Posts Tagged ‘ Madinah ’

Hafiz Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Sufism (Part One)

By Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hafiz al-Makki
December 24, 2012
Hafiz Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Sufism (Part One)

The majority of Hafiz Ibn Rajab’s books are full of mention of the Sufi shaykhs, and their words and condition. We shall suffice here with several quotations from his excellent book Al-Dhayl ‘ala Tabaqat al-Hanabilah. All of those who he mentions and who we shall mention are Hanbali predecessors, or from those to whom the shaykhs of the Salafi movement attribute themselves. By this, the purpose will be achieved in the best way, insha-Allah, and it is He Most High upon Whom trust is...
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Participating in Bid‘ah With the Intention of Reforming

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January 19, 2009

Living in the vicinity of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, Mawlana Mufti ‘Ashiq Ilahi al-Bulandshehri (1925-1999)—a respected and acclaimed student of the North Indian hadith master Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhalawi—was a prolific writer, a Hanafi mufti, and a hadith scholar of great magnitude.
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