Shaykh Abu Najib al-Suhrawardi, Urdu, New,
'ma Adab al-Murdin'
[A5+] Hardback - 256 pages,
by Mawlana Shah Hasan Chishti al-Qadiri,
Mutarjam by Mawlana Rahmatullah Kirwani,
Published by Dar al-Islam, Lahore.
Description :
Shaykh Abu Najib al-Suhrawardi 'ma Adab al-Murdin' - Contains the life and works of this eminent Sufi scholar of Islam. This twin section book contains the biography Shaykh Abd al-Qahir Abu Najib al-Suhrawardi, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, in addition to his main work 'Kitab Adab al-Murideen' - A Sufi Rule for Novices.' .. a book of rules for those on the path.
The Suhrawardi way (al-Tariqa al-Suhrawardiyyah), founded by Shaykh Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi and by his nephew and disciple Abu Hafs, appears to be the oldest of the universal Sufi orders. As originator of the Suhrawardiyyah and its many sub-orders, Abu al-Najib played an important role in the development of popular tasawwuf.
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
He is Shaykh Abu al-Najib ‘Abd al-Qahir b. ‘Abdallah al-Suhrawardi, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi. He was born about 490 AH. (1097 CE) in Suhraward, a town in the Jibal province in the vicinity of Zanjan, in the north-western part of Persia. He is said to have been a descendant of the Khalifa Sayyidina Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, radi Allahu ta'ala anhu. ” A paternal uncle of Abi al-Najib, ‘Umar b. Muhammad (d. 532 a.H.), was a Sufi and the head of a convent in Baghdad called Sa‘adat al-Khadim.
Although there is no information concerning Abu al-Najib’s life and education in his birthplace, it may be assumed that he received traditional training in Qur'an and Hadith. According to Ibn ‘Asakir (quoted in Dhahabi) and Yaqit, Abu al-Najib learned Hadith in Isfahan from Abu ‘Ali al-Haddad who was a leading traditionist in that city. Imam Dhahabi and Imam Subki mention three others under whom Abu al-Najib studied Hadith: Zahir b. Tahir, the Qadi Abu Bakr al-Ansari, and Abi ‘Ali b. Nabhan, who was the leading authority on Hadith in Iraq. Abu al-Najib’s studies under Ibn Nabhan must have taken place after Abu al-Najib had come to Baghdad.. Having achieved a certain proficiency in Hadith, Abu al-Najib studied jurisprudence (Fiqh) in the Nizamiyya under As‘ad al-Mihani. Abu al-Najib also learned Arabic grammar and Adaab from al-Fasihi.
When Abu al-Najib was about twenty-five, he left his academic pursuits to lead a life of solitude and wandering. He subsequently returned to Isfahan to join the company of Ahmad al-Ghazali, who became his mentor in Sufism. He ranked there as an esteemed and trustworthy disciple of Ghazali. There is an account of an instance in which Abu al-Najib was entrusted by al-Ghazali to instruct a new aspirant. Abu al-Najib eventually returned to Baghdad, where he also became a disciple of Shaykh Hammad al-Dabbas (d. 525). After some years of solitude, he began to preach tasawwuf and to hold dhikr assemblies, attracting many followers and novices. He achieved renown both as an authority in fiqh and as a Sufi shaykh.
Besides his appointment at the Nizamiyyah madrasa, Abu al-Najib taught fiqh and Hadith in his own madrasa. He was considered an authoritative Mufti. In addition to teaching fiqh and Hadith, Abu al-Najib was, of course, engaged in teaching the Sufi doctrine. According to a manuscript note, he had already taught his Kitab Adab al-Murideen by 550h.
He passed away on Friday, 17 Jumada II, 563 AH. (29 March,1168 CE.) at the time of the maghrib prayer and was buried the next morning in his zawiya in Baghdad. Abu al-Najib was not a prolific writer. In addition to Kitab Adab al-Murideen, it is believed he wrote another book, Gharib al-Masabih, which was a commentary on Masabih al-Sunnah, the popular Hadith collection of Abu Muhammad al-Husayn al-Baghawi, rahimahullah.
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Dimensions : 24 x 16cm.
