Al-Wasiyyah : Advice of an Esteemed Scholar

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Al-Wasiyyah : New,
Advice of an Esteemed Scholar,
*[A6] Small Paperback - 70 pages,
Advice of : Muwaffaq ad-Din Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi,
Translated by Aisha Bewley.

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Description :

This book is a distillation of the wisdom gained after years of study of sacred texts from the Islamic tradition. The author, Muwaffaq ad-Din al-Maqdisi, may Allah have mercy upon him, is one of the foremost scholars in the Hanbali School, and this concise and inspiring work sums up the realities of this world and the next, gathered in kernels of advice to his fellow believers.

Imam Ibn Qudama :

Ibn Qudama is Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Qudama, Abu Muhammad Muwaffaq al-Din al-Jama'ili al-Maqdisi, born in Jama'il, Palestine, in 541/1146. A Hanbali scholar and Imam, he was educated in Damascus, and was the author of the nine-volume Al-Mughni [The enricher] in Hanbali jurisprudence as well as other works in fundamentals of Sacred Law, tenets of faith, geneology, biography, and Qur'anic exegesis. He travelled to Baghdad in 561 AH and lived there four years before returning to Damascus, where he died in 620/1223.

Table of Contents :

---Introduction,
---Author's Preface,

---Chapter [1]. Hastening to Act,
------- A Metaphor Illustrating This World and Its People.

---Chapter [2]. Things which Invalidate Good Deeds,
------- Showing Off,
------- Conceit,
------- Contempt for a Muslim,
------- Opposing the Sunnah.

---Chapter [3]. Vigilance and Fear,
------- Responsibilities and Consequences,
------- Excellent Actions,
------- Humble Supplication,
------- Intimate Conversation with Him,
------- Seeking Something You Need,
------- The Istikhara Prayer,
------- The Awliya' of Allah,
------- In the Depth of the Night,
------- End of His Advice.

---Sources.