In the Presence of the Beloved

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In the Presence of
The Beloved : New,
[A5] Hardback - 104 pages,
by Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qastallani [d.923h],
& by Imam 'Abd Allah Siraj al-Din al-Husayni [d.1422h].
Transl. & Annotated by Amjad Mahmood,
Published by Heritage Press.
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In the Presence of the Beloved : Two Treatises on the Merits and Etiquettes of Visiting the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

This work is a translation of two authorative treatises on the act of Ziyarah, namely, visiting the Prophet Muhammad, salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. Both texts meticulously examine the legal status, manifold virtues and etiquettes of this blessed visit. They also address issues, some of which have become controversial in contemporary Islamic discourse, such as the permissibilityof tawassul (supplicating to Allah through the Prophet), the practice of tabarruk (seeking blessings from his relics), the distinctive merits of the Rawdah and Madinah and the significance of visiting other revered historical sites within the Prophet's City.

Imam al-Qastallani :

He is Shihab al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr al-Qastallani al-Qutaybi al-Shafi'i, also known as Al-Qastallani. He was a Sunni Islamic scholar who specialised in hadith and theology. He owed his literary fame mainly to his exhaustive commentary on the Sahih al-Bukhari entitled Irshad al-Sari fi Sharh al-Bukhari.

Imam al-Qastallani settled on the Shafi'i school later in life, though he was initially a follower of the Maliki school in jurisprudence. In regard to Islamic theology, Al-Qastallani was a proponent of the Ash'ari school for which he is considered one of the main figureheads.

Some of his teachers included;

--- Siraj al-Din Umar ibn Qasim an-Nashshar in Quranic sciences,
--- Shihab al-Din Ahmed ibn Asad al-Umyuti,
--- Ibrahim ibn Ahmed al-'Ajluni al-Maqdasi,
--- Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi,
--- Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Muhammad Abu al-Su'ud al-Gharrafi,

Some of his popular works are:

--- al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyah bi al-Minah al-Muhammadiyyah,
--- Irshad al-Sari, 10 vol, one of the best commentaries on Sahih Bukhari,
--- Minhaj al-Ibtihaj Sharh Muslim b. al-Hajjaj, a commentary on Sahih Muslim,
--- al-Jannat al-Dani fi Hall Hirz al-Amani, a commentary on the Shatibiyyah,
--- al-Fath al-Mawahibi, a biography of the author of Shatibiyyah,
--- A commentary on the Burda,
--- Makamat al-'Arifin,
--- Masalik al-Hunafa ila Mashari al-Salat 'ala al-Nabi al-Mustafa,

and many other works.

He passed away in Muharram 923 After Hijri and was prayed upon after Friday prayers in al-Azhar.

Imam Siraj al-Din al-Husayni,

He is Imam 'Abdallah b. Mujammad Najib Sirajuddin al-HalabI al-Husayni, rahimahullah, and is one of greatest scholars that the Syrian city of Aleppo—known in the Levant as “the city of scholars”—has ever known. He was a true friend of Allah Almighty, an extraordinary saint who dedicated his entire life to the service of Islam. His qualities were many and his skills outstanding.

Imam 'Abdallah, known as “the Light of Aleppo,” was a renowned spiritual master of the Rifa'i path, an expert in Hanafi jurisprudence, a Sufi' and brilliant exegete of the Qur'an, as well as a scholar and Hafidh of Hadith, having memorised more than one hundred thousand traditions. He was most famous, however, for his immense and intense love for our master Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah.

Imam 'Abdallah wrote more than thirty books dealing with Islamic spirituality, creed, ethics, and the noble manners of the Messenger of Allah, the sciences of Hadith and exegesis of the Qur'an. One of his famous works is the book of which we have the translation before us today: An Explanation of the Bayquni Poem in Hadith Terminology.

Imam 'Abdallah’s students were numerous, many of them becoming prominent scholars themselves, such as his son Shaykh Ahmad Sirajuddin, his nephew and son-in-law Shaykh Nur al-Din 'Itr, Shaykh Samir al-Nass, Shaykh Muhammad 'Awwama and Shaykh Muhammadal-Ninowy, may Allah preserve them.

Following a surgical operation carried out towards the end of his life, the health of Imam 'Abdallah deteriorated. On the 4th of March 2002 CE [1422 H.] he returned to his Lord. The news of his passing was announced throughout the Muslim world and covered it with a veil of sorrow. Imam 'Abdallah Sirajuddin al-Husayni was buried in the Sha?b?niyya complex, next to the graves of its Ottoman founders.

Selection of the works/translations of Imam 'Abdallah Sirajuddin al-HusaynIi

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