The True Dawn : New,
'An Ahl as-Sunnah Refutation of 'Salafi' Doctrine'
English - Arabic,
[-A5] Paperback - 164 pages,
by Jamil Effendi al-Iraqi al-Sidqi al-Zahawi [d.1355h]
Transl. & Notes by Sh. M. Hisham Kabbani,
Edited by Gibril Fouad al-Haddad,
Published by ISCA, USA.
Description :
The True Dawn - Originally published under the title: Doctrine of Ahl al-Sunna Versus the "Salafi" Movement, this newly updated version of the book :
" .... will be useful to those into whose heart the innovations of the 'Salafis' has not entered. As for the 'Salafis', it will never enter their hearts as, according to the hadith related by Al-Bukhari, "They will pass through the religion the way an arrow passes through its quarry and the will never come back to it.'" ---Shaykh Taher Sunbuli al-Hanafi, Sima al-intisar li al-awliya' al-abrar [The Mark of Victory Belongs to the Pure Friends of Allah].
"The name of Khawarij is applied to those who part ways with the Muslims and declare them disbelievers, as took place in our time with the followers of ibn `Abd al-Wahhab who came out of Najd and attacked the Two Noble Sanctuaries (al-Haramayn ash-Sharifayn). They (Wahabbis) claimed to follow the Hanbali school, but their belief was such that, in their view, they alone are Muslims and everyone else is a Mushrik (polytheist). Under this guise, they said that killing Ahl as-Sunnah wa 'l-Jama`ah and their scholars was permissible." ---Al-Hafiz Muhammad Ibn `Abidin, Radd al-muhtar `Ala al-durr al-mukhtar, Vol. 3, p. 309 "Bab al-Bughat" [Chapter on Rebels].
About the Author :
Shaykh Jamil Effendi al-Iraqi al-Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863–1936) was a pioneering Iraqi poet, philosopher, and reformer who helped shape modern Arabic literature and intellectual life. Known for his bold critiques of tradition and advocacy for women's rights, education, and rationalism, he became a central figure in the Arab renaissance (nahdah).
Al-Zahawi fiercely opposed the Salafi movement, condemning its rejection of ijmāʿ and qiyās and defending classical Sunni thought. Though vilified at times as a renegade, many of his ideas were later embraced, and his influence grew posthumously. His writings—lyrical, polemical, and philosophical—continue to be studied for their eloquence and reformist spirit. At his death, he was mourned as “Iraq’s poet of reason,” having awakened generations of thinkers and poets to the possibilities of progress.
Table of Contents :
---Prologue,
---The Reason for this Book,
---Publishers Notes,
------Universally Recognised Symbols,
---Transliteration,
---About the Book,
---About the Author,
---Ahl al-Sunna Condemnations of the Wahhabi/Salafi Heresies,
------A Select Bibliography,
---Forty Ahadith on the Khawarij which the scholars consider applies to the Wahhabies/Salafies,
---The True Dawn : A Refutation of those who deny the Validity of Using Means to Allah and the Miracles of th Saints,
---[1]. The Origin of the Wahhabi Sect,
---[2]. The Wahhabi's and their Recent Rebellion [1905],
---[3]. The Wahhabi Creed,
---[4]. Their Making Allah into a Body [Tajsim],
---[5]. How the Wahhabis cast aside Reason,
---[6]. Wahhabis' Rejection of Consensus [ijma],
---[7]. The Wahhabi's Denial of the Principle of Analogy [Qiyas],
---[8]. Their Denial of Taqlid and of the Ijtihad of past Sunni Scholars,
---[9]. Their naming of Muslims as Disbelievers [Takfir],
---[10]. Apostasies and Heresies,
---[11]. Tawassul [using Means] : Evidence for it's Permissibility,
---[12]. Wahhabis' Claim : Anyone Visiting a grave is a Disbeliever,
---[13]. The Wahhabis' takfir of the one who swears, makes a vow, or sacrifices by other than Allah.
---Conclusion.
Also see Wahhabism,
Also see Refutation,
Also see Islamic Creed.
Dimensions : 20.3 x 12.8cm.
