674293846324,"sku":"KP106","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Abu-Hanifah-_-His-Life_-Legal-Method-and-Legacy-Kube-Publishing-40322847.jpg?v=1780375108"},{"product_id":"shaykh-abu-al-hasan-al-nadw-his-life-works","title":"Shaykh ’Abū al-Hasan ‘Alī Nadwī – His Life \u0026 Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShaykh Abu al-Hasan Ali Nadwi (1914-1999\/1332-1419 AH), one of the most widely read and influential scholars of our time, was likened by his intellectual peers to the exemplary scholars of the earliest generations of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis writings have been translated from Arabic or Urdu into all of the major languages of the world and remain popular from one generation to the next. In this account by a former student, various aspects of Shaykh Abu \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eal-Hasan’s life and works are presented – his education and upbringing, his role as a leader and guide, his writings, and his da‘wah and tarbiyah (calling people to Islam and training others to do so).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis biography sets out his response to groups and movements that did not share his distinctive approach to issues of concern to Muslims. The unifying theme of the book is Shaykh Nadwi’s timeless commitment, as a scholar and da'i, to the spiritual well-being of Muslims, emphasising their relationship with God and each other, and their response to Western cultural influences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTopics Covered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe book covers all the various aspects of the life and works of Shaykh Abu \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eal-Hasan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e Nadwi including the background of Muslims in India and the rest of the Muslim world from a political, intellectual and educational perspective, his life and influences upon his life such as his lineage, birth, upbringing, studies, journeys, teachers and key books, the biography then details his learning and writings in all aspects of da'wah and tarbiyah, the journeys he undertook for da‘wah, the establishment and mission of Nadwat Ulama, and then his leadership of Muslims in India, his handling of contemporary Islamic groups, and the positions and honours he held. The biography ends by describing Shaykh Nadwi’s character and death, his physical appearance, common habits, his daily routine and finally his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMohammad Akram Nadwi is one of the UK’s best-known scholars with a classical training in the Islamic religious sciences. He studied, and later taught, at the renowned Dar al-Ulum Nadwat al-Ulama in Lucknow, India, and holds a doctorate from the University of Lucknow. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCurrently a Research Fellow at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, he is also the author of over 25 books on a range of subjects including Hadith, Fiqh, Arabic grammar and Islamic biographies, published in Arabic, English and Urdu. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis magnum opus is a forty-volume compilation of biographies of women scholars of Hadith; the introduction to this study was translated into English and published as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/804-al-muhaddithat-the-women-scholars-in-islam-9780955454547.html?search_query=Mohammad+Akram+Nadwi\u0026amp;results=120\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eal-Muḥaddithāt: The Women Scholars in Islam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2007). His more recent titles include: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/634-abu-hanifah-his-life-legal-method-and-legacy-9781847740175.html?search_query=Mohammad+Akram+Nadwi\u0026amp;results=120\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eAbu Hanifah: His Life, Legal Method and Legacy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2010) and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/801-al-fiqh-al-islami-vol-2-shaykh-m-akram-nadwi-hanafi-fiqh-9780955577949.html?search_query=Mohammad+Akram+Nadwi\u0026amp;results=120\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003esecond volume of al-Fiqh al-ʾIslāmī: Zakāh, Ṣawm and Ḥajj\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2012).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nadwi Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674296107316,"sku":"NW001","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Shaykh-_Abu-al-Hasan-_Ali-Nadwi-_-His-Life-_-Works-Nadwi-Foundation-40323862.jpg?v=1780400335"},{"product_id":"kitab-at-tabaqat-al-kabir-volume-vi-the-scholars-of-kufa","title":"Kitab At-Tabaqat Al-Kabir Volume VI: The Scholars of Kufa","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir by Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'd is one of the most important and earliest surviving collections of biographical details of the early Muslims, spanning just over the first two centuries of Islam. It is a rich storehouse of information compiled from all the sources available to Ibn Sa'd, as a result of which, the reader is given a vivid insight into the lives of the early Muslims and how extraordinary they were.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The scope of Ibn Sa'd covers the time of the Rashidun khalifs, the Umayyads and the 'Abbasids. This sixth volume of the Tabaqat (Volume VI) deals firstly with the scholars of Makkah, Ta'if, Yemen, Yamama and Bahrain and then the bulk of the book is devoted to the scholars of Kufa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIbn Sa'd (148 AH\/764 CE to 230 AH\/844 CE) was born in Basra, but moved to Baghdad where he studied under various people, including al-Waqidi. 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Their tradition and chains of transmission remain unbroken to this day. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of 'Alawi's all over the world, a good number of whom are authoritative scholars, and many of whom achieve sanctity, whether or not they reveal to the external observer anything of their inner states.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003eTheir influence in the Islamic world is bound to remain substantial in the foreseeable future, if not, as once stated by Imam al-Haddad, until the appearance of the Mahdi. 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He graduated from Cairo University Medical School in 1971 and thereafter completed his postgraduate training in the United Kingdom in 1985. He has been practicing as a consultant psychiatrist since then. Dr. al-Badawi has authored several books in English, including Man and the Universe: An Islamic Perspective, The Prophetic Invocations, and Sufi Sage of Arabia: Biography of Imam al-Haddad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is a distinguished authority on the history and teachings of the Ba 'Alawi Sayyids. He studied under many shaykhs, foremost among whom is the late Habib Ahmad Mashur al-Haddad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Badawi is one of the leading contemporary translators of Islamic books from Arabic to English and has authored several books in Arabic. 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Fons Vitae must be thanked for publishing this work and the translator highly congratulated for having made such precious writings available in an authentic and elegant language to the English-reading public. -Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the renowned Algerian Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi (1869-1934), the British Orientalist A. J. Arberry wrote: \"His erudition and saintliness recall the golden age of the medieval mystics.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo Who Attained is a valuable insight into contemporary unfoldings of a traditional Sufi lineage. Especially welcome is the conveyance of the fragrant presence and devotion of Sayyida Fatima providing guidance for the wayfarer. -Camille Helminski, author of Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, Rumi Daylight, A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance, and the Mevlevi Wird: The Prayers recited by Mevlevi Dervishes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes this account of Fatima Al-Yashrutiyyah so difficult to put down is the image of this young girl being raised from birth to be a Sufi, the tenderness of the Shaykh, and the esteemed place in his heart he held for women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeslie Cadavid has been working with the Arabic language since the age of 16. She attended London University's School of Oriental and African Studies, majoring in classical Arabic and Islamic art, and then Indiana University, majoring in near Eastern languages and cultures. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674323665204,"sku":"FV067","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Two-Who-Attained_-Twentieth-Century-Sufi-Saints-Fons-Vitae-40338592.jpg?v=1780410425"},{"product_id":"the-great-scholars-of-the-deoband-islamic-seminary","title":"The Great Scholars of The Deoband Islamic Seminary","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Great Scholars of The Deobandi Seminary is a highly inspirational glimpse into the lives and works of some of the luminaries affiliated to Dar al-Ulum Deoband, aptly renowned as the Azhar of the East. It is a translation of two Urdu articles authored by Mufti Taqi Usmani, which were later jointly published under the title Akabir-i Deoband Kya Thay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe first article is essentially a recollection of an array of profound stories, teachings and personal interactions, which Mufti Taqi Usmani's illustrious father, Mufti Muhammad Shafi Usmani, would often related with great fondness regarding his teachers and elders whom he benefited from. The second article, again a collection of stories and sayings, highlight the salient features of those who hailed from the rich tradition of the Deoband seminary. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Essentially, this book epitomises the essence and spirit of the Deoband seminary, and provides an invaluable insight into the character, legacy and methodology of its great masters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMufti Taqi Usmani is one of the leading contemporary scholars of today. After studying at Dar al-Ulum Karachi, Pakistan, the renowned institute established by his late father, Mufti Shafi Usmani, he has been teaching at the same institute over the last four decades and currently teaches Sahih al-Bukhari. 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Since members of the blessed Prophetic household settled in the Valley in the fourth century of the Hijrah, it has been a center of sacred knowledge and the attainment of spiritual perfection. In this remote valley, and particularly in its spiritual capital, Tarim, the Prophetic legacy was preserved and nurtured and then carried to the far corners of the earth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Beginning with the first of the descendants of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) to settle in Hadramawt and looking down the centuries to recent times, “Imams of the Valley” examines the lives of a few of these illustrious figures. It is hoped that this book will enable the reader to increase in love for the family of the Messenger \u003cspan\u003e(S\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eallallahu \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elayhi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003easallam)\u003c\/span\u003e and for the pious, which is one of the foundations of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar al-Turath Al-Islami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674371047732,"sku":"DTP002","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Imams-of-the-Valley-_2nd-edition_-Dar-al-Turath-Al-Islami-40388952.jpg?v=1780386363"},{"product_id":"the-virtues-of-imam-abu-hanifa-and-his-two-companions-abu-yusuf-and-muhammad-ibn-al-hasan","title":"The Virtues of Imam Abu Hanifa And His Two Companions Abu Yusuf And Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt is an immense pleasure to present this brilliant treatise on the virtues of al-Imam al-Azam, the Greatest Imam, Imam Abu Hanifa and his two companions Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani written by the scholar Imam al-Dhahabi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Hanafi School of fiqh or jurisprudence which comfortably accounts for over half of the Muslims in the world today is named after one of the most outstanding scholars in the history of Islam. Imam Abu Hanifa, a second generation Muslim who met a number of Sahabah, is one of just four Mujtahid Imams whose \u003cem\u003emadhabs\u003c\/em\u003e or schools of law not only survived but gave birth to principles of law that had a profound impact in the shaping of the medieval world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam Abu Hanifahs systematization of Islamic legal doctrine was to have an integral part in the development of many areas of the Shariah and would pave the way for the spread of Islam in many parts of the world resulting most notably the Osmanli Caliphate (or Ottoman Empire) and Mughal rule in the Indian sub-continent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Dhahabi who was a giant amongst hadith scholars was a follower of the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence and a contemporary and a student of Ibn Taymiyya who many of the critics of Imam Abu Hanifa hold in high regard. In answering the question of Imam Abu Hanifa's credentials in hadith scholarship Imam Dhahabi produces hadith with isnad going from himself to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) through Imam Abu Hanifa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCriticism of the Hanafi school is nothing new but the hostility towards the School in recent times (particularly through the internet in English) has increased to such an extent that lies are now being peddled questioning the basis of the School whilst also making spurious baseless accusations against the founder. We hope the translation of this work by Imam al-Dhahabi who was not only an outstanding hadith scholar (and not a Hanafi - he was a follower of the Shafi'i School) but also a student of Ibn Taymiyya.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe book is significantly enhanced by notes and commentary by Abul Wafa al-Afghani and Ustadh Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari. The quarter of Baghdad where Imam Abu Hanifas grave is located is called 'Hayy al-Azamiyya' in honour of the Imam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Abu Hanifa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Hanifa Nu'man ibn Thabit (d. 150\/767) is one of the great pioneers in the history of Islamic Law. He was among the first to deploy the recognized methods of legal reasoning consistently, and to gather the judgements and rulings of his time into a systematic corpus. The fiqh that evolved from his style of reasoning, carried on by his brilliant students, became associated with his name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Hanafi School is the one most widely followed among the world's Sunni Muslims. This study of Abu Hanifa's life and legacy is based on the traditional sources. It includes a short survey of how Hanafi fiqh evolved in different regions of the Islamic world. It offers a clear reminder of the criteria and conditions traditionally applied before any ruling gained general acceptance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShaykh Abu al-Wafa’ al-Afghani\u003c\/strong\u003e (1310-1395AH) was a prominent Hanafi Shaykh who studied with some of the foremost scholars of his time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShaykh Muhammad Zahid ibn Hasan al-Kawthari al- Hanafi al-Ash‘ari\u003c\/strong\u003e (1296-1371AH) was the adjunct to the last Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Caliphate and a major Hanafi jurist praised by Imam Muhammad Abu Zahra as a Reviver (\u003cem\u003emujaddid\u003c\/em\u003e) of the fourteenth Islamic century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMuhammad bin Ahmad bin `Uthman al-Dhahabi al-Shafi`i\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e (673-748 AH), the imam, Shaykh al-Islam, head of Hadith masters, critic\u003c\/em\u003e and expert examiner of the Hadith, encyclopaedic historian and biographer, and foremost authority in the canonical readings of the Qur'an. Born in Damascus where his family lived from the time of his grandfather `Uthman, he sometimes identified himself as Ibn al-Dhahabi - son of the goldsmith - in reference to his father's profession. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eal-Dhahabi (may Allah have mercy on him) is considered one of the foremost authorities in critically scrutinizing the reporters of Hadith (ilm al-asma wa ‘l-rijal). He compiled many works in this regard such as Mizan al-I’tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal (The Scale of Justice in Critically Examining the Reporters), Siyar A’lam al-Nubala (The Lives of Noble Figures), Al-Mughni fi ‘l-Du’afa (an authoritative abridged manual of weak narrators) and Tadhkirat al-Huffaz (The Memoirs of the Hadith Masters).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn his work, Mizan al-I’tidal, Imam Dhahabi (may Allah have mercy on him) deals with a large number of reporters, both the authenticated\/reliable and the criticized\/unreliable, although he does mention in his introduction to the book that he will not include the biographies of the Companions (sahaba) and renowned authorities of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKhalid Gareth Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1983 in Leeds, England to Welsh parentage. 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It is a poignant story of the accomplishments, attainments, and triumphs that propelled the Umma forward. It is a story told through extraordinary figures: the revivers, men of courage, vigor, and zeal, an elect group who were graced with divine determination to safeguard the spirit of God’s religion on earth. 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This history reminds us that we are not in the direst of situations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePersonalities covered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHasan al-Basri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAhmad ibn Hanbal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu ‘l-Hasan al-Ash’ari\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e‘Izz al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Salam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu ‘l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Hamid al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSalah al-Din al-Ayyubi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNur al-Din Zangi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Tartars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“Few have not felt their spirits lifted by reading this book. One of the most widely-read Islamic classics of recent times.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e—Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Cambridge Muslim College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​About The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShaykh Abu ’l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Hasani Nadwi (1332\/1914–1420\/1999), affectionately known as ‘Ali Miyan, was a leading intellectual and religious scholar of contemporary India. He wrote numerous books on history, biography, and contemporary affairs concerning both the Muslim community in India and Muslims abroad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe served as rector of the Nadwat al-‘Ulama’ seminary in Lucknow for a number of years, where he also taught Qur’anic exegesis, hadith, and Arabic literature, along with history and logic. He was a founding member of Rabitat al-Adab al-Islami al-‘Alamiyya (Universal League of Islamic Literature) in 1984 and was elected chairman of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board in 1985. A prolific writer, he penned a literary legacy of a few hundred works in both Arabic and Urdu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis works have been integrated into the curriculum in a number of universities in the Arab world. His most notable Arabic work, \u003cem\u003eMa-dha Khasir al-‘Alam bi ’nhitat al-Muslimin\u003c\/em\u003e (What Did the World Lose by the Decline of the Muslims?), was widely acclaimed and carved a place for him in elite literary circles of the Arab world. Many of his works have since been translated into Arabic, English, Turkish, Bahasa Indonesia, Persian, and Tamil, among other languages. \u003cem\u003eKarwan-i Zindagi\u003c\/em\u003e, his eight-volume autobiography; \u003cem\u003ePurane Chiragh\u003c\/em\u003e (Ancient Lamps), comprising life sketches of contemporary personalities; his biographies of Sayyid Ahmad Shahid and Caliph ‘Ali (may Allah ennoble his countenance); and his \u003cem\u003eTarikh-i Da‘wat wa ‘Azimat\u003c\/em\u003e (Saviours of Islamic Spirit) are seen as permanent contributions to Urdu literature. 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Erciyes University Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1986, moved to the Department of Turkish Language and Literature. Associate professor in 1990 and became a professor in 1996. Fatih University in Istanbul in 1998, began teaching. 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He founded what he called the science of human society or social organization, as well as a new methodology for writing history and a new purpose for it, namely to understand the causes of events. While his ideas had little impact on the development of Muslim thought for several centuries, they hugely impressed European thinkers from the nineteenth century on--some of them proclaimed Ibn Khaldun a progenitor of sociology and modern historiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book introduces the reader to Ibn Khaldun's core ideas, focusing on his theory of the rise and decline of states. It presents the story of Ibn Khaldun's life, his political ups and downs, and some features of his character that contribute to an understanding of the development of his ideas. The central concept of 'asabiyya (group solidarity) and the factors that lead to its dilution are explained in detail, as also the method of testing (historical) reports for their plausibility. 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font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis new work is the first ever English translation of the classical text Ghabtat al-Nadhir by Shaykh al Islam Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, may Allah be pleased with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGhabtatul Nadhir fi Tarjumatil Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir is a concise work about the characteristics as well as the achievements of al-Ghawth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_34 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"34\" id=\"34\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eal-Adham :\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e Sayyadina al-Shaykh 'Abd Al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah Almighty sanctify his secret, written by the great Hadith scholar Imam Ibn Hajr al-'Asqalani.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Foreword 1,\u003cbr\u003e Foreword 2,\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter [1], \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn his Birth, his family members \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_35 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"35\" id=\"35\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e his description,\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDescription of al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir, may Allah be pleased with him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter [2], \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn his protected upbringing,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis engagement in Islamic disciplines,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis treading of the path of asceticism,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter [3],\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn his extensive knowledge,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExtracts from Bahjat al-Asrar,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExclusive reports from Shaykh \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_36 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"36\" id=\"36\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eal-Shattanawfi ;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e ''My foot is on the neck of every single friend of Allah,''\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis teachers in jurisprudence and the spiritual disciplines,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter [4],\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_37 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"37\" id=\"37\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e his states when he began admonishing, teaching and issuing religious decrees,​\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter [5],\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn peoples praise of him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter [6],\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn his saintly miracles and breaking of ordinary norms,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter [7],\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA sample of his utterances​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter [8],\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIbn Hajar Al-Asqalani, (18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449, 852 A.H.) was a medieval Shafi'ite Sunni scholar of Islam who represents the entire realm of the Sunni world in the field of Hadith. He is also known as Shaykh al Islam. When he accompanied al-Kharrubi to Mecca at the age of 12, he was considered competent to lead the Tarawih prayers during Ramadan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhen his guardian died in 1386, Ibn Hajar's education in Egypt was entrusted to hadith scholar Shams al-Din ibn al-Qattan, who entered him in the courses given by al-Bulqini (d. 1404) and Ibn al-Mulaqqin (d. 1402) in Shafi'i fiqh, and Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi (d. 1404) in hadith, after which he travelled to Damascus and Jerusalem, to study under Shams al-Din al-Qalqashandi (d. 1407), Badr al-Din al-Balisi (d. 1401), and Fatima bint al-Manja al-Tanukhiyya (d. 1401). After a further visit to Mecca, Medina, and Yemen, he returned to Egypt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImam As-Suyuti said:\u003c\/strong\u003e “It is said that he drank Zamzam water in order to reach the level of al-Dhahabi in memorization—which he succeeded in doing, even surpassing him.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIbn Hajar went on to be appointed to the position of Egyptian chief-judge (Qadi) several times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe died after Isha prayers on February 2, 1449 CE at the age of 79. His funeral in Cairo was attended by an estimated 50,000 people, including the sultan and the caliph. Ibn Hajar authored more than fifty works on hadith, hadith terminology, biographical evaluation, history, Quranic exegesis, poetry and Shafi'i jurisprudence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HSBT Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674477904180,"sku":"HSBT001","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Onlooker_s-Delight_-Ghibta-al-Nazir-Fi-Tarjuma-Al-Shaykh-Abd-al-Qadir-HSBT-Publications-40491322.jpg?v=1780406929"},{"product_id":"tabaqat-al-shadhiliyya-al-kubra-biographies-of-prominent-shadhili-masters","title":"Tabaqat Al-Shadhiliyya Al-Kubra: Biographies of Prominent Shadhili Masters","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Kuhin’s Tabaqat Al-Shadhiliyya Al-Kubra is a collection of biographies of Sufi Masters from the Shadhili Tariqa. Selections are included from other works, and in total details of the lives of nearly 100 of the Awliya spanning some eight centuries are included.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Quran tells us of a category of people for whom ‘there is no fear and nothing to grieve’, these people the friends of Allah – the Awliya Allah (Surah Yunus: 62-63), are the inheritors of the Prophets (peace be upon them all). Through them humanity has benefited for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Sufi Tariqas developed along the same lines as the madhabs (Schools of Fiqh) and represent the science of Ihsan in traditional Islamic teachings of Ahl al-Sunnah wal Jamah. Of these Tariqas, one of the greatest in the world of Islam is the Tariqa Shadhiliyya based on the teachings of, and named after Abul Hasan al-Shadhili (d. 1258).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Abul Hasan al-Shadhili, who was born in the tribe of Ghumara in Morocco to a sharif family descended from the Prophet’s grandson al-Hasan. The teachings of Abul Hasan al-Shadhili stress the importance of spiritual purification, the perfection of moral character, and the adoption of pietistic etiquette (adab). There is an emphasis on adherence to the Shariah, lifelong learning and gratitude to Allah the Almighty, due to which the Tariqa Shadhiliyya is also known as the Tariqa of gratitude (shukr).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Tariqa is also associated with considerable scholarly erudition in the traditional Islamic fields of learning, with large numbers of scholars being its adherents, resulting in extensive contribution to Islamic literature in general but literature concerned with Sufi theory and practice in particular.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Sufis in general and the Shadhilis especially have absolute dedication and devotion to the Prophet r, something that this book shows in detail for example in the entry on Sayyidi Abu’l-Abbas al-Mursi we find:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He would say: ‘For forty years I have not been veiled from the Messenger of Allah r even for the blinking of an eye, and had that occurred I would not have counted myself from the Muslims.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Also in the book regarding Sidi ʿAlī al-Jamal ʿImrānī (d. 1194 AH) we find the following:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He was always able to see the Prophet r whether he was asleep or awake, and said, ‘Whenever the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) comes to my mind, I find him in front of me along with the Ten Promised Paradise – physically present, not only spiritually. We speak with them and learn knowledge and action directly from the source of knowledge and action, may Allah bless him and give him peace.’ His student Mawlāy al-ʿArabī al-Darqāwī said about him, ‘By Allah, our shaykh Mawlāy ʿAlī al-Jamal was even more engrossed in the being of the Messenger of Allah r than Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Mursī.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Visions of Reality Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674478231860,"sku":"VOR007","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Tabaqat-Al-Shadhiliyya-Al-Kubra_-Biographies-of-Prominent-Shadhili-Masters-Visions-of-Reality-Press-40492076.jpg?v=1780401451"},{"product_id":"ibn-battuta","title":"Ibn Battuta (Makers of Islamic Civilisation)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIbn Battuta (d. ca. 700\/1368 or 9) was famed in his own lifetime as the greatest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_26 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"26\" id=\"26\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003etraveller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e of his age. He covered the whole Islamic world (from his native Tangier to China), and crossed over its boundaries in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. His wide-ranging observations on the exercise of political power and legal, commercial and cultural practices in the numerous places he visited, give his Travels a permanent relevance as an insider's view of the diversity of the Islamic world. His lively narrative, usually told with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_30 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"30\" id=\"30\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ehumour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e, irony \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_29 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"29\" id=\"29\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e pathos, often uncovers the gap between theory and practice, ideal and reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAfter an overview of Ibn Battuta's journeys and how the Travels became a book, Pat Harvey picks out major themes for closer analysis—how Ibn Battuta's adventures were financed, how geography and natural history are presented, issues of race and gender as addressed in the book, and the religious framework through which Ibn Battuta moved. From Harvey's account of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_22 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"22\" id=\"22\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003etraveller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and what he saw, a vivid portrait emerges of a man with some share of human failings but who was nonetheless remarkable for verve and courage, unbounded curiosity, and for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_23 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"23\" id=\"23\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ecandour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and skill in remembering and reporting the world as he found it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eL. P. Harvey, formerly Cervantes Professor of Spanish at King's College, University of London, and Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, is the author of Islamic Spain 1250 to 1500 (1990) and Muslims in Spain 1500 to 1614 (2005).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.796875px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eL. P. Harvey, formerly Cervantes Professor of Spanish at King's College, University of London, and Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, is the author of \u003cem\u003eIslamic Spain 1250 to 1500\u003c\/em\u003e (1990) and \u003cem\u003eMuslims in Spain 1500 to 1614\u003c\/em\u003e (2005).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Interface Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674483835188,"sku":"OUP030","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Ibn-Battuta-_Makers-of-Islamic-Civilisation_-Interface-Publications-40494073.jpg?v=1780385983"},{"product_id":"meetings-with-mountains","title":"Meetings With Mountains","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003csection class=\"av_textblock_section \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"avia_textblock introtxt \" itemprop=\"text\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFor nearly one half a century acclaimed British photographer Peter Sanders has traveled the earth to capture images of the saints of Islam. In the traditional world, these people of purity, knowledge and illumination have been the role models, benchmarks and exemplars of what it is to be human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe goal of this spiritual tradition is nothing less than direct experience or ma’arifa (gnosis) of God’s presence. The fulfillment and embodiment of this tradition is the Friend or Intimate of God. This lengthy search has finally culminated in the publication entitled Meetings with Mountains, Encounters with the Saints and Sages of the Islamic World.\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Inspiral Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674608582964,"sku":"IP002","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Meetings-With-Mountains-Inspiral-Books-40562953.jpg?v=1780391384"},{"product_id":"a-treasury-of-rumi","title":"A Treasury of Rumi","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis new anthology of Rumi’s teachings is freshly translated and supplemented with commentaries, and also includes selected texts in Persian. The aim is to bring readers closer to his work's true, traditional meaning – and to the man himself as a great Islamic scholar, teacher and saint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBesides illustrating the traditional basis of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/30-rumi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eRumi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e’s teachings, this Treasury displays his unique genius as one of the world’s greatest religious writers, whose voice speaks as clearly and compellingly today as in the 7th\/13th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e'\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEveryone has, in their view, become my close friend\u003cbr\u003e but they have not sought out the secrets within me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/search?controller=search\u0026amp;orderby=position\u0026amp;orderway=desc\u0026amp;search_query=Waley\u0026amp;submit_search=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr. Muhammad Isa Waley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is Lead Curator for Persian and Turkish Collections at the British Library, London. His main research specialisations are the palaeography, codicology, illumination and cataloguing of Islamic manuscripts; and the classical verse and prose literature of Islamic \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/28-spirituality-self-help\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003espirituality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAmong the numerous works edited by Dr. Waley are Islamic Codicology: an Introduction to the Study of Manuscripts in Arabic Script; the English translation of Tafsir al-Jalalayn; several works by Sheikh Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha’rawi; the Integrated Encyclopedia of Qur’an; and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/906-the-book-of-remembrances-kitab-al-adhkar--9781906949198.html?search_query=Waley\u0026amp;results=5\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKitab al-Adhkar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e of Imam al-Nawawi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout Mawlana Rumi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/30-rumi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Mevlana or Mawlānā and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. Iranians, Turks, Cappadocian Greeks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy in the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. He has been described as the \"most popular poet in America\" and the \"best selling poet in the US\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-90a83276-7fff-4365-95c1-8487c9f34c64\"\u003eRumi's works are written mostly in Persian, though a few written in the lower status vernacular (Cappadocian Greek) of the region in which he settled are preserved. His Mathnawi remains one of the purest literary glories of Persia, and one of the crowning glories of the Persian language. His original works are widely read today in their original language across the Persian-speaking world (Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and parts of Persian speaking Central Asia and the Caucasus). Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States and South Asia. His poetry has influenced Persian literature as well as Turkish, Punjabi, Urdu and some other Iranian, Turkic and Indic languages that have been influenced by Persian, e.g. Pashto, Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai and Sindhi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kube Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674622705972,"sku":"KP180","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Treasury-of-Rumi-Kube-Publishing-40571762.jpg?v=1780375018"},{"product_id":"nasir-al-din-tusi","title":"Nasir al-Din Tusi: A Philosopher for All Seasons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Philosopher for All Seasons is an introduction to the life and thought of the mediaeval Persian polymath Nasir al-Din Tusi (d. 1274). Tusi’s scholarly impact on the history of Muslim theoretical and practical wisdom is comparable only to that of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) who served as a model for Tusi’s \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/104-philosophy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ephilosophical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and scientific endeavours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring his eventful and controversial career, Tusi produced invaluable texts on almost all the areas of knowledge of the day. He was as interested in the natural world as well as the human and social domains of religion, ethics, logic, astronomy, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/95-economicsbankingfinance\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eeconomics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/105-political-social-issues\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003epolitics \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand the arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTusi’s intellectual orientation was towards crossing boundaries between Hellenic, Peripatetic, Illuminationist, Twelver, Isma’ili and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/22-tasawwuf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eSufi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e discourses. In so doing, he contributed to the formation of a fruitful conversation between different intellectual discourses that led to the redirection of Islamic philosophy towards a more synthetic methodology. His contributions to science, and astronomy in particular, made him the link between Ptolemy and Copernicus and earned him the privilege of having a crater of the Moon named after him, ‘Nasireddin’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSayeh Meisami is Associate Professor of philosophy at University of Dayton. She has a PhD in Islamic Studies from University of Toronto and a philosophy PhD from Tehran University. She has taught courses on Islamic philosophy and religion in Iran, Canada and USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674628800820,"sku":"ITS081","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Nasir-al-Din-Tusi_-A-Philosopher-for-All-Seasons-Islamic-Texts-Society-40575181.jpg?v=1780393430"},{"product_id":"on-the-path-of-the-prophet-shaykh-ahmad-tijani-and-the-tariqa-muhammadiyya","title":"On The Path Of The Prophet: Shaykh Ahmad Tijani and the Tariqa Muhammadiyya","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is the first exhaustive work of one of Islam's most influential figures. He is the leader and founder of the most populace Sufi Tariqas in the Islamic world Shaykh Ahmad Tijani (1737-1815).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe was one of the central figures of eighteenth-century Islamic reform and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/22-tasawwuf\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/22-tasawwuf\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eSufism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (Islamic mysticism). The Sufi order that bears his name, the Tijaniyya, today claims millions of adherents all over the Muslim world, especially in West Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eKnown by his followers as the Qutb al-Maktum (the Hidden Pole), Shaykh Ahmad Tijani has remained for many an enigmatic and sometimes controversial figure. Here for the first time in the English language is an exposition of his life and doctrine based on primary sources and interviews with prominent Tijani leaders in Senegal, Morocco and Egypt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eZachary Wright, PhD, is assistant professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar, with joint appointments in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/136-history\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/136-history\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ehistory \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand religion from Northwestern's Evanston campus. Wright received his PhD (history) from Northwestern University, with a dissertation focusing on Sufism and the history of Islamic knowledge transmission in West Africa. He also has an MA in Arabic studies, Middle East history, from the American University in Cairo, and a BA in history from Stanford University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe teaches classes on Islam in Africa, modern Middle East history, African history, Islamic intellectual history and Islam in America. He has authored and translated several books, among which are: On the Path of the Prophet: Shaykh Ahmad Tijani and the Tariqa Muhammadiyya (2005), The Removal of Confusion (2010), the latter a translation of a West African Arabic text, Kashif al-ilbas, by the Senegalese Muslim leader Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, another is What the knowers of Allah have said about the Knowledge of Allah (2015), which he translated for Imam Cheikh Tidiane Cisse,who is the Imam and spiritual heir of Shaykh Ibrahim Niass.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fayda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674765214004,"sku":"FAY010","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/On-The-Path-Of-The-Prophet_-Shaykh-Ahmad-Tijani-and-the-Tariqa-Muhammadiyya-Fayda-Books-40582991.jpg?v=1780393864"},{"product_id":"abd-al-rahman-b-amr-al-awza-i-makers-of-the-muslim-world","title":"'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i (Makers of the Muslim World)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i (c.707-774) was Umayyad Syria's most influential jurist, part of a generation of scholars who began establishing the first formal structures for the preservation and dissemination of religious knowledge. Following the Abbasid revolution, they provided a point of stability in otherwise unstable times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his close ties to the old regime, al-Awza'i continued to participate in legal and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/137-theologyaqidah\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/137-theologyaqidah\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003etheological\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e matters in the Abbasid era. Although his immediate impact would prove short-lived, his influence on aspects of Islamic law, particularly the laws of war, endures to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eAl-Awza‘i's Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 THE SOURCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2 AL-AWZA‘I'S JURISPRUDENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eLaw in the Formative Period of Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i's Fiqh\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEvaluating Al-Awza‘i as a Legal Scholar\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e3 AL-AWZA‘I'S SCHOLARLY MILIEU\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePro-Umayyad Friends and Rivals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Hanafis: Al-Awza‘i's Foes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Malikis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e4 AL-AWZA‘I'S THEOLOGY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDamascus as a Theological Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i's Theological Views\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i and the Qadarites\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eConclusions: Al-Awza‘i's Theology\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e5 AL-AWZA‘I AND THE POLITICAL ELITE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i and the Umayyads\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSurviving the Fall of the Umayyads and the Abbasid Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i and the Abbasids\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i's Post-Revolutionary Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eConclusion: Evaluating Al-Awza‘i as a Political Figure\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e6 AL-AWZA‘I'S LEGACY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i's Students\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i's Regional Persistence\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i's Legal Legacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Awza‘i in Modern Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSteven C. Judd is Professor of Middle East \u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/136-history\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/136-history\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e at Southern Connecticut State University. He has been studying early Islamic law and theology, especially during the Umayyad period, for over twenty years, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eReligious Scholars and the Umayyads\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674789232948,"sku":"OP004","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Abd-al-Rahman-b.-_Amr-al-Awza_i-_Makers-of-the-Muslim-World_-Oneworld-Publications-40584312.jpg?v=1780373398"},{"product_id":"aisha-al-ba-uniyya-a-life-in-praise-of-love-makers-of-the-muslim-world","title":"Aisha al-Ba'uniyya: A Life in Praise of Love (Makers of the Muslim World)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha al-Ba'uniyya (c.1456-1517) was one of the greatest \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ewomen \u003c\/span\u003emystics in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/84-islamic-history\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/84-islamic-history\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eIslamic history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. A Sufi master and an Arab poet, her religious writings were extensive by any standard and extraordinary for her time. In medieval Islam a number of women were respected scholars and teachers, but they rarely composed works of their own. Aisha al-Ba'uniyya, however, was prolific. She composed over twenty works, and likely wrote more Arabic prose and poetry than any other Muslim woman prior to the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first full-scale biography of al-Ba'uniyya in the English language, this volume provides a rare glimpse into the life and writings of a medieval \u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/19-women-in-islam\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/19-women-in-islam\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eMuslim woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e in her own words. Homerin presents her work in the wider context of late-medieval Islamic spirituality, examining the influence of figures such as Ibn al-‘Arabi, al-Busiri and Ibn al-Farid, and emphasising the role of the person of the Prophet Muhammad in her spirituality. \u003cem\u003eAisha al-Ba'uniyya\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating introduction to a figure described by a sixteenth-century biographer as ‘one of the marvels of her age'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. GOD'S BLESSINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOrigins\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSlave Soldiers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMamluk Sultanate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSecretaries and Scholars  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEducation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDamascus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMosques and Libraries\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGabriel's Questions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eObedient Servant\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDress and Decorum\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSaints and Shrines\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eInner Sanctum\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntercession or Idolatry\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eForgiveness and Favor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2. AISHA AL-BA'UNIYYA AND THE BELOVED PROPHET\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThat Sacred Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSyrian Caravan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDamascus to Medina\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMedina to Mecca\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBefore the Black Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHajj\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDreams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat is a Woman to Do?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePoems of Praise\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMantle Ode\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHoly Prophet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMost Wholesome Source\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eVirtuous Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eReturn to Heaven\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrecious Pearl\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e3. O MY LOVE AND HAPPINESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMarriage and Family\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSufi Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eVenerable Masters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eRecalling the Lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNoble Invocations\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTaste and See\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHymn\/Him\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEmanation of Grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePoetry of Recollection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe's My Destiny\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOld Loves for New\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIbn al-Farid\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOdes in T\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCovenant\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWine of Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMoses of the Heart\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSeat of Truth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e4. 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