The Onlooker's Delight: Ghibta al-Nazir Fi Tarjuma Al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir
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Mokrane Guezzou
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About The Book
This 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.
Ghabtatul Nadhir fi Tarjumatil Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir is a concise work about the characteristics as well as the achievements of al-Ghawth
Table of Contents:
Foreword 1,
Foreword 2,
Introduction to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
Chapter [1],
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On his Birth, his family members
and his description, - Description of al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir, may Allah be pleased with him,
Chapter [2],
- On his protected upbringing,
- His engagement in Islamic disciplines,
- His treading of the path of asceticism,
Chapter [3],
- On his extensive knowledge,
- Extracts from Bahjat al-Asrar,
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Exclusive reports from Shaykh
al-Shattanawfi ; ''My foot is on the neck of every single friend of Allah,'' - His teachers in jurisprudence and the spiritual disciplines,
Chapter [4],
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On his states when he began admonishing, teaching and issuing religious decrees,
Chapter [5],
- On peoples praise of him,
Chapter [6],
- On his saintly miracles and breaking of ordinary norms,
Chapter [7],
- A sample of his utterances
Chapter [8],
- On his death.
About the Contributor(s)
About the author
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: Ibn Hajar al-ʿAsqalani (773 to 852 AH, 1372 to 1449 CE) was among the greatest hadith scholars in Islamic history, a jurist, biographer, and historian whose work is often described as the final summation of the hadith sciences. Born in Cairo into a family with roots in ʿAsqalan in Palestine, he was orphaned young and devoted himself to study, mastering law in the Shafiʿi school and following the Ashʿari creed. He served as a teacher, judge, and head of hadith instruction in Mamluk Egypt, and was honored with titles of renown such as Hafiz al-ʿAsr (Hafiz of the Age), Amir al-Muʾminin fi al-Hadith (Commander of the Faithful in Hadith), and Shaykh al-Islam. His masterwork is Fath al-Bari, a multivolume commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari that took more than two decades to complete and is still considered the indispensable explanation of that collection. Among his many other writings are Nukhbat al-Fikr, a concise primer on hadith terminology that he later expanded himself, al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba on the Companions, Bulugh al-Maram on hadiths of legal rulings, and al-Istiʿdad li-Yawm al-Maʿad on preparing for the Hereafter. He composed roughly 150 works across hadith, history, biography, Qurʾanic study, and poetry. His grading and analysis of narrations remain a foundation for serious students of hadith.
About the translator
Mokrane Guezzou: Mokrane Guezzou is a British-Algerian scholar and translator known for rendering important works of the Islamic tradition into clear, faithful English. Much of his reputation rests on his work for the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman and Fons Vitae of Louisville, whose "Great Commentaries on the Holy Qurʾan" series set out to present leading exegetical texts in unabridged, accurate translation. For that series he translated Tafsir Ibn ʿAbbas (Tanwir al-Miqbas) and al-Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul, the classic compilation of the occasions of revelation, both standard references for students of Qurʾanic exegesis. Beyond tafsir, his translations reach into hadith, biography, and Sufi adab. These include A Treasury of Hadith, Ibn Daqiq al-ʿId's commentary on al-Nawawi's selection of forty-odd prophetic traditions; The Onlooker's Delight, a biography of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani attributed to Ibn Hajar al-ʿAsqalani; and The Adab of the True Seeker by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Buzaydi, a guide to the manners of the spiritual path. He holds a doctorate and has long been based in Jordan, where he continues to translate classical works, among them a study of Ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandari. His careful, readable renderings have made several primary sources accessible to English readers for the first time.
About the editor
Ather Hussain al-Azhari: A British scholar, imam, and writer based in Leicester, Ather Hussain al-Azhari was formed in both the traditional seminary and the modern university. He completed memorization of the Qurʾan as a young hafiz, then studied Arabic grammar and the Islamic sciences at Jamia al-Karam in England. In 1995 he finished the classical seminary course at Bhera Sharif in Pakistan with first-class honors, under Pir Karam Shah al-Azhari. From 1996 to 1999 he studied at al-Azhar University in Cairo, specializing in hadith and graduating in Principles of Theology. He went on to the University of Birmingham, taking a BA in 2003, an MPhil in 2006 on the Jamiʿ of al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and later a PhD in theology. He has taught the Islamic sciences in Birmingham, lecturing at the Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust. Writing within the mainstream Sunni tradition, he is known for accessible introductory works such as The Four Sources of Shariʿa, a primer on usul al-fiqh covering the Qurʾan, Sunna, ijmaʿ, and qiyas, and Towards Understanding Aqida, a guide to core Muslim beliefs co-authored with Shahid Raza Naimi. His other writings treat early Islamic history, among them a study of Imam Husayn and the tragedy of Karbala, and he edited The Onlooker's Delight, a translation of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's biography of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9780956356833
Publisher
HSBT Publications
Author
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Pages
76
Translator
Mokrane Guezzou
Editor
Ather Hussain al-Azhari
Year Published
2016
Size
W- | H- | D-
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