The Virtue of Remaining Steadfast When Losing A Child :
New,
Being a Translation & Commentary of
Fadl al-Jalad 'Inda Faqd Al-Walad,
*[A5] Paperback - 159 pages,
by Imam 'Abd al-Rahman Abi Bakr Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
English Transl. by Abu Muhammad Zaid ibn Mahmud Haspatel,
Published by Inprint.
Description :
Few trials are as intense as the pain of losing a child: we are left bewildered, sometimes angry, and our most fundamental beliefs may be challenged. The Virtue of Remainings Steadfast When Losing a Child -
Fadl al-Jalad 'Inda Faqd Al-Walad is a compendium of consolations found in the earliest texts of Islam, the great majority of them attributed to the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, himself.
The devoted reader will learn how this uniquely painful suffering can be the occasion of reward by the Most Merciful, and a means of drawing nearer to Him and His Blessed Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace. It is also hoped the book will serve as a useful reference work for; Imams, Hospital Workers and others with professional responsibilities.
The Author:
Imam Jalal al-Din as-Suyuti:
`Abd al-Rahman ibn Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr, Jalal al-Din al-Misri
al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari, also known as Ibn al-Asyuti (849-911),
the
mujtahid imam and renewer of the tenth Islamic century,
foremost hadith master, jurist, Sufi, philologist, and historian, he
authored works in virtually every Islamic science.
Born to a
Turkish mother and non-Arab father and raised as an orphan in Cairo, he
memorized the Qur'an at eight, then several complete works of Sacred
Law, fundamentals of jurisprudence, and Arabic grammar; after which he
devoted himself to studying the Sacred Sciences under about a hundred
and fifty shaykhs. A giant among contemporaries, he remained alone,
producing a sustained output of scholarly writings until his death at
the age of sixty-two. He was buried in
Hawsh Qawsun in Cairo.
Table of Contents :
---Introduction,
---Preface,
---Name and details of similar books,
---Translation and footnotes,
---Acknowledgements,
---Manuscript Samples.
---Biography,
------Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti.
Virtues of Remaining Steadfast When Losing A Child,
---Foreword,
---Mention of Qur'anic verses in the regard,
---The demise of a child expiates sins,
---The child being a veil from the fire,
---The intercession for the parents by the children,
---The reward being
Jannah,
---Children meeting their parents at all eight doors of
Jannah,
---Children giving their parents drink on the day of
Qiyamah,
---The child making the scales of the children weighty,
---The virtue of sending children forth over keeping them,
---The great reward at the demise of a child,
---
Al-Hamd and
al-Istijra at the time of calamity,
---Crying and sadness without wailing (
Nawhah) & anxiety (
Jaza'),
---Consolation and reflection,
---Consolation of what bounties are to come,
---Mention of portions of poetry.
---Bibliography,
---Index,
Also see a
A Gift for the Bereaved Parent.
Other works of
Imam al-Suyuti,
rahimahullah.
*Dimensions : 21.6 x 14cm.
