The Integrity of the Family & the Role of Parents (English & Arabic)
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Abdullah Salih
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About The Book
This short text from Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz gives a concise overview of the main responsibilities of parents towards their children, and also addresses many of the unique challenges and concerns faced by parents today, both in the the traditional Islamic world and especially in the West. Subjects covered include:
- Rearing children from a Divine perspective
- Factors which influence rearing of children
- Marriage and the role of each spouse
- The concern towards raising children at each stage, from before marriage, marriage, during pregnancy, at birth, in infancy, childhood, and beyond
- Mutual cooperation of spouses in the process of raising children
- Examples of ideal homes in the Prophet ﷺ and his family رضي الله عنهم
And much more.
This text is intentionally brief, providing a short but thorough introduction towards this profoundly important issue. Thus, while it will not take long to read, putting the advice in this book into practice will be the work of generations, encompassing many different aspects of family and community life.
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About the author
Umar ibn Hafiz: Born in 1383 AH / 1963 CE in Tarim, in Yemen's Hadramawt valley, Umar ibn Hafiz is among the most widely followed contemporary Sunni scholars and a sayyid, a descendant of the Prophet through his grandson al-Husayn. He belongs to the BaʿAlawi scholarly tradition of Hadramawt, which traces its teaching lineage back many centuries. His father, Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafiz, the mufti of Tarim, disappeared in 1973 under the region's socialist government when Umar was a boy; the loss shaped his early dedication to learning. He memorized the Qurʾan young, studied under Tarim's scholars and his elder brother ʿAli al-Mashhur, and later studied in the Hijaz. After years of study and teaching, he founded Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, opened in 1417 AH / 1997 CE, a seminary built on three aims: the transmission of sacred knowledge, the purification of the soul, and daʿwa, calling people to Allah. It has since drawn students from around the world and inspired affiliated institutions and the revival of historic ribats. Shafiʿi in law and Ashʿari in creed, he is also a signatory of the 2007 interfaith letter "A Common Word." His writings, several of which MeccaBooks carries, include The Clarification of Noble Character, Sacred Knowledge: Aims and Objectives, and works on Sufism, remembrance, and the path of calling to Allah.
About the translator
Abdullah Salih: Abdullah Salih is a contemporary English translator of Islamic works drawn from the living scholarly tradition of Tarim, in Yemen's Hadramawt Valley. He embraced Islam in 2003 and soon afterward set out in search of sacred knowledge, settling at Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, the seminary founded by the scholar Habib Umar bin Hafiz. There he immersed himself in Arabic and the religious sciences, studying Prophetic biography (Sira), Qurʾanic exegesis, hadith, and tasawwuf in the company of teachers whose chains of transmission reach back to earlier generations of the Baʿalawi sayyids. He holds a graduation certificate from the Badr Arabic language program and a testimonial of attendance from Dar al-Mustafa, and his work spans Arabic translation, interpretation, and teaching. Salih's translations make the devotional and instructional writings of the Tarim scholars accessible to English readers. Among them are Habib Umar bin Hafiz's "Prayers Upon the Beloved," a collection of salawat upon the Prophet; the question-and-answer primer "Who is the Prophet Muhammad"; and "Towards a True Spiritual Connection," gathered from Habib Umar's teachings. Through this body of work he carries the counsel and litanies of the Baʿalawi tradition into plain, readable English.
Specifications
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Imam Ghazali Institute
Author
Umar ibn Hafiz
Pages
96
Translator
Abdullah Salih
Size
W- | H- | D-
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