A Madinan View on the Sunnah, Courtesy, Wisdom, Battles and History

210 Pages·1.99 MB·English

by  Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani

Kitab al-Jami’
on the sunnah, courtesy, wisdom,
battles and history
by
Abu Muhammad ‘Abdullah
Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
(d. 386 AH)
translated by
Abdassamad Clarke
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By: Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
Translated by: Abdassamad Clarke
Previously published as “A Madinan View”
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al-Qayrawani, Ibn Abi Zayd
Madinan View, A
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Acknowledgements
My thanks to Dr. Yasin Dutton of Edinburgh University for his invalu-
able assistance with many of the difficulties of fiqh and Arabic language.
Contents
Translator’s Introduction............................................................... 12
Chapter 1 ..................................................................................... 17
The Book and the Sunnah..........................................................17
Bid’ah – Innovation ...................................................................17
Trials and Sects...........................................................................17
‘Aqidah.......................................................................................18
The Throne and the Footstool....................................................19
The Vision of Allah....................................................................19
The Garden and the Fire............................................................19
The Decree ................................................................................19
Iman ..........................................................................................20
Major Wrong Actions.................................................................20
Recording Angels .......................................................................20
Death.........................................................................................20
The Shuhada – Witnesses...........................................................21
The Grave..................................................................................21
The Resurrection........................................................................21
The Scales..................................................................................21
The Sirat....................................................................................21
Intercession................................................................................22
The Basin (hawd).......................................................................22
The Night Journey.....................................................................22
Sayyiduna ‘Isa, the Dajjal and the Signs of the Hour..................22
The Clear (muhkamah) and the Ambivalent (mutashabihah) ......23
The Best Generations.................................................................23
Listening to the leaders of the Muslims and obeying them .........24
Fighting Other Muslims and People of the Dhimmah................24
The Salaf....................................................................................24
The Sunnah ...............................................................................25
‘Amal – the Practice – and Ahadith.............................................25
Ijtihad and Bid’ah ......................................................................27
Al-Qadariyyah – Proponents of Free Will...................................28
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Increase and Decrease in Iman ...................................................28
Action and Iman ........................................................................29
The Qur’an................................................................................29
Allah’s Establishment on the Throne ..........................................29
The Vision of Allah....................................................................29
Narration of Certain Ahadith.....................................................30
Heretics......................................................................................30
Notes for Chapter 1 ...................................................................31
Chapter 2 .....................................................................................33
The Mawlid and the First Revelation of Qur’an .........................33
The Salat, Zakat and the Fast.....................................................33
The Hajj ....................................................................................33
The Changing of the Qiblah......................................................34
The Death of the Messenger.......................................................34
The Description of the Messenger..............................................34
His Children..............................................................................34
The Wives of the Messenger.......................................................35
The Lineage of the Prophet........................................................36
The Ten Companions Promised the Garden...............................37
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq................................................................ 37
‘Umar ibn al-Khattab ............................................................ 37
‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan................................................................ 37
‘Ali ibn Abi Talib ................................................................... 37
Talhah ibn ‘Ubaidillah........................................................... 38
‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn ‘Awf....................................................... 38
Az-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwam ..................................................... 38
Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas .............................................................. 38
Sa’id ibn Zayd ....................................................................... 39
Abu ‘Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah.................................................... 39
Chapter 3 .....................................................................................40
The Superiority of Madinah.......................................................40
The Mimbar ..............................................................................41
The Graves of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar.......................41
Greeting the Prophet..................................................................42
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The Haram of Madinah.............................................................43
The Ka’bah.................................................................................43
The Expulsion of the jews ..........................................................43
The Sadaqat of the Prophet........................................................44
Chapter 4 ..................................................................................... 45
The People of Knowledge...........................................................45
Narration of Hadith...................................................................45
Fatwas........................................................................................46
Much Questioning.....................................................................47
Reading and Writing Ahadith.....................................................48
Notes for Chapter 4 ................................................................... 49
Chapter 5 ..................................................................................... 50
Trials..........................................................................................50
Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong...................52
Absolving Those Who Wrong One.............................................53
Refusing an Appointment ..........................................................54
Chapter 6 ..................................................................................... 55
Dhikr of Allah............................................................................55
Supplication –Morning and evening .........................................55
On leaving the house..................................................................57
Dhikr and Supplications in the Prayer........................................58
Bowing – Ruku’..................................................................... 58
Prostration............................................................................. 58
Dhikr after the Salat .............................................................. 59
After the Toilet ...................................................................... 59
A Supplication....................................................................... 60
Seeking Refuge...................................................................... 60
Alighting in a House ............................................................. 61
Entering a House................................................................... 62
Supplicating for Death .......................................................... 62
Raising the Hands in Supplication......................................... 62
Swearing an Oath.................................................................. 63
After the Morning Prayer....................................................... 63
Reciting Qur’an in the Mosque..................................................63
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Storytelling in the Mosque .................................................... 63
Eating in the Mosque ............................................................ 64
The Mosque in General......................................................... 64
The Qur’an................................................................................64
Singing the Qur’an with melodies ......................................... 65
The Writing of the Qur’an .................................................... 65
The Order of the Surahs........................................................ 66
The Basmalah........................................................................ 66
Talking after ‘Isha.......................................................................67
The Names of ‘Isha and of the Days of ‘Eid al-Adha ..................67
Notes for Chapter 6 ...................................................................67
Chapter 7 .....................................................................................68
Speech and Silence.....................................................................68
Good Character .........................................................................68
Provision and Doing Without (zuhd).........................................70
Humility and Modesty...............................................................71
Notes for Chapter 7 ...................................................................72
Chapter 8 .....................................................................................73
Pride ..........................................................................................73
Shirk –Ascribing Partners to Allah.............................................73
The Mark of Prostration.............................................................73
Riya’ –Showing-off ....................................................................74
Truthfulness and Lying...............................................................75
Backbiting..................................................................................75
Good Opinion and Suspicion.....................................................76
Notes for Chapter 8 ...................................................................76
Chapter 9 .....................................................................................77
Earnings and livelihoods.............................................................77
Seeking Halal Provision..............................................................78
Giving........................................................................................78
Abstinence .................................................................................78
Sadaqah and Gifts ......................................................................78
Eating from Other’s Property .....................................................80
Buying from slaves .....................................................................81
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Finding fruit...............................................................................81
Dire Necessity............................................................................81
Alighting with a Dhimmi...........................................................82
Being cautious of haram wealth..................................................82
The food and property of administrators....................................82
Haram and halal wealth .............................................................83
Usury.........................................................................................84
Notes for Chapter 9 ...................................................................84
Chapter 10.................................................................................... 85
Greeting.....................................................................................85
Kissing .......................................................................................85
Shaking hands and embracing....................................................86
Brotherhood for the sake of Allah...............................................86
Shunning one’s brother ..............................................................86
Honouring others.......................................................................87
Seeking permission to enter........................................................88
Honouring older people.............................................................88
Asking for a blessing on one who sneezes ...................................88
Returning to one’s place in a gathering.......................................89
Private conversations and discussions .........................................89
Honouring parents.....................................................................89
Notes on Chapter 10..................................................................90
Chapter 11.................................................................................... 91
The Fitrah – the natural condition of the human being..............91
Massage and Cupping ................................................................91
Stopping work on Jumu’ah.........................................................92
Cupping.....................................................................................92
The time for clipping the nails, etc.............................................92
The beard and hair.....................................................................93
Dyeing hair and hands ...............................................................93
Kohl...........................................................................................94
Circumcision..............................................................................95
Notes for Chapter 11 .................................................................96
Chapter 12.................................................................................... 97
The Hijab ..................................................................................97
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