Pearls from the Flood :
New,Select Insight of Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse,
*[A5] Paperback - 216 pages,
Written & Compiled by Zachary Wright,
Published by Fayda Books, USA.
Description :
Love for the sake of Allah is a tremendous affair. I bear witness to you that I love you all for the sake of Allah, and that you love me for the sake of Allah.
Surely
Allah, the Blessed & Exalted, has servants that He will shade on the
Day when there will be no shade except His shade. He will shade them beneath the shade of His throne.
There are seven types
of such servants:
*** The just Imam;
*** A youth who develops in obedience to
Allah, the Blessed & Exalted;
*** A person whose heart remains attached to
the mosque from when he leaves until he returns to it;
*** A man who refuses
the invitation of a beautiful woman, saying: "I fear Allah";
*** A man who
remembers Allah freely until his eyes overflow with tears,
*** A man who
gives in charity secretly with his right hand so that his left is not
aware;
*** And two persons who love each other for the sake of Allah, the
Blessed & Exalted.
Love is the easiest of these characteristics to
have, and it is the best. A man is with whom he loves, and he who loves a
people gathers with them. As the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"Surely a man is with
whom he loves". Anas said, "We were never
so happy in Islam as the day
the Beloved Messenger said, 'A man
is with whom he loves.'...---Shaykh
al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse.Table of Contents :
---Acknowledgements,
---Commendation by Shaykh al-Tijani 'Ali Cisse,
---Translator's Introduction.
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Chapter [I]. Public Addresses,
------Reflections on the Human Condition,
------The Stations of the Religion,
------On Divine Oneness,
------Africa for the Africans.
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Chapter [II]. Speeches originally in Wolof,
------The Eternal Islam,
------The Heritage of the Prophet,
may Allah bless him & grant him peace,
------''
May Allah give us Allah.''
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Chapter [III]. Letters to Disciples,
------Travelling the Path,
------Fear of Allah,
------Scholarly Disagreement,
------Spiritual Illumination,
------Be For Allah.
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Chapter [IV]. Poetry,
------'Tears into Pearls,'
------'Ruby of the Creation,'
------'Remembering the Prophet,
may Allah bless him & grant him peace,'
------'Visting the Beloved,
may Allah bless him & grant him peace,'
------'On Spiritual Training,'
------'Shaykh al-Tijani is the Sun,'
------'The Bursting Flood,'
------'The Rope of Arrival,'
------'Illumination in the Cradle,'
------'Never Absent from Me,'
------'Shortening the Path.'
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Chapter [V]. Prayers of the Shaykh,
------Prayer for the Purification of Hearts,
------Supplication after the Congregational Remembrance,
------Subjection of the Horizons in the Prayer of the Prophet,
may Allah bless him & grant him peace.
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Chapter [VI]. Spiritual Witnessing,
------Witnessing the Divine Presence.
---Appendix,
------''Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, Revivalist of the
Sunnah'' by Shaykh Hasan 'Ali Cisse,
---Important Works of Ibrahim Niasse,
---Secondary Sources in European Languages.
* Dimensions : 21.5 x 14cm.
