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Whenever I would ask someone regarding Shaykh Shukri of Damascus the reply I would recieve almost immediately and foremost was that “He is one of the biggest awliya alive.” I do not recall a single person stating otherwise when I inquired about him. He took over from the late [...]
From Allah we come, to Him we must return…
Knowledge will not be lost by it being taken out of the hearts of people, but by the deaths of the scholars…
This is a magnificent read. May Allah grant both Shaykh Moustafa Turkmani and Shaykh Moustafa Bassir success in the next life, and may we be able [...]
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A must read from Shaykh Gibril:
“We belong to Allah and unto Him we shall return. Shaykh Mustafa ibn `Abd al-Razzaq al-Turkmani al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Shadhili al-Darqawi passed away in Damascus on Wednesday 11 Ramadan 1427 / 4 October 2006 after recovering from a stroke a few years ago which had left him, in the words [...]
Salamu `Alaykum
From Allah we come, to Him we must return
Knowledge will be lost not by its being taken out from the hearts, but by the death of the scholars, as the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said. Weep, for we have lost one of the awliya.
On the Passing of Shaykh Mustafa [...]
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Alhamdulilah, I just came back from an exclusive dinner with Mufti `Abdur Rahman and a few other brothers, which included two of my close friends Br. Shu`ayb and Br. Yaser. We were also joined by Br. Sulayman of NYU. It was a very enjoyable time, although it would have been better if I had [...]
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Attached is a biography, in Urdu, of Shaykh al Hadith Hazrat Sufi Sarwar Sahib - the `arif and wali of Allah, and our grand Shaykh. He was blessed with khilafa from three of Maulana Thanawi’s khulafa - Maulana Maseehullah Khan, Mufti Muhammad Hasan, and Hajji Muhammad Sharif (Allah be well-pleased with them all). I [...]
I was reading Sis. Salikas blog regarding female scholars and whether there was a shortage of them (See: A Shortage of Female Scholars?) and I decided to post a brief biography of the musnida fil hadith in her age, Shaykha Amatullah bint ‘Abdul Ghani. Insha’Allah it will inspire some our fellow sisters (and brothers). What [...]
Subhanallah…
In Damascus, he studied Arabic, ‘Aqida, Mantiq, Hanafi Fiqh, Shafi’i Fiqh, Usul Al Fiqh, and Hadith with a number of scholars including Shaykh Haytham Idilbi, Shaykh ‘Abdul Rahman Kharsa, Shaykh ‘Abul Halim Abu Sha`r, Shaykh Umar Al Sabbagh, Shaykh Jihad Brown, Shaykh Mumin Al Annan, Shaykh Hassan Al Hindi, Sayyidi Shaykh [...]
His name is Muhammad Zakariyya ibn Muhammad Yahya ibn Muhammad Isma’il. He is Shaykhul Hadith, the jurist and noble scholar, master of spiritual realties (Haqiqa) and allusions (Majaaz), the Remnant of the predecessors and splendor of the successors, caller unto the way of Allah and the blessed Imam.
He was born in the village of Kandhla [...]
