Ascent to Felicity (Maraqi 'l-Sa'adat)

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An admirable rendering into lucid, fluid English of Imam Hasan al-Shurunbulali’s primer of Hanafi law, Ascent to Felicity. This concise but thorough work focuses on the five acts of worship. The book has the added feature of a fairly detailed presentation of the basics of the Muslim Creed. In translating this introductory section of Imam Shurunbulali’s treatise, Khan’s skill as a translator is on full display, as he has made sometimes involved theological concepts easily accessible to the average English reader. Khan has provided an additional service to both Shurunbulali’s work and to contemporary Muslims by augmenting the translation with insightful and extremely useful explanatory notes. The value of this work, skillfully produced by White Thread Press, goes far beyond its benefit to adherents of the Hanafi legal school. Rather, it will prove of benefit to Muslims in general as well as researchers interested in latter-day presentations of the creed and practice of Sunni Muslims.” Imam Zaid Shakir Anyone wishing to learn and correctly apply the rules of Islamic law according to the Hanafi school, or for those seeking clarity on the day-to-day issues faced in matters of worship. It is also particularly useful as a primer for students of Islamic jurisprudence. If you would like to enrol for the equivalent of this course according to the Shafi’i school, take this course instead. Imam Ghazali’s Bidayat al-Hidaya (The Beginning of Guidance) is a highly motivational manual detailing the fundamentals of acquiring guidance through God-consciousness (taqwa). Imam Ghazali argues that just as there...

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This program is intended for seriously dedicated students. Please review the calendar below as well as the weekly class schedule. Essential for any student of the Hanafi School. . . makes key concepts of the Hanafi school easily accessible to teachers, students, and readers.” Dr. Ashraf Muneeb To supplement the text, the translator has added key explanatory notes taken from several reliable works on theology and jurisprudence. He has also added appendices that comprise numerous supplications related to the five pillars, presented in Arabic script along with English transliteration, as well as the etiquette of visiting the Messenger of Allâh (Allah bless him and grant him peace) in Madina. The course will start Arabic learning from a beginner level. However, the student should have rudimentary affinity and knowledge of alphabets, writing and basic pronunciation of Qur’an. ilmHub is an umbrella body, dedicated towards Islamic Education. Our mission is to provide an environment to students of Islamic knowledge and the Muslim community, both locally and globally, that is conducive to the propagation and spread of Islamic knowledge.An excellent primer in Islamic beliefs and worship. . . more useful as a first complete text for those seeking understanding of the fiqh of worship than the more commonly-studied Nur al-Idah.” Shaykh Faraz Rabbani An admirable rendering into lucid, fluid English of Imam Hasan al-Shurunbulali’s primer of Hanafi law, Ascent to Felicity. This concise but thorough work focuses on the five acts of worship. The book has the added feature of a fairly detailed presentation of the basics of the Muslim Creed. In translating this introductory section of Imam Shurunbulali’s treatise, Khan’s skill as a translator is on full display, as he has made sometimes involved theological concepts easily accessible to the average English reader. Khan has provided an additional service to both Shurunbulali’s work and to contemporary Muslims by augmenting the translation with insightful and extremely useful explanatory notes. The value of this work, skillfully produced by White Thread Press, goes far beyond its benefit to adherents of the Hanafi legal school. Rather, it will prove of benefit to Muslims in general as well as researchers interested in latter-day presentations of the creed and practice of Sunni Muslims.” Millions of Muslims are striving to learn the religion but don't have the means, which is why we offer our courses 100% free. This is a very simple and easy to understand guide to hanafi fiqh which anyone can understand the language used is very simple and it is well laid out and has detailed footnotes to make things clear Mohammed Rahman Additional Product Information Written by the eminent 11th century Hanafi scholar Abu 'l-Ikhlas al-Shurunbulali Ascent to Felicity is a concise yet comprehensive primer in creed and jurisprudence. It spans all five pillars of Islam as well as the topics of slaughtering ritual sacrifice and hunting. To supplement the text the translator has added key explanatory notes taken from several reliable works on theology and jurisprudence. He has also added appendices that comprise numerous supplications related to the five pillars presented in Arabic script along with English transliteration as well as the etiquette of visiting the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) in Madina.

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This book is an important contribution to the growing, but still small, corpus of traditional Islamic texts available in English translation.” Dr Ingrid Mattson Written by the eminent 11th century Hanafi scholar, Abu ’l-Ikhlas al-Shurunbulali, Ascent to Felicity is a concise yet comprehensive primer in creed and jurisprudence. It spans all five pillars of Islam, as well as the topics of slaughtering, ritual sacrifice, and hunting. To supplement the text, the translator has added key explanatory notes taken from several reliable works on theology and jurisprudence. He has also added appendices that comprise numerous supplications related to the five pillars, presented in Arabic script along with English transliteration, as well as the etiquette of visiting the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) in Madina Munawwara. Academy Home Islamic Studies Curriculum SeekersArabic Language Program Quranic Studies Curriculum Youth Islamic Studies Curriculum Ramadan Curriculum On-Demand Courses Live Courses The text is not a beginner's work. It adds detail and nuance to the basics that would have been studied prior to it. Nur al-Idah - despite its brilliance - was not Imam Shurunbulali’s most celebrated work. He was most famously known for his work, the Shurunbulaliyya, a hashiya (marginal notes) on the Durar of Mulla Khusraw which covers all the topics of jurisprudence.

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Nur al-Idah aims to be exhaustive and comprehensive in the issues that it brings forward; anyone who understands this work properly can live their life comfortably without having doubts about their worship. No student or teacher can make do without deep study and consistent review of this great work Aside from the flowing translation, the most impressive thing about this work for me is the comprehensive collection of nuanced notes. These serve to capture the wide range of issues one grapples with, but might never find the right answer to, in the process of his or her purification, prayer, fasting and other acts of worship. An extremely engaging and educational read.” This book takes on the task of determining the challenges and problems of the Muslim Umma in the recent past, the present and, more importantly, in the future and suggest practical solutions for them. Obviously, one... Imam Shurunbulali began his work on the Shurunbulaliyya in the year 1030 AH and finished it in 1035 AH. Nur al-Idah was written while he was writing al-Shurunbulaliyya, in the year 1032 AH. His first commentary on Nur al-Idah, Imdad al-Fattah, was completed in 1046 AH and his second commentary, Maraqi al-Falah, in 1054 AH. The treatise “Ascent to Felicity” (Maraqi ‘l-Sa’adat) not only excels in its coherent presentation and its direct relevance to the lofty objective at hand but also commands respect for its veracious content. The author, Imam Hasan ibn ‘Ammar al-Shurunbulali, is recognized as a prominent jurist within the later period of the Hanafi jurisprudential tradition. His renown extends to his composition of another seminal work on religious practices, “Nur al-Idah,” which achieved unparalleled acceptance throughout regions where the Hanafi legal school held sway.

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An excellent primer in Islamic beliefs and worship. . . more useful as a first complete text for those seeking understanding of the fiqh of worship than the more commonly-studied Nur al-Idah.” Aside from the flowing translation, the most impressive thing about this work for me is the comprehensive collection of nuanced notes. These serve to capture the wide range of issues one grapples with, but might never find the right answer to, in the process of his or her purification, prayer, fasting and other acts of worship. An extremely engaging and educational read.” Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf This introductory course covers the basic fiqh of everyday worship: ritual purity, prayer, and fasting. The fiqh rulings will be practically explained through real-life scenarios that we face everyday and through students’ own questions. Students will get an idea of important fiqh principles that help us appreciate how Islamic jurisprudence functions. Syllabus Week 9 : Invalidators & non-invalidators of prayer & disliked actions in prayer (2); prostration of forgetfulness

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Before doing this course, consider taking the Absolute Essentials of Islam (Hanafi): Getting Started With Your Belief and Practice course. Another matter that sets this course apart from others is that Imam Shurunbulali was from “ahl al-tarjih,” those scholars at the rank of choosing positions in the school. This eliminates confusion and provides the reader with a good grounding in the subject. The author is Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali he was born in in 994 A/H. He became a master of jurisprudence at the hands of Abdullah al-Nahriri and Muhammad al-Mahby. He studied at the prestigious seat of learning, al-Azhar, Cairo, under the patronage of some of the most eminent scholars of his time. He himself later became a scholar of great repute and a copious writer, whose works exceed fifty in number. The Shaykh passed away in 1069AH Need answers to day-to-day issues you encounter in worship? Register for this free SeekersGuidance Course and study one of the most comprehensive works of Sacred Law (fiqh) in the Hanafi school, Shurunbulali’s Ascent to Felicity (Maraqi al-Sa‘adat) . Addeddate 2022-09-12 13:43:13 Identifier HanafiFiqhEnglishCollection Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2wkz6df6px Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-3-g9920 Ocr_autonomous true Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin

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This book is an important contribution to the growing, but still small, corpus of traditional Islamic texts available in English translation.” What is happiness? What is not happiness? How can one lead a truly happy life? What are the differences between happiness, joy, gladness, contentment and pleasure? In this seminal work, the author suggests that each chapter of the Qur’an contains at least one distinct theme that underlies—and shows the logical connection—between every verse of that chapter.I have read through a number of fiqh books looking for those small questions which pop up when reading works such as Quduri and Hidayah. I would have to previously look through multiple books for one answer as to how small actions invalidate salah but this book is amazing. The footnotes contain alot of research and answers and I highly recommend all students with even the slightest interest in fiqh to read this book Uzair Patel This course is based on Nur al-Idah wa Najat al-Arwah (The Light of Clarification and the Salvation of Souls), an intermediate work on the fiqh of worship. Written by the erudite scholar, Imam Shurunbulali, it combines rulings from the great works of the Hanafi school on the issues of purification, prayer, and fasting. These issues are present in other books but are spread out and difficult to read, or they simply require clarification. In this course, these issues are presented in a manner that is organized and easy to understand that leaves no ambiguity. The Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage is the indispensable marriage guide. With a wealth of experience and a warm sympathetic tone, the author Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera brings the insight of a schola... This book is a collection of 327 hadiths which the author, Shaykh ‘Ashiq Ilahi al-Bulandshehri, compiled from ‘Allama Tabrizi’s renowned hadith compilation, Mishkat al-Masabih. The book contains many jawami’ al-kali...