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(PDF) The Khulasa: The Cream of Remembrance by Habib Umar bin Hafiz

Download Al-Khulasah PDF by Habib Umar bin Hafiz here The Path of Invocation and that of supplication is the path of spiritual absolution.  The author of this complication, Habib Umar bin Hafiz, who is a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, saws, is a renowned Yemeni scholar. This is a collection of supplications and awrad that comes complete with Arabic, English Translation and Transliteration. Select Contents: Invocations during Tahajjud Supplications using the Beautiful Names of Allah Qasida of Imam Abu Bakr bin Abdullah al-Aydarus Wird of Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Salim Wird al Latif of Imam al-Haddad Wird of Imam Abu Bakr bin Abdurrahmaan Al-Saqqaf Wird of Imam al-Nawawi Hizb al-Nasr of Imam al-Haddad Hizb al-Bahr of Imam Abu Hasan al-Shadhuli Ratib of Imam Umar bin Abdurrahmaan al-Attas Ratib of Imam al-Haddad Supplications of the Tasbih prayer.

The Three Brothers Question to the Mutazilah by Imam Al-Ashari

One day, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī asked his teacher Abū ʿAlī al-Jubbāʾī, “What do you say regarding three brothers, one of whom died obedient, another disobedient, and the third who died young?”  Al-Jubbāʾī replied, “The first will be rewarded in Paradise, the second will be punished in Hell, and the third will not be punished.”  Al-Ashʿarī further enquired, “What if the third, the one who died young asked God why he made him die young, not keeping him alive so that he might have the chance to obey and thus enter Paradise. How would God respond?”  Al-Jubbāʾī replied, “God would say that He knew the boy would grow up to disobey Me and thereby enter Hell, so I did what was better for him.”  This reply was based on the rule of the Muʿtazila that God must do what is of benefit to the individual.  In response to this, al-Ashʿarī said, “What if the second brother said, ‘Why did you not make me die young, so as to have avoided disobeying you and consequently going to He...

The Hadith of Riba

It was narrated that Muslim bin Yasar and 'Abdullah bin 'Atik said: "Ubadah bin As-Samit and Muawiyah met at a stopping place on the road. 'Ubadah told them: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade selling gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates"'- one of them said: 'salt for salt,"' but the other did not say it-"unless it was like for like, hand to hand. And he commanded us to sell gold for silver and silver for gold, and wheat for barley and barley for wheat, and to hand, however we wanted."' And one of them said: "Whoever gives more or asks for more has engaged in Riba."' أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ - عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ، قَالاَ جَمَعَ الْمَنْزِلُ بَيْنَ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَهُم...

The Guide of the Seeker in the Fundamentals of Imam Malik's School (English Translation)

شرح منظومة ابن أبي كف الولاتي إيصال السالك في أصول ا?مام مالك Explanation of Ibn Abi Kaf al-Walati's System for Conveying the Wayfarer in the Fundamentals of Imam Malik Click here for the Arabic text نظم إبن أبي كف مع شرح الولاتي Ibn Abi Kaf's composition with al-Walati's explanation. شرح منظومة ابن أبي كف الولاتي Explanation of Ibn Abi Kaf's al-Walati composition." إيصال السالك في أصول الإمام مالك "The Guide of the Traveler in the Fundamentals of Imam Malik's School." للشيخ/ أبي مارية التميمي -حفظه الله- "For Sheikh/ Abu Marya al-Tamimi - may Allah preserve him -." مدخل إلى علم أصول الفقه "An Introduction to the Science of Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence)." يحتاج المفتي لاستخراج الأحكام الشرعية من الكتاب والسنة أن يبحث فيهما من جهتين: جهة الورود وجهة الدلالة: "A religious jurist (mufti) needs to extract Islamic legal rulings from the Quran and Sunnah by examining them from two perspectives: the perspective o...