Al-Minah al-Saniyyah : Arabic

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Al Minah al-Saniyyah : Arabic, New,
*[A4] Glossy Paperback - 114 pages,
by Imam 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Shar'ani [d.973h],
Published by Dar al-Fath,

Description :

Al-Minahu al-Saniyyah ala al-Wasiyyah al-Matbuliyyah - is Imam al-Shar'ani's, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, commentary (sharh) on Qawmi 'ath-Thuq'iyaan the writings of Shaykh Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Matbuli, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi.

Al-Minah as-Saniyyah discusses different aspects that a salik (seeker of the spiritual path) must do and apply to be successful in a tariqah.

Imam al-Sharani also mentions the opinions of numerous scholars and Sufi masters from the classical period. This is strengthened with hadith and verses that support the theories raised by this work. The style of the language used is relatively simple as it aims to facilitate readers' understanding the purpose of this work.

About the author :

Qutb al-Rabbani; Al-Imam 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sharaani, may Allah be pleased with him, was one of the great awliya [saints] of Egypt and an Imam of Islamic law of the Shafi'i School. His given name was Abdul' Wahhab. He was born in 1491 Common Era (898 After Hijri).

He memorised the Qur’an by the age of seven. He also memorised most of the books he studied in his lessons. Imam Sharani frequented the circles of knowledge and took lessons from various Imams. Thus becoming competent in knowledge of hadith and Islamic law at a young age. Ali al-Hawas and Sayyed Ibrahim ed-Dusuki were among his famous teachers. When it was asked of him how he entered the path of Sufism and how he proceeded, and who brought him to it, he answered, “I initially learned the way of Sufism from Khidr, alayhi’s-salam and my master Ali al-Hawas.

Imam Sharani wrote more than 300 books. The most valuable of them is “Mizan al-Kubra” which comprises the knowledge of all the four Islamic schools of law. Another precious book is “Tabakat al-Kubra”. This is a valuable book which includes the manners, wonders and words of more than four hundred great scholars and saints beginning from Asr al-Sa’adah (the Age of Bliss).

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*Dimensions : 23.8 x 16.9cm.

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