What the Notables have Narrated
About Not Going to The Rulers : New,
[A5] Paperback - 154 pages,
by Imam Hafidh Jalal al-Din as-Suyuti [d.911h],
**Transl. by AbdulHaq al-Ashanti,
Published by Jamia Media.

Description :

This work is an abridged translation of an important work by Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, may Allah be pleased with him, entitled Ma Rawahu 'al-Asatin fi 'Adm il-Maji ila's-Salatin, "What the Notables have Narrated About Not Going to the Rulers"!

The importance of this topic cannot be denied for a number of reasons, including the Salaf's dislike of pandering to the desires of the corrupt, oppressive and transgressive rulers. Sufyan ath-Thawri, may Allah be pleased with him, stated for example "I do not fear the punishment of the rulers, rather I fear the honour of the rulers."!

At the same time though, the Salaf did not rebuke those pious leaders who tried their utmost to implement Islam and in fact these leaders are praised and held in high regard. For this reason, many scholars also authored works wherein they extolled the virtues of the 'Ulama remaining close to the rulers.

In this work, Imam as-Suyuti, may Allah be pleased with him, relays many statements from the 'Ulama warning against being near to the rulers and leaders, to the extent that there are few narrations that he relays regarding the importance of advising the rulers.

 

Imam Jalal al-Din as-Suyuti: `Abd al-Rahman ibn Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr,  Jalal al-Din al-Misri al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari, also known as Ibn al-Asyuti (849-911), the mujtahid imam and renewer of the tenth Islamic century, foremost hadith master, jurist, Sufi, philologist, and historian, he authored works in virtually every Islamic science.

Born to a Turkish mother and non-Arab father and raised as an orphan in Cairo, he memorized the Qur'an at eight, then several complete works of Sacred Law, fundamentals of jurisprudence, and Arabic grammar; after which he devoted himself to studying the Sacred Sciences under about a hundred and fifty shaykhs.  A giant among contemporaries, he remained alone, producing a sustained output of scholarly writings until his death at the age of sixty-two. He was buried in Hawsh Qawsun in Cairo.

Also see Hadith and Sunnah,
More Islamic Theology | Kalam.

Dimensions : 21 x 15cm.

**Includes Non ASWJ references.