ISBN: 9789079294206
Author: Imam 'Abdallah Sirajuddin al-Husayni
Publisher: Sunni Publications (2015)
Pages: 240 Binding: Paperback
Description from the publisher:
Indeed, Allah and His Angels send prayers upon the Prophet. O you who believe! Send prayers and abundant salutations upon him. [Sura al-Ahzab 33:56] Sending Prayers upon the Prophet is an extraordinary work of scholarship infused with Prophetic love that expounds upon the command of Allah and His Prophet to send abundant prayers and salutations upon the Master of the Messengers and details their deeper meanings, great virtues, numerous benefits and different rulings. Steeped in spiritual insight and profound love and devotion, Imam Abdallah Sirajuddin unravels the secrets of this noble act and elegantly explains its high status by drawing extensively from the Qur an and Hadith traditions and the understandings of the scholars of the past. Sending Prayers upon the Prophet will satisfy students of jurisprudence and the spiritual path alike, inspire them to act out of love for our Master Muhammad , and intensify their yearning for him . Live happily with never-ending union With the one you love, with the veils of distance raised Witness the utter beauty of the one for whose sake The hearts of the lovers split asunder from its light Be of good cheer for attaining what you hoped for Upon the brow of the Elect Prophet has the sun of the forenoon shined! Imam Abdallah Sirajuddin al-Husayni was an exegete of the Qur an, scholar of Hadith, master of the spiritual path, expert of the Sacred Law, lover of the Prophet and Light of Aleppo about whom it was said: He is the Pole of Prophetic love a in our times. Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghuri This man is walking towards him [the Prophet ], even if it would be on his eyelashes. Shaykh Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani It is obligatory upon every eye to see him. Habib Abd al-Qadir al-Saqqaf You [Shaykh Abdallah] are surrounded by the vision of our Master the Messenger of Allah . Shaykh Ahmad Harun al-Dimashqi