Prophet Muhammad's Knowledge of the Unseen

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The Prophet Muhammad's,
Knowledge of the Unseen, New,
being a partial transl. of "Hujjatullah 'Ala al-Alamin ..."
by Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani [d.1350h],
[A5+] Large Paperback - 525 pages,
Transl & Notes by G. Fouad al-Haddad,
Published by ISCA, USA.

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Description :

This acclaimed and scholastic work is a translation of the chapter on The Prophet Muhammad's, Knowledge of the Unseen (Ilm al-Ghayb) from the 1317/1899 Beirut edition of Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani's "Hujjatullah 'Ala al-'Alamin fi Mu'jizat Sayyid al-Mursalin" - 'The Overwhelming Proof of Allah over the Worlds in the Stunning Miracles of the Master of Prophets.'

Contains 712 hadiths related to the Prophet Muhammad's, upon
whom be peace and blessings, Knowledge of the Unseen
translated, documented & indexed for the first time in English.

"The Prophet's, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Knowledge of the Unseen counts among those miracles of his that are known categorially and definitely, reaching us through mass transmission with vast numbers of narrators and congruent meanings."---Qadi 'Iyad, "Al-Shifa bi Tarif Huquq al-Mustafa."

"The knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen are a mere few lines out of the lines of the Prophet's, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, knowledge and a mere river from the seas of his knowledge." ---Mulla `Ali al-Qari, "Al-Zubda fi Shath al-Burda."

The author :

He is Al-Shaykh al-Imam al-Qadi Yusuf ibn Isma‘il ibn Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Nabahani, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi (1265–1350 AH). He was a renowned hadith scholar, Sufi, jurist, judge, and biographer. He was descended from the Banu Nabhan, an Arab desert folk who settled of old in the town of Ijzim, North of the holy sites in the land of Palestine, presently part of the district (qada') of Haifa in 'Akka, a province of Beirut. Shaykh al-Nabahani was born in Ijzim in 1265/1849 approximately.

He studied under his noble father al-Shaykh al-Hafidh Ismail al-Nabahani, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, thereafter he spent 6 years studying the sacred sciences at Al-Azhar, Cairo. After graduating he returned to his home town and started teaching. His frequent travels took him from Beirut, Damascus, Constantinople and Iraq where he met many eminent Ulama. He was offered the role of Judge (qadi) which led him to many senior positions as the Chief Qadi in Beirut and also in al-Quds al-Sharif.

Amongst his Teachers :

---Shaykh Isma'il al-Nabahani (father of Shaykh Yusuf ibn Isma'il),

---Shaykh al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Damanhuri al-Shafi'i [d.1286h],

---Shaykh Ibrahim al-Zurru al-Khalili al-Shafi'i [d.1287h],

---Shaykh Ahmad al-Ajhuri al-Darir al-Shafi'i [d.1293h],
---Shaykh Ibrahim al-Saqqa al-Shafi'i [d.1298h],
---Shaykh Hasan al-'Adawi al-Maliki [d.1298h],
---Shaykh al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Hadi Naja al-Abyari [d.1305h],

---Shaykh Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Anbabi al-Shafi'i [d.1313h],

---Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sharbini al-Shafi'i [d.1326h],

---Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Rafi'i al-Hanafi al-Tarabulsi [d.1323h],

---Shaykh Yusuf al-Barqawi al-Hanbali.
---Shaykh Mahmud Effendi Hamza.

After Shaykh al-Nabhani retired he turned entirely to writing and worshipping. He travelled to al-Madina al-Munawwara and lived in the Noble Neighborhood for a while. Then he returned to Beirut where he passed on to the mercy of His
Lord in the beginning of the month of Ramadan 1350h/1932.

A prolific author, Shaykh al-Nabahani left behind a staggering collection of works in hadith, fiqh, theology, and most famously, poetry and prose in praise of our Master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabahani was a paragon of Prophetic love (‘ishq) and his works continue to exercise a profound influence on popular Muslim spirituality.

Other works of Imam al-Nabahani,

Table of Contents :

---Dedication,
---Epigraphs,
---Remarks on Style and the Arabic text,
---Abbreviations,
---Glossary,

---Hadith Sources and Gradings,
------Earliest Siras,
------Al-Waqidi,
------Sayf. b. Umar,
------Authenticity of the Hadiths cited herein,
------Forgeries,
------Al-Nabhani's superlative respect for Hadith,
---Translators Chains of Transmission and Invocation,
---The Righteous Life and Blessed Works of Imam al-Qadi Yusuf al-Nabhani,
------His teachers,
------Descriptive biblioghraphy,
------"I am the Prophet's slave"
------Al-Nabhani's grave in Beirut,

---Al-Nabhani's Preface,
------The Superiority of our Master; Prophet Muhammad,
------The Sources,
------The meaning of Mu'jiza; supernatural powers,
---The Unseen besides the hour,

---The Mu'jizat (Stunning Miracles) of the Master of Prophet's, that consist in Revealing the Unseen,
---Important Note : this is just a glimpse.
------Abu Bakr,
------Abu Bakr and 'Umar,
------Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman,
------Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Ali,
------Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman and 'Ali,
------The Four, Talha and al-Zubayr,
------'Umar,
------'Uthman,
------'Ali,
------Fatima,
------al-Hasan b. 'Ali,
------al-Husayn b. Ali,
------'A'isha,
------Umm Salama,
------Zaynab,
------Maymuna,
------Rayhana,
------al-Zubayr b. al-'Awwam,
------Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas,
------'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf,
------Ja'far, Zayd and ibn Rawaha,
------al-Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib,
------His wife Umm al-Fadl,
------'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas,
------Nawfal b. al-Harith,
------'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud,
------'Ammar b. Yasir,
------'Ayyash b. Abi Rabi'a,
------Suhayb,
------Abu Dharr,
------Abu al-Darda,
------Hatib b. Abi Balta'a,
------'Abd Allah b. Salam,
------The Ansar,
------Thabit b. Qays,
------Zayd b. Arqam,
------Mu'adh b. Jabal,
------al-Bara' b. Malik,
------al-Nu'man b. Bashir,
------'Abd Allah b. Unays,
------'Umayr b. 'Adi,
------Abu Qatada,
------Rafi b. Khadij,
------Abu Sa'id al-Khudri,
------Abu Khaythama,
------Khalid b. al-Walid,
------'Amr b. Salim al-Khuza,
------'Umayr b. Wahb al-Jumahi,
------'Amr b. al-'As,
------'Abu Musa al-Ash'ari,
------'Abu Hurayra, Samura,
------'Attab, Jubayr, Hakim and Suhayl,
------Suhayl b. 'Amr,
------Abu Sufiyan b. Harb,
------Mu'awiyah b. Abi Sufiyan,
------'Ikrima b. Abi Jahal,
------'Uthman b. Talha,
------Shayba b. 'Uthman b. Talha,
------Tamim al-Dari,
------'Abd Allah b. Busr,
------'Urwa b. Mas'ud al-Thaqafi,
------Jarir b. 'Abd Allah al-Bajali,
------Zayd al-Khayr,
------Wa'il b. Hujr,
------Surad b. 'Abd Allah al-Azdi,
------Harith, Juwayriya's father,
------'Adi b. Hatim,
------'Amr b. al-Ghafwa,
------al-Harith b. Sawa,
------Mas'ud b. al-Dahhak,
------Habib b. Maslama al-Fihri,
------Suraqa b. Malik,
------Qudad or Qudar b. 'Ammar,
------Dhul Jawshan,
------Abu Sufra,
------Harith b. 'Abd Kulal,
------Umm Waraqa,
------Wabisat al-Asadi,
------Qays b. Kharasha,
------Abu Rayhana,
------'Amr b. al-Hamiq,
------Aqra b. Shufay al-'Akki,
------al-Nudayr b. al-Harith,
------Qabath b. Ashyam,
------Mu'awiya al-Laythi,
------'Awf b. Malik al-Ashja,
------The 'Abd al-Qays delegation,
------A desert Arab Companion,
------A hypocrite who repented,
------Al-Harith b.Suwayd,
------An-Ansari and a Thaqafi,
------'Uyayna b. Hisn al-Fazari,
------Quraysh Badr defeat foretold,
------Worms eat Quraysh's charter,
------Conquest of nations and cities,
------Chosroes, Caesar, Persia, Rome,
------Harith b. Abi Shimr al-Ghassani,
------A pagan leader destroyed,
------Jaz' b. Suhayl al-Sulami,
------Persia and Rome continued,
------Mafruq b. 'Amr, ibn Qubaysa,
------Khuraym b. Uways b. Haritha,
------Persia and Rome continued,
------Prediction of Muslim empire,
------Prediction of Caliphs and Kings,
------Prediction of the Umayyads,
------Prediction of the Abbassids,
------Other Unseen matters predicted.