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A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out Zakat is an expression of gratitude for the bounty that Allah has bestowed on a human being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/359caae2-faf9-4f76-a8c5-35660014a8a5/dreamstime_l_12891872.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out The possessor of livestock must have mastery over them, in the sense that they remain under his control. Therefore, if a quadruped is lost or an oppressive ruler seizes their possession, the owner is not obligated to pay zakat, unless the benefits accruing from the livestock have reached the owner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out Imam al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad is a letter to one of al-Ghazali’s advanced students, containing advice on how best to focus one’s time and efforts in ways that that will be beneficial in the Next World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/ebd260d9-0cd2-46e5-9dcc-c66603277c86/dreamstime_l_244009382.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out It is the height of folly to regard oneself above an indigent person simply on account of one’s greater worldly capability and riches, since they ignore that the poor, who shall enter paradise five hundred years before others, are far more exalted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/58a30c13-3fb0-447a-8208-0a8e1e0f6333/dreamstime_l_220718091.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out The people who collect zakat from owners of livestock and deliver the designated sum to eligible recipients must be compensated for their duties from the zakat offered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/f06a9900-5226-4134-a77d-e80aab7950cc/dreamstime_l_244009425.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out Among the etiquettes of zakat is to offer the most cherished of one’s lawful possessions, since an item of dubious quality is unlikely to secure divine approbation. For Allah ﷻ is pure, and only accepts what is pure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/ec9b8646-d2ef-4240-bff4-7280fb037fa8/dreamstime_l_183018682.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out The Prophet ﷺ stated, ‘The believer who gives charity from lawful income encounters the mercy and kindness of Allah ﷻ. And He ﷻ will nurture you just as you nurture the livestock, until it grows from the magnitude of a few dates to that of Mount Uhud.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/89ae73f2-5961-4199-b267-bdd1d31ac88e/dreamstime_l_66352694.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out When the receiver of charity recognises that the generous hands of the rich are an instrument mediated by a higher power, it stands to reason that one expresses gratitude towards them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/d89541a6-3dea-422f-8685-0214ebc004cd/dreamstime_l_40890185.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘There are occasions where donation of a single coin is more rewarding than that of a thousand’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1637768368015-TPWMDORCS72IVNW84SJ6/medicine.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out Many of the recommendations found in Ibn Daud’s A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine are drawn from al-Ghazali’s teachings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1115d97a-db79-40a3-b23a-b95b87f5e984/dreamstime_l_77352684.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘On the Last Day, everyone will stand below the shade of their charity, until verdicts have been meted out.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/916454e0-080c-4cd1-a103-df928a143fe3/dreamstime_l_194688732.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out The payment of zakat to the destitute and poor suffice to honour the divine ordinance placed upon a believer. However, those concerned for their Hereafter are encouraged to not cease their endeavour, because the recompense of zakat spent in eligible areas is immense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b31de11e-f244-4303-a584-7576b2cad529/dreamstime_l_34671177.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out To delay zakat payment poses numerous perils, such as an impediment that precludes one from undertaking zakat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/887ed993-c836-436b-890f-e552a5a0f716/dreamstime_l_244009403.jpg Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out One of the etiquettes of zakat is not to assume that one is conferring favours on the destitute, since such a posture signifies wanton ignorance in the heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get early access to translations and other works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - A Guide to Zakat: Types of Zakat, Their Conditions, Etiquettes, and Timing - Make it stand out IGI’s new translation of al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad is available in the IGI Bookstore and on Amazon. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/salawat monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1ad1229a-459b-4c56-be3e-d930befbc252/dreamstime_l_173282268.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out Sunset above the resting place of the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah al-Munawwarah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9260584e-90c0-4201-966b-afc0c48c6e12/dreamstime_l_90439283%281%29.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out A view of the Green Dome that above the grave of the Prophet ﷺ from Jannat al-Baqi in Madinah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619422880340-UAHROJUHWXX51HURF4NA/shfa.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out This article is excerpted from On Prayers Upon the Prophet ﷺ (Gems from the Shifa’ of Qadi ‘Iyad), available worldwide from the IGI Bookstore and in many countries via Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/865f20eb-d3ba-429b-b5eb-26529b7d4798/dreamstime_l_90090023.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out Another view of the Green Dome from Jannat al-Baqi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9120e3d7-649b-4489-a551-1b223533830a/dreamstime_l_56450993.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out People walk outside Masjid al-Nabawi below the Green Dome that marks the resting place of the Prophet ﷺ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1646694928121-EXBY1MYLK3LVSFAZ33DB/WhatsApp+Image+2022-03-07+at+2.27.13+PM.jpeg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out The Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari contains over 400 unique salawat composed by the late Imam of al-Azhar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/ca17b319-8cc2-4c40-978f-d4205ec6cd0c/dreamstime_l_80680137.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out One of the times in which it is recommended to send prayers and peace upon the Prophet ﷺ, and in which it is encouraged, is the tashahhud in the prayer. The proper time is after the tashahhud and before the supplication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1623434104578-CHKW32B0QROZBCRHTA6N/asc-2.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out Prayers on the Beloved, a collection of salawat from Habib ‘Umar based on the Names of Allah, was published by IGI in 2020. 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The two editions are also available as a two-book bundle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/0a91655f-411d-488d-b421-ae7d8b1d827c/dreamstime_l_107719607.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out A view of the Green Dome from the plaza outside Masjid al-Nabawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/add43781-4b6a-42b9-ab2d-2880f0372725/dreamstime_l_154258555.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out People enter the Rawdah of the Prophet ﷺ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619423088345-OCXA977FMXUP02ITTGLN/ssaa.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out Sayyid Muhammad b. ‘Alawi al-Maliki’s Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet ﷺ discusses legal rulings related to the mawlid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/25e0bb2d-59fc-4bec-9619-83c9b7bb089a/dreamstime_l_154258226.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out The Rawdah of the Prophet ﷺ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631565756600-N1BWSEDBBJ0I2AJHEL6G/patreonbutton.png Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get early access to translations and other works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619422880340-UAHROJUHWXX51HURF4NA/shfa.jpg Resources - A Guide to Salawat: Meanings, Rulings, Methods, and Benefits - Make it stand out This article is excerpted from On Prayers Upon the Prophet ﷺ (Gems from the Shifa’ of Qadi ‘Iyad), available worldwide from the IGI Bookstore and in many countries via Amazon. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/fasting monthly 0.5 2023-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/323fa34c-b69f-494b-9e2e-011f560ef0bc/dreamstime_xxl_95909810.jpg Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out People wait to break the fast in Sultan Ahmet Park, Istanbut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/ae1354e1-1616-4e12-bd9b-8b85676b20b4/dreamstime_xxl_138687786.jpg Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out Suppose the crescent moon is sighted for Ramadan from a reliably honest person. In that case, fasting becomes compulsory upon them, even though a jurist does not affirm the testimony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/f7ea5e0a-568d-448b-a4e6-d36b45c31ab5/dreamstime_xxl_119733407.jpg Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out One should seclude to the mosque (i’tikaf) in the final ten days of Ramadan, wherein the Night of Power is located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out Imam al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad is a letter to one of al-Ghazali’s advanced students, containing advice on how best to focus one’s time and efforts in ways that that will be beneficial in the Next World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/355eb7bc-fd5f-46ec-ad2d-da4e9bdc77c4/dreamstime_xxl_174084748.jpg Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out The spirit of fasting consists of imitating the angelic disposition, which entirely free of appetence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1645334782623-PGN2I82BCZ9EHXH0504G/mockup-featuring-a-book-surrounded-by-wildflowers-m18732.png Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out IGI's Ramadan Revival Journal was partly inspired by Imam al-Ghazali's discussions of fasting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/95e16501-10e2-47b8-96a4-70bf21f90692/dreamstime_xxl_74662227.jpg Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out One should make haste to break their fast (iftar) with either dates or water before heading to perform the sunset ritual prayer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/4aa7a9cd-e032-428d-86c6-c18fb3cced77/dreamstime_l_149240991.jpg Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out The fast of the elite involves the preservation of the heart from all considerations other than the Truth ﷻ, and the submission of oneself entirely to Allah ﷻ, staving off anything, either internal or external, other than Him ﷻ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get early access to translations and other works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - A Guide to Fasting (Sawm): Its Obligations, Conditions, Prophetic Practices, and Realities - Make it stand out Ustadh Moustafa Elqabbany’s new translation of al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad is available in the IGI Bookstore and on Amazon. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/dhikr monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1647473883518-T9VAHDC4WY4AW5LWI704/dreamstime_l_49467259.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out People sit in dhikr before prayer at a mosque in Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1647527675466-WUE5P7AKYDA5CAFQM3BX/unsplash-image-Jztmx9yqjBw.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out “Just as you do not perceive anything except that which lies scattered therein when gazing at the heavens and the earth, concluding that the reality of existence is no more than what you perceive, likewise the believer that undergoes such a spiritual experience perceives nothing but the Lord ﷻ.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b9d88105-d4c5-475d-86a5-f3dbdb4e7d63/dreamstime_l_34320461.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out People sit in dhikr before Jumu’ah prayer in a mosque in Indonesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/58a203a5-f577-43d7-abd0-283a25f55732/dreamstime_l_62848708.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Whoever recites up to a hundred times, their entire sins are wiped away, even if they amount to foam on the ocean’s surface: “Glory is to Allah and praise is to Him”’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/33fe3886-59ce-417b-a3b9-5dfdcb57c7d6/dreamstime_l_224678679.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out “Know that the poor amass greater rewards from uttering tasbih, tahlil, and takbir because the oppressions of the temporal world do not darken their hearts; rather, they stand clearer than most. Hence, each of their utterances equates to a seed that, dispersed across fertile earth, generate a significant return.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1646694974019-TFG1CT4G5PWDX07CHWQI/WhatsApp+Image+2022-03-07+at+2.25.55+PM.jpeg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out The Salawat of Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari is a collection of salawat composed by the great Imam of al-Azhar, presented in a beautiful illuminated edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1647527898569-MLZOE0ZJ30PAYMYXQL7X/unsplash-image-2BMSj-xN008.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘When going to sleep, one must recite: ‘I seek forgiveness from Allah with whom there is no other god. He is the Ever Living Sustainer.’ This serves to wash away their sins, even if equivalent to the sea foams, desert sands, tree leaves and the number of days on earth.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/c9d7aeaf-9431-4f92-be52-8f791130ab8b/dreamstime_l_10407354.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out One of the etiquettes of du’a is to lift both hands upward and glide over the face when finished, since a report indicates that, ‘Allah ﷻ is greater than to frustrate a servant that has lifted their hand in need.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1623434104578-CHKW32B0QROZBCRHTA6N/asc-2.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out Habib ‘Umar’s Prayers on the Beloved is a collection of salawat based around the Names of Allah. Available worldwide from in the IGI Bookstore and in many countries via Amazon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1647528758370-MKNBKYX6B7IW85925QXX/unsplash-image-pv2ZlDfstXc.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out ‘Musa عليه السلام said, “We must collectively repent for calumniation and slander.” Then everyone sought forgiveness and the clouds burst into a downpour.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624980761644-L34TQDHQZ9FEGI7ILL1X/dreamstime_l_188965090.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out When entering the mosque, one must recite: ‘Allah! Confer Your salutations upon Muhammad. Allah! Forgive my sins, and open for me the doors of Your mercy.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1647529257325-YGIX9QFGALS4ZKKAIVDX/unsplash-image-LYq7W1lRal4.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out When thunderbolt strikes, one must recite: ‘Allah! Do not kill us with Your wrath nor destroy us with Your torment. Give us wellness in their stead.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1647529391977-6NSY3HQPLHD48KPSSSH8/unsplash-image-qQIb6343A8U.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out Upon hearing the sound of thunder, one must recite: ‘Glory be to the one whom the thunder glorifies His praises, as do the angels in awe of Him.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1647529502563-6CU4CVV5058MNN77MXA1/unsplash-image-J_7lZpUAFWU.jpg Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out When entering the marketplace, one must recite: ‘There is no god but Allah, alone without partners. To Him belongs all dominion and praise. He gives life and gives death, and He is Ever Living, never perishing. In His hand is all good. He is over all things powerful.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get early access to translations and other works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - A Guide to Dhikr: Etiquettes, Virtues, Realities, and Collected Supplications - Make it stand out The collection of dhikr from the Qur’an and Sunnah, compiled by the late Shaykh Thaka Shu’aib Morning and Evening Invocations and the Ten Sevens is available both in paperback and as a free ebook in the IGI Bookstore. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/islamic-prayer monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/c53e4250-ceb7-4866-9989-669ee66eab63/dreamstime_l_127450075.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘The example of the five obligatory ritual prayers is that of a river that passes by a house, and the resident washes therein five times a day. Would it be possible that any filth remains on them?’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5a688518-b9e5-45a5-850d-a1ea0432d41f/dreamstime_l_25995647.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out The manifest meaning of the act of standing is to stand before Allah ﷻ with the head lowered in humility, while the inward secret is to bring the spirit to a standstill in order to venerate the Creator in a humble and diligent manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out IGI’s new translation of al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad is available in the IGI Bookstore and on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5e4f9ac7-e707-431b-8b93-d3a625f8da44/dreamstime_l_6740293.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out The secret of purification that one must know is that the purity of garbs and outer skin is a mere covering, while the spirit of purity resides in purity of the heart, and the heart comprises the divine place of sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/83052aeb-7162-4bd3-aa8d-2809b27890ca/dreamstime_l_92450887.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out The eyes, hands, and all limbs must be kept in order until the ritual prayer is finished so that it becomes worthy of divine acceptance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5f87abc7-1eaa-4cdc-97db-9f2b2fde084a/dreamstime_l_94662766.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out Each movement and supplication from the totality of movements and supplications that comprise ritual prayer possesses a specific reality and spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1637768368015-TPWMDORCS72IVNW84SJ6/medicine.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out Many of the recommendations found in Ibn Daud’s A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine are drawn from al-Ghazali’s teachings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/8b2dac1d-14b7-41fa-8cca-4c1d4ec92eae/dreamstime_l_48863964%281%29.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out Know for certain that, insomuch as the physical deviation from the direction of prayer invalidates prayers, equally, departure of the heart from Allah towards worldly thoughts impairs the spirit of ritual prayers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/816f48c9-5ce3-4628-bcd1-c4d58be42663/dreamstime_l_42659688.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out O beloved! Now you have come to know that the spirit of ritual prayer resides in the presence of the heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b932368c-5fc3-4701-bd73-8bf3da3f4eb7/dreamstime_l_6740264.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out The pious predecessors would console themselves for a period of three days when they missed the initial takbir, and a period of seven days when they missed the congregation altogether. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b161ca5f-0073-4ec8-b818-39b19ad80aa1/dreamstime_l_218040351.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out Each external feature of ritual prayer has an inward reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/07c8d9a9-1114-4d29-92c3-bff55db7232b/dreamstime_l_178247480.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out Know that every supplication uttered in the ritual prayers has a reality that must be known, and the worshipper must bring their character in line with those attributes in order to become truthful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/c96f9d4e-1754-4664-b96a-782c3980ff9e/dreamstime_l_232841624.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out The outward intention of the acts of bowing and prostration is to strike balance in the body, but the inward secret concerns striking a balance in the spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/27390b8e-3ce8-4efb-a056-a56ca074c202/dreamstime_l_232841623.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out A person who wishes to pray with complete presence of the heart must remedy the inward cause of the heart’s absence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e08cf919-e01f-4e9c-b4e6-dbfb4877c7d8/dreamstime_l_131185124.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘The reward of a single prayer in congregation is twenty-seven times more than that performed in solitude.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/7381eaf3-ae63-470c-a501-4fdb498368da/dreamstime_l_159452404.jpg Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out O beloved! Know that with each word of a rosary (tasbih), veneration (tahlil), and recitation (qira’ah), the heart must convey what the tongue utters, until the former comes to embody their meaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get early access to translations and other works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - A Guide to the Islamic Ritual Prayer (Salah): External Dimensions, Reality, and Spirit - Make it stand out IGI’s new translation of al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad is available in the IGI Bookstore and on Amazon. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/etiquette-recitation-quran monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/d89d3086-612e-46a8-977b-ff7b9df2e6c6/dreamstime_l_192093949.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out Recitation from the volume (mushaf) engenders greater rewards, since the eyes are occupied in the endeavour, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/d411a0d9-976f-4f8c-935c-c965ccc09255/dreamstime_l_197200216.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out It is reported that, ‘The reward of reading the entire Qur’an from the physical volume is seven times greater than doing so without.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624634914546-CUGO533RDSTAQO3OGDDE/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out Imam al-Ghazali’s short epistle Ayyuhal Walad focuses largely on the relationship between knowledge and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/4ace0453-b6e4-4526-9219-8323b4714895/dreamstime_l_137687345.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out ‘The one who recites the Qur’an when standing in prayer accrues a hundred rewards; when seated in ritual prayer, fifty rewards; and when in an impurified state, no more than ten rewards.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet series is a reading guide to the Qur’an, designed to help the average person connect and engage with Allah’s Book on a deeper level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/f34a0074-006d-476a-8689-bcaf38ae71cb/dreamstime_l_48863964.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out Ibn ‘Abbas رضي الله عنه mentioned, ‘As you assume the state of prostration, do not rise until you have cried. If your eyes cannot cry, then ensure that your heart does.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/3b5c4fb6-a53b-4918-9f1f-47dc29ee141a/dreamstime_l_220181098.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out Decorations on the minbar of the Mosque of Imam al-Shafi’i in Egypt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1637768368015-TPWMDORCS72IVNW84SJ6/medicine.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out The recommendations found in Ibn Daud’s A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine are largely drawn from al-Ghazali’s teachings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/f25507ea-cfe4-48b2-a614-523001a9cc14/dreamstime_l_131831520.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out ‘Had We sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, you would have certainly seen it humbled and torn apart in awe of Allah. We set forth such comparisons for people, [so] perhaps they may reflect.’ (59:21) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e19cd173-a2fb-4cd9-8dc3-edddc606d661/dreamstime_l_28997647.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out One cannot venerate the Holy Qur’an, unless cognizant of the majesty of Allah ﷻ, and such a recognition is not possible without a grasp of divine attributes and qualities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1649095009735-0R6PQL8383H2KKLROX5C/dfsdfsy.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s special Ramadan course discusses the larger themes of the Qur’an and how to engage with the Qur’an with both the intellect and the heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/fab2f977-a975-4b97-87b0-4b83ec151357/dreamstime_l_72531313.jpg Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out Recitation of the Holy Qur’an counts among most excellent of worships, in particular when undertaken during the ritual prayer in the standing position (qiyam). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get early access to translations and other works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624634914546-CUGO533RDSTAQO3OGDDE/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - On Recitation of the Qur'an: External and Internal Etiquette - Make it stand out IGI’s new translation of al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad is available in the IGI Bookstore and on Amazon. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/how-the-prophet-dealt-with-trauma-and-hardship monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/705155c6-aead-4970-b113-a41eeeb3bc2f/dreamstime_l_225509848.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out Sand dunes in the vicinity of Badr, the site of the Battle of Badr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/3dba284f-1578-4b73-85f0-e6280e37d42b/hardcover-ebook-mockup-standing-over-a-flat-surface-a9869%2Bcopy.png Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari’s The Luminous Moons is a beautiful and concise work of sirah, IGI’s edition contains the original Arabic as well as English translation on facing pages. The Battle of Badr is mentioned in chapter 17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/bb469675-df0b-4e9e-8493-be1676a7b059/dreamstime_l_93610129.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out In Mecca, the Prophet ﷺ would always situate himself in a position where he was facing the Ka’bah but with Jerusalem behind it. However, in Medina, facing Jerusalem would entail turning one’s back towards Mecca and thus the Ka’bah. The Prophet ﷺ grew increasingly uneasy with turning his back towards the Kaʿbah, so he ﷺ started making du’a to Allah to change the qiblah to Mecca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/8f7d2a8d-d836-4c3e-8633-63e175a8c79b/dreamstime_l_100149798.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out The region of Ta’if is at a much higher elevation than the surrounding region of Arabia, and has a more moderate climate with significantly more rainfall. This in turn supports agriculture and vegetation in the Ta’if region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1633510640822-Q7UB9QCCLFZNSJNCMWTY/who+is.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out Habib ‘Umar’s Who is the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ? is a unique didactic sirah in question & answer format. Section 4 discusses the Prophet’s ﷺ journey to Ta’if and the hardships and violence he ﷺ encountered there. This text contains both the original Arabic with English translation immediately following. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/c7a3ce56-a130-452e-8fc4-9835a36cafc0/dreamstime_l_190637327.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out At the Battle of Uhud, the the Prophet ﷺ was injured and very nearly killed, yet he ﷺ did not consider this to be the most difficult day of his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out IGI’s free ebook Morning and Evening Invocations contains many authentic du’a from the Qur’an and from Hadith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/6cf80a24-c552-4068-aa8c-ea267781fba4/dreamstime_l_190636762.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out Masjid Shuhada Uhud, the Mosque of the Martyrs of Uhud, at the base of Mount Uhud near Madinah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/003aab13-bc3f-4790-91f5-ad7271af6f1e/dreamstime_l_90439283.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out A large number of the Companions رضي الله عنهم , as well as many of the righteous people who followed them, are buried in Jannat al-Baqi in Madinah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631565756600-N1BWSEDBBJ0I2AJHEL6G/patreonbutton.png Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to manuscripts, including both translations and original works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1623434104578-CHKW32B0QROZBCRHTA6N/asc-2.jpg Resources - How the Prophet ﷺ Dealt with Trauma and Hardship - Make it stand out Habib ‘Umar’s Prayers on the Beloved contains 82 beautiful salawat which highlight the connection between the Messenger ﷺ and the Names and Qualities of Allah ﷻ, and which also include unique supplications for the one who recites them. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/splitting-moon-miracle monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/efb5b229-5b54-4112-8fc4-ff706086fdd0/dreamstime_l_63480812.jpg Resources - The Splitting of the Moon and the Holding Back of the Sun - Make it stand out Allah Exalted informs us of the splitting of the Moon in the past tense, and describes how the disbelievers turned away from His signs. Commentators and people of the Sunnah unanimously agree that this miracle took place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/898d566f-6699-4b47-92ed-43e4ab92ab86/Screenshot+2023-12-08+at+7.16.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - The Splitting of the Moon and the Holding Back of the Sun - Make it stand out IGP’s translation of Imam Yusuf al-Nabhani’s collection of hadith on Prophetic miracles has been published as Miracles Manifest: Forty Hadith on the Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/2399ad4a-f392-41ba-9e72-62459ca0d560/dreamstime_l_104461302.jpg Resources - The Splitting of the Moon and the Holding Back of the Sun - Make it stand out The miracle of the Moon took place at night. The custom of people at night is for quietness and tranquility, and to stay at home and lock their doors. People do not notice much happening in the sky at night, except for those who specifically pay attention to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - The Splitting of the Moon and the Holding Back of the Sun - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to translations like this one, as well as original works and draft publications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1641851556223-8E2627JOXG04S8M63TKN/drer.jpg Resources - The Splitting of the Moon and the Holding Back of the Sun - Make it stand out This article is excerpted from IGI’s Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, an extract from the Shifa’ of Qadi ‘Iyad. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/miracles-quran monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/6c5c39a8-2fc4-4ae2-b729-4e8cae9074c0/dreamstime_l_180928776.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out The Arabs were the most proficient in the field of linguistics by miles. They had the most famous orators; the greatest improvisers in poetry and rhyme; and the most comprehensive in their knowledge of unusual expressions, which they confidently used both for everyday conversation and fiery debate. These are the people that the Prophet ﷺ was calling out to for just over twenty years, challenging and rebuking them, and not sparing a single moment to invite them to the religion of Allah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1641851556223-8E2627JOXG04S8M63TKN/drer.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out This article is excerpted from IGI’s Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/10415412-0ecb-45b5-8ac9-cae599fc1a2b/dreamstime_l_180002881.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out The fact that the Qur’an was communicated to us by the Prophet ﷺ is well-known and undisputed. Similarly, it is well known that the Prophet ﷺ presented the Qur’an as a challenge, and that the Arabs were unable to imitate it. No-one denies either that the eloquence of the Qur’an was beyond the scope of the linguistic and literary habits of the time; this was attested to by the Arabs, the very people who knew the language best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/3e1ee0a1-000b-46b8-8dcf-9ecc4a8fbb9b/dreamstime_l_189106596.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out We have detailed the conciseness of the Qur’an’s language, the many layers of meaning, the clarity of expression, the beauty of its structure and composition, and the perfection of its lexicon. Every word in the Qur’an could fill volumes of contemplation, and behind every phrase lies an ocean of meaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/76ebe5be-d997-41ff-b67c-19606563fa3d/dreamstime_l_29101461.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out The Arabs, above all people, were powerful linguists. Every one of them tried his utmost to obscure the beauty and extinguish the light of the Qur’an, but their struggles were to no avail. They desperately searched for some inner reserves, but there was no use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/898d566f-6699-4b47-92ed-43e4ab92ab86/Screenshot+2023-12-08+at+7.16.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out IGP’s translation of Imam Yusuf al-Nabhani’s collection of hadith on Prophetic miracles has been published as Miracles Manifest: Forty Hadith on the Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9e0c70c9-fd05-4b05-8257-fb9b7ee1c00e/dreamstime_l_231225104.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out The fourth feature of the miraculous nature of the Qur’an is contained in its descriptions of past generations, vanquished empires, and previous systems of law. These were stories that Jewish and Christian scholars had dedicated their entire lives to uncovering, but only came up with one piece of the puzzle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b10a1bf3-debc-44bc-87ee-c176c18c76f7/dreamstime_l_133953420.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out Also from the miraculous nature of the Qur’an is the fear that clings to the hearts and tremors in the ears of those who listen to it, and the awe which seizes them due to its high status and the power of its recitation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/85698b4d-ef25-476d-9eb2-1f0b5114c2f4/dreamstime_l_231225147.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out A sure sign of the miraculous status of the Qur’an is that it will remain as an enduring sign for as long as this world exists, because Allah Exalted has promised to protect it. As He states: “It is certainly We Who have revealed the Reminder, and it is certainly We Who will preserve it.” (15:9) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/84ec6cd4-e410-4832-b880-f1f9cb77bc24/dreamstime_l_51525286.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out Another miraculous feature of the Qur’an is its explication of knowledge which the Arabs, especially Muhammad ﷺ before his Prophethood, had no awareness of. These were things that none of the scholars of previous generations knew about or had written about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to translations like this one, as well as original works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1641851556223-8E2627JOXG04S8M63TKN/drer.jpg Resources - The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Make it stand out This article is excerpted from IGI’s Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, available from both the IGI Bookstore and via Amazon. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/what-is-futuwwah monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/dbbeba7b-3264-47b7-b3df-4f7835806203/dreamstime_l_48476917.jpg Resources - What is Futuwwah? - Make it stand out Those raised on the path of futuwwah are guided to selflessness rather than self-absorption, courage in the face of immorality (as well as imminent threats to physical safety) rather than cowardice, distaste of harm coming to anyone, and disdain of revelling in the misfortunes of others – including adversaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/f55d6ea4-03bb-4f87-8a1c-53e3e2195de3/dreamstime_l_61431631.jpg Resources - What is Futuwwah? - Make it stand out Futuwwah is the path of cultivating strong youth. Strength is not merely an aspect of physicality, but arises from virtuous qualities that are exemplified in individual behaviour and fortified through organized brotherhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/39c67dd6-9c5f-497c-924c-70bdb6ec6a70/dreamstime_l_47864185.jpg Resources - What is Futuwwah? - Make it stand out Futuwwah is characterized by the process of transferring spiritual qualities (which are embodied in conduct) from a master to his disciples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/307d01a6-97a7-43c1-8303-63c07fbee2b4/dreamstime_l_33497948.jpg Resources - What is Futuwwah? - Make it stand out When disciples come into maturity – not simply in age, but in striving towards self-mastery – they must pass the mantle of chivalry to the next generation of disciples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/d707ce7b-df5a-4c08-961e-7c023bb061d5/dreamstime_l_104727383.jpg Resources - What is Futuwwah? - Make it stand out Futuwwah is the path of cultivating strong youth. Strength is not merely an aspect of physicality, but arises from virtuous qualities that are exemplified in individual behaviour and fortified through organized brotherhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - What is Futuwwah? - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to translations like this one, as well as original works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/a78b8e4c-a8d9-4dee-bbb1-8da0ed942061/Screen+Shot+2022-06-03+at+3.11.25+PM.png Resources - What is Futuwwah? - Make it stand out Shaykh Dawud Walid’s Futuwwah and Raising Males into Sacred Manhood is available in the IGI Bookstore. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-yusuf-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631641296456-67MTPUHE0RLN8SBSV6JL/dreamstime_l_24381320.jpg Resources - Surah Yusuf: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Similar to the beginning of most conflicts between good and evil, the story begins with the wrongdoers plotting to undermine the one who is good. In this case, Prophet Yusuf’s عليه السلام his brothers plot to abandon him and leave him to be discovered by strangers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/49379446-5af8-427c-a5f7-dc7eb08e0e6c/Screen+Shot+2023-03-17+at+1.20.09+PM.png Resources - Surah Yusuf: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out A Beautiful Patience: 40 Life Lessons from Surah Yusuf by Shabbir Hassan draws many practical lessons from this beloved Surah. Available in the Imam Ghazali Publishing Bookstore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631641854548-LXJNBQTDFE2GRQTU1KB3/dreamstime_l_169060420.jpg Resources - Surah Yusuf: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out We learn that even a reasonable leader does not have the power to fully protect the believer from the harm of an unjust society, and so we find that Prophet Yusuf عليه السلام is eventually imprisoned when his opponents can no longer tolerate his piety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631641966754-1297P6XM8XEHIB0CQ7FO/dreamstime_l_67359649.jpg Resources - Surah Yusuf: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Here, we will learn that in their attempts to suppress Prophet Yusuf عليه السلام, they instead provided him with the keys to liberating himself. 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However, none of them had any effect on his heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah TaHa: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, which will be published soon as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631565756600-N1BWSEDBBJ0I2AJHEL6G/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah TaHa: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631565839522-YUHV4X3657715YTOTQT1/endless+2.png Resources - Surah TaHa: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available in the IGI Bookstore. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-maryam-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631559101282-O375JYBL6WV3TOHYIAO1/dreamstime_l_201491198.jpg Resources - Surah Maryam: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out It is a recurring theme among the stories of the Prophets, that supernatural events are predicated upon supplications of the righteous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - Surah Maryam: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI’s Morning and Evening Invocations is a collection of du’a selected from the Qur’an, Hadith, and the statements of righteous scholars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631559159173-P8NQBCANLDA898SNZ1YD/dreamstime_l_201363093.jpg Resources - Surah Maryam: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The story of the Prophet Zakariyya sets the tone for the rest many of the stories that follow in this Surah: a person is sincere in their worship and makes a duʿa’, Allah gives them a sign to follow, and then a miracle happens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah Maryam: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, which will be published soon as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631558286633-NONMJ4G7PEC0W6I404ER/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah Maryam: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631558383268-EHGTVP4QWN7QJKHYC6UK/endless+2.png Resources - Surah Maryam: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available in the IGI Bookstore https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-al-tawbah-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631391042317-ZYO9GCPTTTJXVYSLRZ6Y/dreamstime_l_88770944.jpg Resources - Surah al-Tawbah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Makkah was founded and established on Islam and monotheistic belief. Moreover, it was managed by the direct descendants of Ibrahim عليه السلام, who was the historical champion of Islam and monotheism. Even if the people of Quraysh upheld the caretaking of the Kaaba and hosted the pilgrims for the hajj, they did not deserve the privilege of maintaining those roles so long as they were undertaking them for idolatrous reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631391230472-S2NLCY2HUMUBXTZA7DF8/dreamstime_l_83828975.jpg Resources - Surah al-Tawbah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The hypocrites value wealth to such an extent that they will do anything to gain it, and once they have it, they will be stingy with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631391467807-A1SD0O4VLTD6X033VHJF/dreamstime_l_46260937.jpg Resources - Surah al-Tawbah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The masjids that are established by the believers are places that are founded to promote taqwa of Allah, to seek His pleasure, to sacrifice for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and to enjoin the right and forbid the wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah al-Tawbah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, which will be published soon as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631391984079-XPER82I966PCQMILMUI1/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Tawbah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631392040491-SBRE4YRVT9IPDGSLR8M3/endless+2.png Resources - Surah al-Tawbah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available as a book bundle in the IGI Bookstore https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-al-hashr-introduction-tafsir monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628030088832-FK2JEK06LXPQ5N4R2P2O/dreamstime_l_116065980.jpg Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out “In the Name of Allāh” a mighty Name of One whom the entire creation seeks; and He [Himself] is Mighty. The suns, moons and stars, the night and the day, and all essences and accidents call out in evidence against themselves, “We are His slaves. We are the slaves of the Eternal One. We desire the Eternal One.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841672646-PZQ5P30GFSOSC2T25MAW/werwe.jpg Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out This article is partially excerpted from Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet, Volume III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628100675425-FFO3KHKEHJP6TI43V76K/dreamstime_l_27939067.jpg Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out Regarding His words ﷻ {So take heed, O people of insight!} this means: Take a lesson from the way that We gave Muslims victory over Banu al-Naḍir, despite their small number. If Allah wills the subjugation of an enemy, He can make lions as submissive as she-camels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628098907898-VGYOM6SVVR770TVIBFUJ/dreamstime_l_26408129.jpg Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out 59|5| {Whatever palm trees you cut down or left standing upon its trunk, it was by the permission of Allāh and a punishment for the transgressors} Līnah refers to any date palm, except the ‘ajwah and barnī date palms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628100190031-EM9ILYTO0ZS9L0JY62HM/dreamstime_l_137089036.jpg Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out 59|2| {They believed that their forts protected them from Allāh}. However, things did not progress as they had assumed. If someone seeks strength in anything created, he is surrendered to his weakness and lowliness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628099983750-MBSJPKHFH68HBLW0ZTKC/dreamstime_l_60609280.jpg Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out 59|14| {They will not fight you altogether, except in forts or from behind walls. They only behave bravely between themselves. You believe them to be united, while their hearts are at odds with one another. That is because they are people who do not reason} He then states that they are only stirred to fight the Muslims when they have a tactical advantage, or from behind walls. They are only emboldened amongst themselves and against each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out This section is excerpted from IGP’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, which will be published soon as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to as-yet-published manuscripts and translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Surah al-Hashr: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out The complete three-volume series of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available as a bundle from the IGI Bookstore. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-al-maidah-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628028681368-2M1MTSHUYPDR6S39X3ZW/dreamstime_l_161037625.jpg Resources - Surah al-Ma'idah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out 5|1-2| “O you who believe, fulfill the contracts. The animals from the cattle have been made lawful for you, except that which shall be read over to you, provided that you do not treat hunting as lawful while you are in Ihram. Surely, Allah ordains what He wills. O you who believe, do not violate (the sanctity) of the Marks of Allah, nor of the sacred month, nor of the sacrificial animal, nor of the garlands, nor of those proceeding to the Sacred House, seeking the grace of their Lord and (His) Pleasure. When you are out of Ihram, you may hunt. Malice against a people for their having prevented you from Al-Masjid-ul-Haram, should not cause you to cross the limits. Help each other in righteousness and piety, and do not help each other in sin and aggression. Fear Allah. Surely, Allah is severe at punishment.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628028926183-186A8BO1OOWDMQT0E1SU/dreamstime_l_31518672.jpg Resources - Surah al-Ma'idah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Unlike most other legal systems, the rights of animals in Islam are so unique that the intentional killing of an animal calls for significant reparations akin to those of killing a human being. The reason for this lies in the sanctity of the Sacred Grounds and months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628027926108-OQO2QP7WGTJWWNT6Z670/dreamstime_l_35705739.jpg Resources - Surah al-Ma'idah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out 5|90 “O you who believe! Wine, gambling, altars and divining arrows are filth, made up by Satan. Therefore, refrain from it, so that you may be successful.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1629744858921-9I70BV6I781WBXJNBJ34/dreamstime_l_201167274.jpg Resources - Surah al-Ma'idah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out He describes how the disciples asked ʿIsa for a repast so they could verify it as a sign, and it would be a returning blessing for each generation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1625095463602-IQCJJ3PBLV0BLDERABOL/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Ma'idah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Surah al-Ma'idah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet, a thematic introduction to and explanation of the Qur’an, is available in the IGI Bookstore https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-al-nisa-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624981182408-X5BB74JWP6OETNFILJR2/dreamstime_l_93860528.jpg Resources - Surah al-Nisa': An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “As for those who believe and do good deeds, We shall admit them into Gardens graced with flow-ing streams and there they will remain forever. They will have pure spouses there, and We shall admit them into cool refreshing shade.” (4:57) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624980761644-L34TQDHQZ9FEGI7ILL1X/dreamstime_l_188965090.jpg Resources - Surah al-Nisa': An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “He does not wrong anyone by as much as the weight of a speck of dust: He doubles any good deed and gives a tremendous reward of His own.” (4:40) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624981883718-UNS9JK7TEYMWVLK8EC5P/dreamstime_l_112653491.jpg Resources - Surah al-Nisa': An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “Will they not think about this Quran? If it had been from anyone other than God, they would have found much inconsistency in it.” (4:82) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624982553046-P9JKI6YWI2U706Q5VE3U/dreamstime_l_63895831.jpg Resources - Surah al-Nisa': An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz in Toledo, Spain was built in 999 CE and converted to a church in 1085 when Christians took control of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624982151642-AUIYX4TZKA4RFPGD0DKS/dreamstime_l_110532511.jpg Resources - Surah al-Nisa': An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “It will not be according to your hopes or those of the People of the Book: anyone who does wrong will be requited for it and will find no one to protect or help him against God;” (4:123) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624982291345-63DSHPGAIPU7604OOLEU/dreamstime_l_27912098.jpg Resources - Surah al-Nisa': An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “But God will give [due] rewards to those who believe in Him and His messengers and make no distinction between any of them. 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It is a blessed place; a source of guidance for all people.” (3:96) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624724092713-3B0N0Y6L15QJLRQ0A987/dreamstime_l_153376392.jpg Resources - Surah Al 'Imran: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The mountain of Uhud towers above Medina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624727179025-G2Z1GK2KE79JDRUVX3UY/dreamstime_l_116243088.jpg Resources - Surah Al 'Imran: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “Those who are miserly with what God has granted them out of His grace should not think that it is good for them; on the contrary, it is bad for them. Whatever they meanly withhold will be hung around their necks on the Day of Resurrection. It is God who will inherit the heavens and earth: God is well aware of everything you do.” (3:180) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624564521982-GQ0A30K1X56WZDBRZL6C/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah Al 'Imran: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Surah Al 'Imran: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet, a unique thematic introduction to the Qur’an, is available in the IGI Bookstore https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-al-kahf-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624331844555-89PYURM76GEVZFPKQH20/dreamstime_l_55569466.jpg Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out It has been narrated that when one of the Youths of the Cave who were resurrected entered the city to buy food, he took out his silver coins, which were minted in the name of Trajan Decius. See the tafsir of verses 11-26. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624332128876-WAOTQNRF0ZF7X7CA99OT/dreamstime_l_1172327.jpg Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out And strike for them the parable of two men. We gave to one of them two gardens of grapevines (18:32) See tafsir of verses 32-44. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624332394864-99S2NRV0WYRKQYKKWQ3X/dreamstime_l_48518584.jpg Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “And behind them was a king who was seizing every ship” meaning every undamaged ship “by force” (18:79) from its owners. See the tafsir of verses 60-82. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e3d20a65-2dfd-4773-8f7e-c1ce57ef54a2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-16+at+4.31.06+PM.png Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Hafiz ‘Abd a-Ghani al-Maqdisi’s Reports on the Dajjal, collects over one hundred Prophetic narrations on this great trial of the End Times. This translation was published by Imam Ghazali Publishing in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624332929214-5E9WLBZAZKTDE6W050F9/dreamstime_l_45616266.jpg Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Dhu al-Qarnayn traveled from the south to the north “until he arrived between two mountains” (18:93) meaning the pass between the two was blocked. See tafsir of verses 83-101 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/2b1e06d4-5142-4d60-a57d-cfaf96076817/Screen+Shot+2023-05-02+at+12.28.26+PM.png Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Shaykh 'Abdullah Siraj al-Din's Recitation of the Glorious Qur'an is a compendium of both conceptual and practical knowledge related to Allah's Book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/738c2da1-7c22-4a19-8064-028a41b3b885/dreamstime_l_236089356.jpg Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Bukhari narrated on the authority of Bara’ رضي الله عنه: “A man was reciting Surah al-Kahf with his horse next to him, tied with two ropes. A cloud suddenly covered him and started approaching him whilst his horse was trying to break loose. In the morning, he went to the Prophet ﷺ and related this to him. The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘That was serenity descending due to the Qur’an.’” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, published in 2024 as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624330586120-RL9VPKS59WZCJYNX22FL/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Surah al-Kahf: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available from the IGP Bookstore https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-al-baqarah-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/7816e0c7-f581-47de-8c8d-8b9d358f23b3/dreamstime_l_47631498.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Allah shows how He made a covenant with the Children of Israel, reminding them of how He saved them from the oppression of the Pharaoh under the guidance of Prophet Musa عليه السلام. Yet, as the reader will realize throughout the coming pages, salvation from worldly oppression is not sufficient without salvation from spiritual oppression of one’s self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624294308701-63WUKDS4DPNLBLUJIJIA/dreamstime_l_136945724.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out In these verses, Allah exemplifies what fulfilling the purpose of religious stewardship truly looks like, by introducing the story of Ibrahim and how he built the Kaaba. “As Abraham and Ishmael built up the foundations of the House [they prayed], ‘Our Lord, accept [this] from us. You are the All Hearing, the All Knowing.” Qur’an 2:127, translation M.A.S. Abdul Haleem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624295165402-E8RS9TSEBAGGJWRXHIVT/dreamstime_l_206159627.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. Through verses 2:142-162, Allah initiates this section by detailing the issue of the changing of the qiblah from al-Quds in Jerusalem to the Kaaba in Makkah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624327146371-0WGF3N14L1AYKLOYM5QG/dreamstime_l_138687786.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Righteousness includes following guidance in determining things like sighting the crescent moon to establish times for worship, and avoiding tampering with time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1641851556223-8E2627JOXG04S8M63TKN/drer.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI’s Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, an extract from the Shifa’ of Qadi ‘Iyad, discusses the numerous miracles that were given to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624327576036-HDCSP5RUYF5DWQHLUF8M/dreamstime_l_96409113.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out We find that the downfall of many people of faith is brought about, not due to a lack of belief in Allah’s ability to bring life and death, but rather due to their short-sightedness and by failing to understand how Allah controls all wealth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624328258186-XVJLS5DOCUBU4TB77VQ3/dreamstime_l_97063125.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The significance of the topic of contracts is so great that Allah dedicates the longest ayah of the Qur’an to exploring its intricacies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The famous du’a in verses 285-286 of Surah al-Baqarah is included in Shaykh Thaika Shu’aib’s Morning and Evening Invocations, published by IGI both in paperback and as a free PDF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1e5579f3-0943-4d4e-b95c-fcbcacc266ff/dreamstime_l_101776408.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Ayah al-Kursi is the leader of the Qur’an, the greatest verse in the Book of Allah, and a fortified fortress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/2b1e06d4-5142-4d60-a57d-cfaf96076817/Screen+Shot+2023-05-02+at+12.28.26+PM.png Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Shaykh 'Abdullah Siraj al-Din's Recitation of the Glorious Qur'an is a compendium of both conceptual and practical knowledge related to Allah's Book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/d7d39db5-d6f6-4fb6-a0d2-903a9533390a/dreamstime_l_187201043.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out It is narrated on the authority of Ma’qil ibn Yasar رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Al-Baqarah is the peak of the Qur’an and its pinnacle. With every verse, 80000 Angels came down.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/51bb44a5-be5c-4b66-b07a-4a93ff47dbcb/dreamstime_l_111532400.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out It is narrated on the authority of Abu Umamah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever recites Ayah al-Kursi after the obligatory prayer, nothing is stopping them from entering Paradise besides death.” (Nasa’i in al-Sunan al-Kubra, 9928) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/89723b03-87e4-43f6-9d06-a3323523f2b1/dreamstime_l_163749164.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Khalid ibn Ma’dan used to call Surah al-Baqarah the camp (fustat) of the Qur’an, due to its magnificence, and its comprising beliefs, rulings, transactions, character, and manners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/4451980e-4036-4139-bdd4-33ddfa190a4d/dreamstime_l_74024384.jpg Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Bukhari narrated on the authority of Ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever recites the last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah at night, they shall be sufficient for them.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624328849150-1VWGM31YD72HVG7HEMIU/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624328944118-5YNKK4HVZCS2GC3RZ0LQ/endless-banquet-7.png Resources - Surah al-Baqarah: Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out This article is excerpted from Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet, a unique thematic introduction to the Qur’an. Available in the IGI Bookstore https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/surah-al-fatihah-introduction monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1623111414354-P51H583YJR0YS37S0E5E/dreamstime_l_167967180.jpg Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out The first attribute is associated with the relationship Allah has with nature. Not only does He nurture it, but He is also its caretaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1623111105603-YU0JDHJ1C9X05CHJ2HRP/dreamstime_l_203431172.jpg Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Allah defines the nature of this path of worship and reliance based on the path of the righteous people who came before us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/2b1e06d4-5142-4d60-a57d-cfaf96076817/Screen+Shot+2023-05-02+at+12.28.26+PM.png Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Shaykh 'Abdullah Siraj al-Din's Recitation of the Glorious Qur'an is a compendium of both conceptual and practical knowledge related to Allah's Book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/0ac49b4b-3a44-4e5a-92e4-dc0c5020ee6d/dreamstime_l_78336880.jpg Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out “A man whom we did not know to treat through incantations went with her and treated him (i.e., read Surah al-Fatihah over him). He was thus cured, instructed that 30 goats be given to him, and he also gave us milk to drink.” (Bukhari, 2276) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/a24914dd-4f93-4bbe-818b-50945a7905f8/dreamstime_l_117366832.jpg Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Surah al-Fatihah is called the Essence of the Qur’an because the essence (umm) of a thing is its origin and source. Mecca is called the Mother of all cities (Umm al-Qura), because it is the origin. In a similar manner, all of the objectives of the Qur’an and its core meanings return summarily to Surah al-Fatihah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGP’s free ebook Morning and Evening Invocations contains the Fatihah as well as many other du’a and dhikr from the Qur’an and Sunnah. Also available in paperback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/8d95162c-9aa3-418d-bbd6-eb4c01348909/dreamstime_l_106183284.jpg Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Sayyiduna ‘Ali رضي الله عنه said, “If I wanted, I could load 70 camels with the exegesis of Surah al-Fatihah.” (Qut al-Qulub, vol. 1, p. 50) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, published by IGP in 2024 as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/59789f28-8d94-4752-ad6f-c13973186ece/Screenshot+2023-12-06+at+3.41.34%E2%80%AFPM.png Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out Allah loves the person who "Whenever he dismounts, he proceeds,” meaning the person who completes the Qur’an and begins again. The Nasim: Regarding Congregating & Supplicating Upon Completion of the Qur’an is a traditional du’a to be made at the time of a khatm of the Qur’an, passed down for over 1000 years by the scholars of Tarim, Yemen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1623173766755-RFLQTWUQLC41J5CCTGD1/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624289189784-1ANQLK1NPSLF0B8W6FYN/endless-banquet-7.png Resources - Surah al-Fatihah: An Introduction and Thematic Explanation - Make it stand out This article is excerpted from Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet, a unique thematic introduction to the Qur’an. Available in the IGI Bookstore https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-surah-kahf-101-110-last-ten-verses monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1621608227096-P2MT9PAK2ELQJ77PYRPB/dreamstime_l_209901751.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 101-110: The Last Ten Verses - Make it stand out Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “People will come on the Day of Judgement with works that they deem as great as the mountains of Tihama. But when they are weighted, they won’t weight a thing. And that is the meaning of His words ‘We will not assign for them on the Day of Judgement, any weight.’ (105)” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e3d20a65-2dfd-4773-8f7e-c1ce57ef54a2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-16+at+4.31.06+PM.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 101-110: The Last Ten Verses - Make it stand out Hafiz ‘Abd a-Ghani al-Maqdisi’s Reports on the Dajjal, collects over one hundred Prophetic narrations on this great trial of the End Times. This translation was published by Imam Ghazali Publishing in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1621604776990-E1JJGLM9PWFDG62LKE10/dreamstime_l_56323410.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 101-110: The Last Ten Verses - Make it stand out The Prophet (may Allah bless him and give him peace) has said, “A big, fat man will be brought on the Day of Judgement, not weighing as much as a mosquito. If you wish, recite, ‘We will not assign for them on the Day of Judgement, any weight.’ (105)” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1621601325731-0GFM8AX1XAQL1X3AGL4J/dreamstime_l_160913905.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 101-110: The Last Ten Verses - Make it stand out “Say: “If the sea” any sea “were ink” meaning that which fills the inkwells “for the words of my Lord” - and this refers to that which Allah (Blessed is He) will say to the People of Paradise, of words of kindness and generosity, which cannot be conceived of in the minds of human beings, nor encompassed by thought https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1621606255353-H7HLW7FZ1PZ7KMHDL1OM/patreonbutton.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 101-110: The Last Ten Verses - Make it stand out IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-of-surah-al-waqiah-verses-1-26 monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619879625083-IGQIUSXPEDLYGBC821BW/dreamstime_l_18665575.jpg Resources - Surah al-Waqi’ah: Introduction and Tafsir 56|4-5| {And the mountains crumble completely and become scattered dust} When the mountains are in a state of upheaval and are reduced to mere dust particles, like those seen in the sunrays of a dusty room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841672646-PZQ5P30GFSOSC2T25MAW/werwe.jpg Resources - Surah al-Waqi’ah: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is a thematic explanation of the Qur’an, suitable for everyday reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b4013e02-bd2b-4dc2-8e85-e72525b11dd0/dreamstime_l_54557865.jpg Resources - Surah al-Waqi’ah: Introduction and Tafsir 56|20| {And fruits of their choosing} Likewise, the ones who are drawn near will have fruits of their choosing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah al-Waqi’ah: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, which will be published soon as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619882162788-ZTAYZO1JS2E0EP2VRFYX/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Waqi’ah: Introduction and Tafsir IGI Patreon members get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Surah al-Waqi’ah: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available in the IGI Bookstore. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-surah-al-rahman-verses-1-32 monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628018404172-FM7S3SXPAYGUJN5CPHY0/dreamstime_l_94578176.jpg Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out {The Beneficent; He taught the Qur’ān} These verses mean that the Beneficent (al-Raḥman), the One whom the monotheists recognize and the disbelievers deny, is the One who taught the Qur’ān. It has also been said that it means, “The Beneficent—the One who has shown them mercy, protected them from polytheism, ennobled them with faith, and demanded of them the word of God-consciousness—is the One who taught the Qur’ān to His servants.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619626677092-IGASQKXN3AIN8J3SN76K/dreamstime_l_17974857.jpg Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir {The sun and the moon have a precise calculation} In other words, the sun and moon both run their course according to known laws; the passage of time is noted by their cycles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619624328966-KJ0LS7Q6BFE7HE33T42N/dreamstime_l_212786334.jpg Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir It has been said that the star (najm) among trees is the one that has no trunk, whereas the tree (shajar) mentioned in the verse is that which has a trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619625276397-RGDYZ1LGE1844RLJSW04/dreamstime_l_124410506.jpg Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir {palms with date sheaths} The date sheaths (akmām) refers to the covering of palm fibers and leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619625848592-OQEJBHFF9WH814K58E2E/dreamstime_l_62026678.jpg Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir {To Him belong the ships built high on the sea, like peaks} The word, “jawār” is the plural of jāriyah, which means a ship. {Like peaks} refers to the mountains; the largest and most imposing ships belong to Him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841672646-PZQ5P30GFSOSC2T25MAW/werwe.jpg Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is a thematic explanation of the Qur’an suitable for everyday reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, which will be published soon as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619627605023-7UT7QND3H5S5L6WB99UF/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir IGI Patreon members get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Surah al-Rahman: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available in the IGI Bookstore. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-surah-al-kahf-verses-83-101-dhul-qarnayn monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1620356673988-V1EAE02S51VWHT813NPF/dreamstime_l_152434633.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 83-101: The Story of Dhu'l Qarnayn The ancient city of Derbent, Dagestan, Russia, with its 2600 year-old fortress “As for the lesser Dhu’l Qarnayn, the Greek, it has been narrated that when his father passed away, he consolidated rule over Rome, after it had been separate kingdoms. Then, he set out towards the kingdoms of the Arabs and conquered them. Then, he continued until he reached the Persian Sea. Then, he returned to Egypt and built the city of Alexandria, which he named after himself. Then, he entered the Levant and sought the Children of Israel. He visited Jerusalem and sacrificed on an altar. Then, he took a detour towards Armenia and Derbent. And the Iraqis, the Egyptians, and the Berbers submitted to him.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e3d20a65-2dfd-4773-8f7e-c1ce57ef54a2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-16+at+4.31.06+PM.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 83-101: The Story of Dhu'l Qarnayn - Make it stand out Hafiz ‘Abd a-Ghani al-Maqdisi’s Reports on the Dajjal, collects over one hundred Prophetic narrations on this great trial of the End Times. This translation was published by Imam Ghazali Publishing in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1620353821329-AC7I630R54EMJN3RXI0Y/dreamstime_l_214686567.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 83-101: The Story of Dhu'l Qarnayn Aerial view of Cofete Beach, Fuentevertura, Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are a volcanic archipelago about 60-100 miles off the coast of southern Morocco. ‘…according to one of the two opinions on the matter, he halted on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, in which are found the Canary Islands, beyond which begins the deep sea. “He found it” meaning the sun “setting in a murky spring” indicating that the spring was full of black mud. It has also been read as “haami’ah,” which would mean “hot.”‘ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1620357147514-0Y29Q6XE86HK5O043O0Y/dreamstime_l_101316156.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 83-101: The Story of Dhu'l Qarnayn “Outwardly, Dhu’l Qarnayn desired to reach the rising of the physical sun. However, inwardly, he desired to reach the rising of the spiritual sun. And that is the sun of hearts, which removes the veil from unseen matters. So, he followed a course that would lead him to the visible sun.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1620354268654-SHJTYXB22BJW63ZQCGG2/dreamstime_l_23827293.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 83-101: The Story of Dhu'l Qarnayn “And among the benefits [of travel] is the fortification of his inner reality and the honing of his Gnosis. For, in each day, he meets a new Divine Manifestation and a previously unknown condition. And, for that, he will need increased gnosis and new patience. The disciple is like water. When water becomes stagnant in one place for a long period of time, it changes and becomes bitter. But, when it flows, it is sweet and pure.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619206260216-I538N5SK8WOFG0NJLDWQ/patreonbutton.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 83-101: The Story of Dhu'l Qarnayn IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-surah-ya-sin-verse-1-33 monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1628017070821-SD7EPFDESLDQ3U3JOAMD/dreamstime_l_145529030.jpg Resources - Surah Ya Sin: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out Regarding Allah’s signs, He gives us numerous examples from His creation. These include, but are not limited to how He revitalizes the earth’s water for our benefit, how He made everything in pairs to allow for reproduction, the courses of the Sun and the Moon, and the buoyancy of ships in water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619531585068-CU2TTUFSHAUDZ7V7A6ZA/dreamstime_l_177540137.jpg Resources - Surah Ya Sin: Introduction and Tafsir {And their traces} (12) refers to the steps people take to the Mosques, their standing upon the carpet of intimate conversation with God, the path of their tears over the surface of their cheeks, and the ascent of their breaths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619531271174-HA98VLST94FOYDJ0TW1B/dreamstime_l_203670735.jpg Resources - Surah Ya Sin: Introduction and Tafsir {And We bring out from it grain from which they eat} (33) Allah (Blessed is He) repeatedly addressed the resurrection. He (Blessed is He) struck a similitude for it, in many verses, of the resurrection of the earth with plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841672646-PZQ5P30GFSOSC2T25MAW/werwe.jpg Resources - Surah Ya Sin: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is a thematic explanation of the Qur’an suitable for everyday reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/97ba3cad-7dff-4e82-855c-94e7507e11bc/Screenshot+2023-12-05+at+9.49.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Resources - Surah Ya Sin: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out This passage is excerpted from Imam Ghazali Publishing’s translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s Asrar Tartib al-Qur’an, which will be published soon as Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur’an. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1619532332613-B3AU5W5WJ5VU571BKCPV/patreonbutton.png Resources - Surah Ya Sin: Introduction and Tafsir IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Surah Ya Sin: Introduction and Tafsir - Make it stand out The full three-volume set of Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s The Endless Banquet is available in the IGI Bookstore. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/mexico-muslims monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1617733239454-CDR2SC8N3OVWDLFLQU9S/canyon-chiapas.jpeg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas Ustadh Mostafa, Ustadh Talut, and Ustadh Mudar overlooking the spectacular Cañon Sumidero (Sumidero Canyon), one of the great landmarks of the Chiapas region. The canyon was created by the mighty Rio Grijalva, which runs northwards through it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1617733288554-FAZU81YBX614BO3UQL15/dreamstime_l_99648817.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas Looking up from the river at the bottom of Sumidero Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1eaad708-1834-4730-bd95-40d79df97dde/dreamstime_l_30416255.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Another view of the spectacular Sumidero Canyon, with the Rio Grijalva far below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/4f257749-9e4a-4f85-9704-3471d8ac8c1b/dreamstime_l_142875035.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out San Cristobal de las Casas is situated among the mountains and forests of the Chiapas Plateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b0c57b7a-884e-4acf-b447-2f08788a70ad/dreamstime_l_78335546.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Much of San Cristobal is very colorful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/343bd7a0-de5d-4884-a6bc-f86f49ec9660/chiapas-group.jpeg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Ustadh Talut Dawood and myself with some brothers of the Chiapas Muslim community, including some youth and one of the elders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/cd64ee20-840c-42e2-a3d6-f53b44aa9707/dreamstime_l_102439769.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Though we didn't have much time to explore, San Cristobal is definitely a very interesting city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/19b5e324-6c7b-4dc4-971e-17cb52570d04/dreamstime_l_142874901.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Some of the architecture of San Cristobal is remeniscient of Spain and al-Andalus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9f8a2902-b9e1-44f8-b682-d6e0c9605b25/chiapas-elder.jpeg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out I had the honor of meeting one of the elders of the community. He had previously been Catholic, and in the 1950's, he had actually been appointed by the Pope to lead the team that translated the Bible into the Tzotzil Mayan language. He was over 100 years old when I met him! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/7a2570b4-65fd-4c57-9cee-24093ba524ec/dreamstime_l_117976457.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out We wished we had more time to explore the city of San Cristobal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e7d845ea-945e-4f5a-9ea3-8792bd97b4e4/mexico-class.jpeg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Ustadh Mostafa and Sidi Talut Dawood teaching in Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/6f1c31fe-e511-4f26-90c4-2ca53cd41efa/dreamstime_l_155214222.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out The influence of Andalusian architecture is clearly visible in San Cristobal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/2424d2cb-6c8c-481a-b5f1-c3f930683f16/dreamstime_l_62354820.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out The region around San Cristobal is absolutely spectacular https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/2e9e7526-67e3-4bfc-a3ed-c8a475d21ca7/chiapas-children.jpeg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Ustadh Talut and I with some of the children of the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b36b87ef-2965-4ce9-9068-7da666fd979f/dreamstime_l_65449179.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out San Cristobal is nestled among the mountains and rainforests of the Chiapas plateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/903d3f86-b5ee-4c1e-a36c-16a6bee67be1/dreamstime_l_80032105.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Much of San Cristobal is quite colorful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/f8efb0c9-2051-40ad-a190-1864c6644bcb/dreamstime_l_118278300.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Beautiful, fragrant rooftop gardens are common in San Cristobal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/131fbc52-e930-4956-bbba-86508a0e8ca0/dreamstime_l_3435247.jpg Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Sumidero Canyon, where the Rio Grijalva cuts through the Chiapas Plateau west of San Cristobal, is incredibly beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1617733525068-AK90SVCXUERGNAPP051H/patreonbutton.png Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas IGI Patrons support IGI’s publishing & education efforts, especially Spanish language publications & trips to Latin America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1637017570257-IDGSX6FPYRJVGQ2CHY97/Screen+Shot+2021-11-15+at+6.05.58+PM.png Resources - A Visit to the Muslim Community of Chiapas - Make it stand out Una Introducción a la Doctrina Musulmana, escrita por Imán Ibrahim al-Bajuri, traducido por Rashad Jameer (PDF libre) https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/why-write-about-blackness-and-islam monthly 0.5 2022-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1615399433177-8VB75CH18N4P76QG22RS/blacness.jpg Resources - Why Write About ‘Blackness And Islam'? 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So, it came to life and entered the sea. Then Musa عليه السلام awoke and they left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e3d20a65-2dfd-4773-8f7e-c1ce57ef54a2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-16+at+4.31.06+PM.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out Hafiz ‘Abd a-Ghani al-Maqdisi’s Reports on the Dajjal, collects over one hundred Prophetic narrations on this great trial of the End Times. This translation was published by Imam Ghazali Publishing in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1617979034145-H68XNTMTFJCT6K6RYKJY/dreamstime_l_178397976.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr It has been narrated that Al-Khidr said to Musa عليهم السلام, “Your and my knowledge, combined with the knowledge of the first and the last, compared with the knowledge of Allah, is equal to less than the water that bird is carrying [in its beak].” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1617979487233-6GO6Z8GJJ075APF3IQKO/dreamstime_l_108406770.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1622255740064-BUYZEJB0LRXYU8HLDYAE/dreamstime_l_126680813.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out “And Musa and Khidr عليهم السلام started to walk along the shore of the ocean. A ship passed by them and they spoke to the people in the ship about carrying them. Since the people recognized Khidhr عليه السلام, they carried them for no charge.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1622256062597-I3LRV66YQFXIQ1K0JOAN/dreamstime_l_33660304.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out While they were walking, “they found in it a wall.” (77) Wahb said, “It was one hundred forearms’ lengths long.” “That wanted to fall over.” meaning it was about to collapse. The word “wanted” was used metaphorically, to provide imagery and to indicate the immediateness of that collapse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1622256273832-D7JFFEE18U7QXWJ5D3E2/dreamstime_l_23667297.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out A beachfront fort near Tarifa, Spain, on the northern coast of Straits of Gibraltar. “So, they set out until they came to the people of a town.” (77) Ibn ‘Ajibah states that the town where Musa and Khidr عليهم السلام found the wall is the one that is today called Tarifa, although, originally, it was called “Zarifah” with a “za” instead of a “ta.” He says this according to the opinion that the joining of the two seas is between Ceuta and Tangier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1622256675579-NN99AAFH53GX7KOJ13OW/dreamstime_l_90218388.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out “As for the ship” (79) which Khidr damaged, “it belonged to some poor people” meaning weak people who cannot defend themselves from oppression. He called them “poor” due to their lowliness and weakness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/98e74296-0be2-4b06-a772-74fa97ecbf7b/Screen+Shot+2022-08-11+at+4.55.23+PM.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out Shaykh Dr. Thaika Shu’aib’s Morning and Evening Invocations contains a du’a attributed to al-Khidr. It is available from the IGI Bookstore both in paperback and as a free PDF download. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1622256980994-HM3151BKJ6N89DRLQZJJ/dreamstime_l_109936408.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out From the repairing of the wall, we can understand the importance of implementing the Divine Legislation, upholding the etiquette of slavehood and preserving the secrets of Lordship. One can understand from this the importance of doing good to those who treat you ill. Indeed, the people of that town wronged them by not treating Khidr hospitably, yet he returned their ill treatment with good treatment by repairing their wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1622257469670-CCMZ9ORS48IXXI5QEQRK/dreamstime_l_111915311.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out When Musa عليه السلام rebuked Khidhr for erecting the wall, it was called to him, “Where was this when you lifted the stone for the daughters of Shu’ayb without wage?” And Allah (Exalted is He) knows best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1615487422027-K7Y3EAB7OTPM4HA38YRB/patreonbutton.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf: The Story of Musa and al-Khidr - Make it stand out Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s three-volume set The Endless Banquet contains concise thematic explanations of each surah of the Qur’an, suitable for everyday reading. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-surah-kahf-32-44-man-two-gardens monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1611936055954-10N1X18U7KCWII6GNPNO/dreamstime_l_101973057.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 32-44: The Man with the Two Gardens “We gave to one of them two gardens of grapevines.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1611936102316-Z5709JBDISKY5MNKINJ7/dreamstime_l_197682473.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 32-44: The Man with the Two Gardens “And We surrounded them by date palms.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1611936201146-QI3Y9DJLHSDFRT1RQ6CL/dreamstime_l_194583135.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 32-44: The Man with the Two Gardens “And he had fruits.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e3d20a65-2dfd-4773-8f7e-c1ce57ef54a2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-16+at+4.31.06+PM.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 32-44: The Man with the Two Gardens - Make it stand out Hafiz ‘Abd a-Ghani al-Maqdisi’s Reports on the Dajjal, collects over one hundred Prophetic narrations on this great trial of the End Times. This translation was published by Imam Ghazali Publishing in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1611936477322-PP325I1OMU4CSPJ934BE/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 32-44: The Man with the Two Gardens “Each of the two gardens yielded its fruits” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1611936945955-HSY9U39BBZYDXL1HQNXM/patreonbutton.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 32-44: The Man with the Two Gardens IGI Patrons get access to additional excerpts of upcoming or as-yet-unpublished works. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-surah-kahf-11-26-sleepers-cave monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e3d20a65-2dfd-4773-8f7e-c1ce57ef54a2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-16+at+4.31.06+PM.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 11-26: The Story of the Sleepers of the Cave - Make it stand out Hafiz ‘Abd a-Ghani al-Maqdisi’s Reports on the Dajjal, collects over one hundred Prophetic narrations on this great trial of the End Times. This translation was published by Imam Ghazali Publishing in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1611253900115-FVFDGLNSSOBDAFKXGHKQ/dreamstime_l_55573683.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 11-26: The Story of the Sleepers of the Cave Roman coins minted by the emperor Decius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1611333082581-SK1ZVW24HHBY2E4WY2IJ/patreonbutton.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 11-26: The Story of the Sleepers of the Cave IGI Patreon members get early access to as-yet-unpublished manuscripts, translations, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624634914546-CUGO533RDSTAQO3OGDDE/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 11-26: The Story of the Sleepers of the Cave - Make it stand out Imam al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad contains a concise yet comprehensive discussion of the relationship between knowledge and action. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/tafsir-of-surah-al-kahf-verses-1-10 monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/98646014-1903-4410-a59d-687a13bce09e/dreamstime_l_46264723.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 1-10 - Make it stand out The Perfect Book, the Qur’an, is known as a “Book” before any other books. It is the Book that truly deserves the name “the Book.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e3d20a65-2dfd-4773-8f7e-c1ce57ef54a2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-16+at+4.31.06+PM.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 1-10 - Make it stand out Hafiz ‘Abd a-Ghani al-Maqdisi’s Reports on the Dajjal, collects over one hundred Prophetic narrations on this great trial of the End Times. This translation was published by Imam Ghazali Publishing in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 1-10 - Make it stand out Imam al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhal Walad contains a concise yet thorough discussion of the relationship between knowledge and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/cca52979-770b-416e-ac0d-ea2a038592b7/dreamstime_l_241977102.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 1-10 - Make it stand out “And We will surely reduce all that it is upon it,” meaning everything that the world contains, “to barren dust.” In other words, everything will be reduced into dry dirt without any vegetation, even though previously onlookers had been impressed by its beauty, and eyes had been enchanted through seeing it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5da747f9-975d-4174-b5e1-ca16cb798dc1/dreamstime_l_230679180.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 1-10 - Make it stand out The location of this particular cave has been disputed….it has been said that it is in Andalus (in present day southern Spain), near Loja, Granada….However, Ibn Juzay has negated [this] claim, stating that it is unlikely to be true. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1610659627937-C2GF9UVWMAKNRUK7JGAO/patreonbutton.png Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 1-10 IGI Patreon members get early access to as-yet-unpublished manuscripts, translations, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1648841880357-GLBQ00ZW61DRDCHLZ1PO/wrww.jpg Resources - Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, Verses 1-10 - Make it stand out Shaykh Hamzah Abdul Malik’s three-volume series The Endless Banquet is a concise thematic explanation of the Qur’an suitable for general readers. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/dangers-of-knowledge-mukhtasar monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1612204327825-5L20Z13CUIPAQ3U669QK/patreonbutton.png Resources - Imam al-Ghazali: On the Dangers of Knowledge https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/etiquettes-teacher-student-mukhtasar monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - Imam al-Ghazali: On the Etiquettes of the Teacher and the Student - Make it stand out Imam al-Ghazali’s short epistle Ayyuhal Walad focuses largely on the relationship between knowledge and action. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/beneficial-and-harmful-knowledge-mukhtasar monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1624913615797-OS2QTGWQZOOXCLYG3KHZ/ayyuhal-walad-cover.png Resources - Imam al-Ghazali: On Beneficial and Harmful Knowledge - Make it stand out Imam al-Ghazali’s short epistle Ayyuhal Walad focuses largely on the relationship between knowledge and action. https://www.imamghazali.org/blog/benefit-of-knowledge-mukhtasar monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1610043159243-3SJCLDXWGIUHF1VEHAKB/patreonbutton.png Resources - Imam al-Ghazali: On the Benefit of Knowledge We share more excerpts like this with IGI patrons twice per month! 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The facility operators were extremely respectful of Victor, and went above and beyond to accommodate our needs to fulfill the standards of halal processing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1600972990384-27LLQZJLSSHGAQ413FBX/Medellin_mosque.jpg Resources - The Colombian Muslims Who Saved Eid - Outside the only masjid in Medellin (at the time) Outside of the only Masjid in Medellin (at the time). Photo by Himy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1600973208708-CRYOQVJTM8L6TTVL6IXQ/Caribbean_beach_Cartagena Resources - The Colombian Muslims Who Saved Eid - The Caribbean Sea from the beach north of Cartagena Our taxi drove along the beach for about 30 minutes to get to the village. 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Passerby would often ask to take pictures with us, especially with Shaykh Hamzah. Each time he posed, Shaykh Hamzah would raise his index finger. Our new acquaintances would ask what it meant, and he told them, "One God." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1600974356732-02FG3B1LEBXX29YZ7C7Q/Cartagena_airport Resources - The Colombian Muslims Who Saved Eid Shaykh Hamzah, Victor, and I walk into the airport in Cartagena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1608529946304-AHYHYAGQDROO9H7QPXKX/12182805_560015464167714_8158351115109763313_o+%281%29.jpg Resources - The Colombian Muslims Who Saved Eid The Andes mountain landscape near the retreat villa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1608530030249-8SA1YMAJJNYTJ1X2WB69/12239374_560015420834385_5844092691220177700_o+%281%29.jpg Resources - The Colombian Muslims Who Saved Eid Some of our group arrive at the mountain villa for the retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1608530223204-4T9UBBC9SOU04O2S2EUB/halal-burgers-for-everyone.jpg Resources - The Colombian Muslims Who Saved Eid Retreat attendees gather for a meal in the dining room of the villa. 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When I became a Muslim, I wanted to combine tijara (trade) and ‘ibada (worship), but I did not achieve what I desired. So I abandoned tijara and inclined towards ‘ibada.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1612300582730-LU49TE46CHST6A4QIR8N/shamail.jpg Resources - Abu ad-Darda': A Biography - Make it stand out A number of the hadith included in Imam al-Tirmidhi’s Al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya were narrated by Abu al-Darda’ رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9b9a0030-14b1-485a-9dc5-b4e55ba75143/dreamstime_l_10323356.jpg Resources - Abu ad-Darda': A Biography - Make it stand out When Abu al-Darda’ رضي الله عنه arrived in Damascus, he found the people immersed in luxury and soft living. 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Malik رضي الله عنه would wake up before everyone else in the mornings and go to the Prophet’s ﷺ mosque to take care of his needs and wishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/c574f62c-793a-421d-bbb4-c13e00f523b5/Screen+Shot+2023-07-10+at+4.50.59+PM.png Resources - Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Much of our knowledge of the Shama’il of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ comes through Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1612300582730-LU49TE46CHST6A4QIR8N/shamail.jpg Resources - Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Sayyiduna Anas رضي الله عنه narrates many hadith in Imam al-Tirmidhi’s Al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya, including the narration mentioned below about the last time he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/96ed28d3-aca2-4b93-ad28-395c1a6b9d0f/dreamstime_l_196115757.jpg Resources - Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out The first Caliph Sayyiduna Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه assigned Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه to the post of alms collector and sent him to Bahrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5057d24e-668b-4fc6-a870-2bd0f5ae21c7/PHOTO-2022-01-24-15-27-38%281%29.jpg Resources - Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out A number of the narrations included in The 40 Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi are transmitted through Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/953b3472-f863-4fa9-b66b-d20a35b72ac6/Screen+Shot+2023-05-12+at+4.20.24+PM.png Resources - Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out IGP’s Morning and Evening Invocations contains a du’a that the Prophet ﷺ gave to Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه. 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(Also available as a free ebook) https://www.imamghazali.org/resources/abu-huraira-biography monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1dbf472c-703d-442b-ad1f-9b9bfca3762e/dreamstime_l_249736034.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه was born into the tribe of Daws, who lived in the region of Tihama along the coast of the Red Sea in southern Arabia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/4c8ca279-f0db-43e5-a3af-8bea6603177d/dreamstime_l_166340149.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Abu Huraira is well-known as one of the ahl as-suffa, the companions who lived near the entrance to Masjid al-Nabawi and the house of the Prophet ﷺ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5057d24e-668b-4fc6-a870-2bd0f5ae21c7/PHOTO-2022-01-24-15-27-38%281%29.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out A number of the reports included in The Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi are narrated from Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/94aede1f-8975-4a37-b1f2-e277951073df/dreamstime_l_66662203.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Unlike many of the muhajirun, Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه did not busy himself in the market places, with buying and selling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1612300582730-LU49TE46CHST6A4QIR8N/shamail.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Imam al-Tirmidhi’s Al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya contains dozens of ahadith transmitted from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/2575f22b-a67a-44f6-ae9c-f30c3a3ce151/dreamstime_l_160940927.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out The people returned from the masjid and said to Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: “…we saw some people performing salat, some people reading Qur’an and some people discussing about what is halal and what is haram.” He رضي الله عنه replied: “Woe unto you, that is the inheritance of Muhammad ﷺ.”’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/d17a9d12-d169-490d-a91f-3a349464da51/dreamstime_l_209161556.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out During his caliphate, Sayyiduna ‘Umar رضي الله عنه appointed Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه as governor of Bahrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/169b302e-29d0-4744-bb29-2085611826a4/dreamstime_l_199571596.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out While he was governor of Bahrain, Sayyiduna Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه became quite rich. Sayyiduna ‘Umar رضي الله عنه heard of this, recalled him to Medina and questioned him about where and how he had acquired such a fortune. He رضي الله عنه replied: “From breeding horses and from gifts which I received.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b30845ad-10f3-4e91-a791-ece193f67826/dreamstime_l_138729005.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out It is reported that one day Sayyiduna Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه passed through the souk of Medina and naturally saw people engrossed in the business of buying and selling. “How feeble are you, O people of Medina!” he رضي الله عنه said. “What do you see that is feeble in us, Abu Huraira?” they asked. He replied, “The inheritance of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is being distributed and you remain here! Won’t you go and take your portion?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9367c7ee-2a68-41f9-92c2-b3b38f530676/dreamstime_l_185826635.jpg Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out The Caliph Marwan b. al-Hakam appointed Sayyiduna Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه the governor of Medina, shortly before the end of his life رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out IGP’s Morning and Evening Invocations contains a du’a that the Prophet ﷺ gave to Sayyiduna Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه. 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(Also available as a free ebook) https://www.imamghazali.org/resources/aisha-as-siddiqa-biography monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/7f97e431-beaf-4f2e-bf00-b8dbcd2ea33e/dreamstime_l_34077411.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out In her early childhood in Mecca, she رضي الله عنها was brought up by her father رضي الله عنه who was greatly liked and respected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/139259b2-678d-474c-8797-c38e461a1263/dreamstime_l_92550808.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out She رضي الله عنها became the wife of the Prophet ﷺ in Mecca and had the wedding in Medina after the hijra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/f990cc72-b3da-48cc-b9c8-7ba6282df13e/dreamstime_l_43595142.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out Once she رضي الله عنها asked the Prophet ﷺ: “How is your love for me?” He ﷺ replied: “Like the rope’s knot” (meaning it was strong and secure). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/a915d175-77eb-487f-874e-b761e030d76d/dreamstime_l_38358194.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out Time after time thereafter, she رضي الله عنها would ask the Prophet ﷺ: “How is the knot?” He ﷺ would reply: “In the same condition.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9d5f63b9-f1da-4497-800b-e40f5c42d39c/dreamstime_l_88362114.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out She رضي الله عنها bore with the rest of the Prophet’s household رضي الله عنهم poverty and hunger, which often lasted for long periods. For days on end no fire would be lit in the sparsely furnished house of the Prophet ﷺ for cooking or baking bread and they would live merely on dates and water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out IGP’s Morning and Evening Invocations contains a du’a that the Prophet ﷺ gave to Sayyidatuna ‘A’isha رضي الله عنها. 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Despite his weakness, he ﷺ rubbed his teeth with it vigorously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1612300582730-LU49TE46CHST6A4QIR8N/shamail.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out Imam al-Tirmidhi’s Al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya contains many ahadith transmitted from Sayyidatuna ‘A’isha رضي الله عنها https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/17f228d4-e32b-45aa-9dc6-1ca0d8d53135/dreamstime_l_173282255.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out The green dome which marks the resting place of the Prophet ﷺ is above the site of the house of ‘A’isha رضي الله عنها. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9ec5e9ce-6ede-40c8-b921-bd6158e43a68/dreamstime_l_265821822.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out As she رضي الله عنها had instructed, she was buried in the Baqi’ Graveyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/bc6bf6f3-092b-4c13-aabc-dd91838c766c/dreamstime_l_87693438%281%29.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out Sayyiduna Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه, the governor of Medina under the Caliph Marwan b. al-Hakam, let her funeral prayer رضي الله عنها. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5057d24e-668b-4fc6-a870-2bd0f5ae21c7/PHOTO-2022-01-24-15-27-38%281%29.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out One of the narrations in The Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi is transmitted from Sayyidatuna ‘A’isha رضي الله عنها https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/057d2642-73dd-4c4b-a65d-6e1a230306d4/dreamstime_l_137459302.jpg Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to translations, original works, and excerpts like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/953b3472-f863-4fa9-b66b-d20a35b72ac6/Screen+Shot+2023-05-12+at+4.20.24+PM.png Resources - 'Aisha as-Siddiqa رضي الله عنها: A Biography - Make it stand out Morning and Evening Invocations contains a famous du’a transmitted from Sayyida ‘A’isha رضي الله عنها. (Also available as a free ebook) https://www.imamghazali.org/resources/muhammad-al-mahdi-al-fasi-biography monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/bcf1047d-6f5f-4cdb-a45c-b7957b10a9e0/dreamstime_l_51763243.jpg Resources - Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi: A Biography - Make it stand out Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi’s family was one of the most prominent in both the scholarly and Sufi circles, as well as the merchant class in Fez. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9186fb39-2f92-4a74-a402-65dc4284f4bd/dreamstime_l_88281008.jpg Resources - Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi: A Biography - Make it stand out The Shaykh’s ancestors were an Andalusian family that had immigrated from Malaga in the fifteenth century and settled in Fez. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e7fe26dd-def6-4d68-aa89-089350d09337/Screen+Shot+2022-10-29+at+5.53.17+AM.png Resources - Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi: A Biography - Make it stand out Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi al-Fasi’s Matali' al-Masarrat li Jala' Dala'il al-Khayrat is one of the works included in IGI’s Al-Khasa’is al-Muhammadiyya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi: A Biography - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to translations, original works, and excerpts like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e7fe26dd-def6-4d68-aa89-089350d09337/Screen+Shot+2022-10-29+at+5.53.17+AM.png Resources - Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi: A Biography - Make it stand out Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi al-Fasi’s Matali' al-Masarrat li Jala' Dala'il al-Khayrat is one of the works included in IGI’s Al-Khasa’is al-Muhammadiyya https://www.imamghazali.org/resources/izz-al-din-ibn-abd-al-salam-biography monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/75b803c4-c1d7-4098-8a4f-37864a2d888f/dreamstime_xl_10323356.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out Historians are in agreement that Imam ‘Izz al-Din was born in Damascus, Syria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/94c553bb-5b50-4dfd-9311-b2bd80f31ecc/dreamstime_xl_71407594.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out During the time of Imam ‘Izz al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Salaam, Damascus was a center of learning and had one of the greatest concentrations of Scholars in the Islamic world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e7fe26dd-def6-4d68-aa89-089350d09337/Screen+Shot+2022-10-29+at+5.53.17+AM.png Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out One of the works included in IGI’s Al-Khasa’is al-Muhammadiyya wa Sharaf al-Umma al-Nabawiyya is Imam ‘Izz ibn ‘Abd al-Salaam’s Bidayat al-Sul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/65ade1ea-3830-4b30-a872-a80b5052f07a/dreamstime_xl_106745892.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out Imam ‘Izz al-Din was sought out by the people of different lands for legal verdicts, and his legal verdicts were carried to distant lands by travelers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/9bd653d6-1990-412a-92e5-2c1a0f36a78c/dreamstime_xl_5693096.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out Scholars of the age acknowledged that Imam ‘Izz al-Din had surpassed his peers until no one at that time, in Damascus, was more qualified to give legal verdicts than him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/df53749c-97b0-4657-90d4-beb1a770a133/dreamstime_xl_720007.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out Imam ‘Izz al-DIn acknowledged his ability to give legal verdicts at a time when he turned his attention towards the strife in Damascus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/4ee2b372-b68a-4030-b1cd-25f185396a13/dreamstime_l_53384133.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out Imam ‘Izz al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Salam took a stand against the Sultan al-Salih Isma’il, after the sultan had granted the Crusaders control of important cities such as Tyre, among other injustices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/14898d30-f210-4434-9ce7-98a3fbbb141e/dreamstime_l_76852412.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out After the sultan granted the Crusaders control of the city of Tiberias, Imam ‘Izz al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Salam gave a fatwa prohibiting the trade of any weaponry with Crusaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/7d0a18df-d64b-4cda-83e4-e4329045f531/dreamstime_xl_177948594.jpg Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out Historians have agreed that Imam ‘Izz al-DIn passed away in Egypt in the year 660 AH (1260 CE). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to translations, original works, and excerpts like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/e7fe26dd-def6-4d68-aa89-089350d09337/Screen+Shot+2022-10-29+at+5.53.17+AM.png Resources - Imam 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam: A Biography - Make it stand out Imam Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam’s Bidayat al-Sul fi Tafdil al-Rasul is one of the works included in IGI’s Al-Khasa’is al-Muhammadiyya https://www.imamghazali.org/resources/abdullah-ibn-umar-biography monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/db3c5cf4-3b63-4d14-99de-688bf4598bfd/dreamstime_l_190636762%281%29.jpg Resources - 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out He رضي الله عنه presented himself to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Uhud, but the Prophet ﷺ deemed him too young and sent him back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/5057d24e-668b-4fc6-a870-2bd0f5ae21c7/PHOTO-2022-01-24-15-27-38%281%29.jpg Resources - 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Three of the reports included in The Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi are narrated from Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1612300582730-LU49TE46CHST6A4QIR8N/shamail.jpg Resources - 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Imam al-Tirmidhi’s Al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya contains several ahadith reported from Sayyiduna Abd ‘Allah Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنه. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1627193624317-FZE7RBEJFMFR8E15PXHB/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643.png Resources - 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out IGP’s Morning and Evening Invocations contains a du’a that the Prophet ﷺ gave to Sayyiduna Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه. (Available both in paperback and as a free ebook) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1631644339784-BS1EWTLGYHAPWELW26P7/patreonbutton.png Resources - 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out IGI Patreon members get early access to translations, original works, and excerpts like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/953b3472-f863-4fa9-b66b-d20a35b72ac6/Screen+Shot+2023-05-12+at+4.20.24+PM.png Resources - 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنه: A Biography - Make it stand out Morning and Evening Invocations contains two famous du’a transmitted from Sayyiduna ‘Abd Allah Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنه. 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Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani: A Biography The Sayyid grew up in beneath the mountains of Mecca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1613511838786-G7Z44KWPCTF1WONZPDM7/dreamstime_l_172622111.jpg Resources - Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani: A Biography The Sayyid received his PhD from al-Azhar University in Egypt at age 25, making him both the first & youngest Saudi national to earn a PhD at that institution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1613512213208-PU2XIKPSYDKL9P2G3PY6/dreamstime_l_136339609.jpg Resources - Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani: A Biography The Sayyid studied with many teachers in Madinah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/b2ccee5a-52c3-4a25-ac66-c343126c325b/image%2816%29.png Resources - Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani: A Biography - Make it stand out IGP’s Sayyid Muhammad b. ‘Alawi al-Maliki Book + Course Bundle contains 4 of the Sayyid’s books published by Imam Ghazali Publishing, as well as courses covering two of these texts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1613510067326-D5WYGHDSQWERHIGOBD4X/dreamstime_l_159611281.jpg Resources - Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani: A Biography The Sayyid occasionally taught in the Haram of Medina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1635170123719-NTIEUXMO3AUE5ISGJPD8/mockup-of-a-paperback-book-in-a-plain-setting-33643-2.png Resources - Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani: A Biography - Make it stand out An updated edition of The Life of the Prophets in their Graves was published by IGI in 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1613522026253-22BI1VP52EEOZULZ0P5U/anwar-al-bahriyya Resources - Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani: A Biography Shaykh GF Haddad’s translation “The Prophet’s Night Journey & Heavenly Ascent”, republished by IGI in Rajab 1442/2021, is an excerpt from the Sayyid’s al-Anwar al-Bahiyya w’al-Mi’raj Khayr al-Bariyya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b022d5d4eddecdafe5df3f6/1613512783336-8LSW6GNQ6YI4YFBIYNLH/celebrating-birth-prophet-mawlid.jpg Resources - 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