On Celebrating the Birth of Prophet PDF
Preview On Celebrating the Birth of Prophet
M K / S4 WS -Mr Sfl wt« 33 id foi ON CELEBRATING THH . v BIRTH OF THE PROPHET >Q1bk 1 1 xj^S*jo (J A •-.* ksL V tot « Compiled by Sayyid cAllamah Doctor Muhammad b. cAlawi b. c Abbas foi al-Maliki al-Hasani ^4 Translation & Notes ■ xyA Rashad Jameer ^3 Foreword Shaykh cUmar b. Husayn al-Khatib al-Hadrami toj SHI to! to; 33 <3 Ww rx w- *U u.. .. , , ,... J - yY t ‘Sr L ft J W y x ;W gMjLy P ABOUT THE AUTHOR a. Al-Sayyid Muhammad bin ‘Alawl bin cAbbas al-Maliki al- i; ■- 4-j Hasani was one of the foremost traditional Islamic scholars Bl of contemporary times, and without doubt, the most highly respected and loved scholar of the holy city of Mecca and /* x; the entire Hijaz region (Western Arabia). He is a grandson r "k‘ r of the Prophet $, a leader of the Ahl al-Bayt, the Imam of Hadith in our age, an authority of the four Madhhabs, a spiritual leader of the highest calibre, a caller to Allah par F . excellence, and unparalleled in his standing in the world of i traditional Islamic scholarship. Visiting him was considered & imperative for the cUlama who would visit Mecca. ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR »• Rashad Jameer was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. In MS' his early twenties, by Allah’s mercy and the companionship of the people of Iman and dacwah, Allah opened his heart to recommit to Islam. From there, he began his study of the Arabic language, the Holy Qur’an and Islamic Sciences with local scholars in Toronto, and pursued further studies 'Oj 1 in Arabic and Hanafi and Maliki fiqh in Cairo, Egypt and 'p: Hadramout, Yemen. He currently resides in Toronto with his wife and daughter and delivers lectures and sermons in various mosques in the GTA. ■ ’Oi ■3 i & >4. 4 J&s to Bl Jw 'o. 42 a Imam Ghazali ■ . y > INSTITUTE | VW t} 9 780578M74402' rsa- - r « L. ON CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHET £ i ON CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHET Compiled by Sayyid ‘Allamah Doctor Muhammad b. ‘Alawi b. ‘Abbas al-Malikl al-Hasani Translation & Notes Rashad Jameer Imam Ghazali INSTITUTE © 2016 Imam Ghazali Institute No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, including photocopying, recording, and internet without prior permission of the Imam Ghazali Institute. Title: On Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet & ISBN: 978-0-578-17440-2 First Edition Author: Muhammad b. ‘Alawi b. ‘Abbas al-Maliki al-Hasani Translator: Rashad Jameer ♦ Wasila Press Proofreaders: Noor Afroza Jemy, Moosaa Khan & Nooruddin Wahab Cover Designer: Ahmed Osman ♦ [email protected] Typesetting: Imran Rahim ♦ [email protected] Islamic Calligraphy: Courtesy of www.freeislamiccalligraphy.com Imam Ghazali Institute www.imamghazaliinstitute.org [email protected] For the Qutb ofTawadu, the noble Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi al-Hanafi “Forget the good that you’ve done for others but don’t ever forget the good that others have done for you” Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi Contents Foreword 9 Publisher’s Message 13 Translator’s Introduction 15 Shaykh Muhammad al-cAlawi al-Maliki al-Hasani 17 On Celebrating The Birth of the Prophet & 31 Acknowledgments 33 Author’s Introduction 35 Preface 37 The Proofs of the Permissibility of Celebrating the 39 Birth of the Prophet £ Five Categories of Innovation 44 The Opinion of Ibn Taymiyya on the Mawlid 49 The Understanding of the Mawlid in my Opinion 51 Standing in the Mawlid 53 The Scholars Deeming the Standing in the Mawlid to 55 be Good and Explaining the Reasoning Behind it The Reasons Behind Deeming Standing to be Good 57 Books Authored on this Topic 59 7
The list of books you might like
