The Onlooker's Delight : Ghibta al-Nazir Fi Tarjuma Al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir - Bio of Abdul Qadir
DESCRIPTION:
This new work is the first ever English translation of the classical text Ghabtat al-Nadhir by Shaykh al Islam Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, may Allah be pleased with him.
Ghabtatul Nadhir fi Tarjumatil Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir is a concise work about the characteristics as well as the achievements of al-Ghawth al-Adham : Sayyadina al-Shaykh 'Abd Al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah Almighty sanctify his secret, written by the great Hadith scholar Imam Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani.
Table of Contents:
Foreword 1,
Foreword 2,
Introduction to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
Chapter [1],
On his Birth, his family members and his description,
Description of al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir, may Allah be pleased with him,
Chapter [2],
On his protected upbringing,
His engagement in Islamic disciplines,
His treading of the path of asceticism,
Chapter [3],
On his extensive knowledge,
Extracts from Bahjat al-Asrar,
Exclusive reports from Shaykh al-Shattanawfi ; ''My foot is on the neck of every single friend of Allah,''
His teachers in jurisprudence and the spiritual disciplines,
Chapter [4],
On his states when he began admonishing, teaching and issuing religious decrees,
Chapter [5],
On peoples praise of him,
Chapter [6],
On his saintly miracles and breaking of ordinary norms,
Chapter [7],
A sample of his utterances
Chapter [8],
On his death.
DETAILS:
ISBN: 9780956356833
AUTHOR: Imam al-Hafidh ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
TRANSLATOR: Mokrane Guezzou
EDITOR: Dr. Hafiz Ather Hussain al-Azhari
LANGUAGE: English
BINDING: Paperback
PAGES: 76 Pages
DIMENSIONS: 16.76 x 2,84 x 23.11 cm
WEIGHT: 0.71 kg
PUBLISHER: Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust Publications (H.S.B.T), UK
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, (18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449, 852 A.H.) was a medieval Shafi'ite Sunni scholar of Islam who represents the entire realm of the Sunni world in the field of Hadith. He is also known as Shaykh al Islam. When he accompanied al-Kharrubi to Mecca at the age of 12, he was considered competent to lead the Tarawih prayers during Ramadan.
When his guardian died in 1386, Ibn Hajar's education in Egypt was entrusted to hadith scholar Shams al-Din ibn al-Qattan, who entered him in the courses given by al-Bulqini (d. 1404) and Ibn al-Mulaqqin (d. 1402) in Shafi'i fiqh, and Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi (d. 1404) in hadith, after which he travelled to Damascus and Jerusalem, to study under Shams al-Din al-Qalqashandi (d. 1407), Badr al-Din al-Balisi (d. 1401), and Fatima bint al-Manja al-Tanukhiyya (d. 1401). After a further visit to Mecca, Medina, and Yemen, he returned to Egypt.
Imam As-Suyuti said: “It is said that he drank Zamzam water in order to reach the level of al-Dhahabi in memorization—which he succeeded in doing, even surpassing him.”
Ibn Hajar went on to be appointed to the position of Egyptian chief-judge (Qadi) several times.
He died after Isha prayers on February 2, 1449 CE at the age of 79. His funeral in Cairo was attended by an estimated 50,000 people, including the sultan and the caliph. Ibn Hajar authored more than fifty works on hadith, hadith terminology, biographical evaluation, history, Quranic exegesis, poetry and Shafi'i jurisprudence.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Dr. Mokrane Guezzou is a renowned British-Algerian translator of major Islamic works. His translation of Al-Wahidi’s Asbab Al-Nuzul also appears in the Great Commentaries on the Holy Qur’an series. He is also presently at work on a translation and study of Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari’s Al-Qasd al-Mujarrad fi Ma’rifat al-Ism al-Mufrad.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Dr. Hafiz Ather Hussain al-Azhari is currently a lecturer in the Islamic Sciences at Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust, Birmingham.
Ather Hussain began his Islamic education by completing the memorisation of the Holy Qur'an at the age of thirteen. After completing his GCSE's he moved to Jamia al-Karam, where he studied Arabic Grammar under the guardianship of M.I.H. Pirzada and Mawlana Abdul-Bari Sahib. In 1995, he travelled to Bhera Sharif, Pakistan, and completed the traditional seminary course with First Class Honours. Here he had an opportunity to be taught directly by Pir Karam Shah al-Azhari, may Allah shower His mercy upon him.
Between 1996 and 1999, he studied at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, the oldest seat of Islamic learning in the world. He specialised in Hadith studies, and graduated in BA Principles of Theology in 1999. Upon returning to England, he joined the University of Birmingham, to study BA Political Science. He graduated with First Class Honours in 2003. In 2006, he completed his Mphil in Theology at the University of Birmingham on the al-Jami of al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and he has completed his PhD (Theology) at the same institution.
