Sayyiduna ‘Alī and the Dead
Posted in Ihsan (Tasawwuf) on March 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Al-Bayhaqī narrated with his chain up to Sa‘īd b. al-Musayyib who said:
Archive for March, 2008
Voice of a Nightingale–al-Asma’i
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Bismillah,
I remember hearing this poem read to me almost 10 years ago by one dear brother in Morocco . I was so flabbergasted after hearing it. It was a regret of mine that I never got the brother to write it down for me, and after a while, I just forgot about it. Today I [...]
Shaykh Wahba al-Zuhayli on “questionable lines” from the Burda
Posted in Iman (Aqidah) on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Question:
What is the legal ruling concerning the one who sings [the lines]:
[O most generous of creation,] who but you can I turn to
When the Universal Cataclysm occurs?…
From your largess flows the good of this world and its counterpart in the next,
And from your knowledge is knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen…
By the pre-eminence of [...]
Man is an enemy to that which he knows not
Posted in Ihsan (Tasawwuf) on March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Back in the day (ten years ago to be precise) a book came out as a self-styled attack upon Sufism. What the book lacked in terms of typesetting, was not to be outdone by its shoddy research, incorrect translations/transliterations, and general ignorance. A while back I was reading something in the Shifā of Qāḍī ‘Iyāḍ [...]
Sharh al-Aqida al-Kubra of al-Sanusi
Posted in Iman (Aqidah) on March 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bismillah,
A while back, I received a copy of Sharh al-Aqida al-Kubra, by the renowned Wali and theologian;Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Sanusi (died 895 Hijra). Another title given to this book is; ‘Aqida Ahl al-Tawhid. This book is a rare gem. For the longest, this book was only in manuscript form, until now. In the [...]
Back after a long hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
al-Salam Alaykum all,
After a long hiatus, I am finally back. I had to leave this blog for a while due to work and personal matters. In sha Allah, I will endeavour to post bits and pieces of things that I find to be of benefit–and in sha Allah you benefit from them as well. Please [...]
