Al-Ghazali : The Book of Knowledge [CD] Set

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Al-Ghazali : The Book of Knowledge
(Kitab al-'Ilm) 18 CD Set -
*[Audio] 18 Disc CD Set,
The Book of Knowledge by Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali,
Translation & Commentary by Hamza Yusuf,
Published by Sandala, USA.

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During his lifetime, Imam al-Ghaz?li, may Allah be pleased with him, identified the principle cause of the crisis facing the Muslim world as the crisis of knowledge. In his magnum opus, the Revivification of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din), Imam al Ghaz?li opens with the Book of Knowledge (Kit?b al-‘Ilm). He explains to the seeker the different types of knowledge, the priority of learning the sacred sciences, and the roles and responsibilities of the teacher and student.

              ''Knowledge without action is insanity,
               action without knowledge is vanity''
                                                              _{---Imam al-Ghazali}.

This class, taught at the 2014 Summer Rihla Program in Konya by Hamza Yusuf, provides an enlightening translation and commentary of Imam al-Ghaz?li’s brilliant opening chapter. We pray it serves as a means to revive the centrality of sacred knowledge in our lives.

The full class is captured in a beautifully packaged 18-CD set!

Imam al-Ghazali : Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Abu Hamid al-Tusi al-Ghazali [or al-Ghazzali] al-Shafi‘i (450-505), may Allah be pleased with him, "the Proof of Islam" (Hujjat al-Islam), "Ornament of the Faith," "Gatherer of the Multifarious Sciences," "Great Siddîq," absolute mujtahid, a major Shafi‘i jurist, heresiographer and debater, expert in the principles of doctrine and those of jurisprudence. Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi stated that, like ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz and al-Shafi‘i for their respective times, al-Ghazali is unanimously considered the Renewer (mujaddid) of the Fifth Islamic Century.