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Description
The Value of
Time is a collection of amazing sayings, anecdotes and wonderful stories of
the scholars of the Muslim Ummah, which indicate the importance they attached to
time. It is a book that will inspire the youth and the old alike to spend their
time wisely, constructively and avoid wasting time. The storeis narrated,
unimaginable as they may be, are not fables nor fairy tales, but are all
authentic events that have been well documented and narrated by scholars
themselves. The author, Shaykh Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah, was one of the
prominent scholars of the 20th Century and a veteran leader of the Islamic
Movement in Syria.
 The
book provides a vivid insight into a subject of great importance
The
book highlights the value of time in the field of knowledge and its people
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Abu Yusuf Discussing a Matter of Fiqh on his Death Bed
Abu Yusuf became ill, so I went to
visit him, and found him unconscious. When he regained consciousness he said to
me: "O Ibrahim, what is your opinion on this matter?" I said to him: "While you
are in this state?" He said: "That is fine, let uis discuss it, perhaps one
maybe saved by it."
Then he said: "O Ibrahim
which is better in the casting of stones [during pilgrimage], to do so while
walking or while mounted?" I said: "Mounted." He said: "Wrong." I said:"
"Walking." He said "Wrong." I said: "Say your opinion, may Allah be pleased with
you." He said: "As for the case where one stops where one should make
supplication, then it is better to do so while walking, but if it is elsewhere
then it is better while mounted." Then I left him, and as soon as I reached the
door of his house, I head crying, and he died, may Allah have mercy on him.21
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Imam al-Nawawi Did Not
Lie down for Two Years
He is the unique Imam and
Scholar of hadith, the master, Shaykh al-Islam, master of the pious ones,
Muhyiddin Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharafiddin ibn Murri al-Hizami al-Hawrani al
Shafi'i, the author of many beneficial books. He was born in 631 AH in Nawa,
Hawran, came to Damascus in 649 AH, and lived at the Madrasah al-Rawahiyyah
eating its bread. He said: "And I remained for two years without my side
touching the ground." He memorized al-Tanbih in four and a half months, and read
a quarter of al-Mahadhdhab in the remaining months of the year, under his shaykh,
Ishaq ibn Ahmad.
About
the Author:
Shaykh Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah
Author of:
Islamic Manners
Shaykh Abd al-Fattah Abu
Ghuddah was born in Syria in 1917. One of the outstanding Muslim scholars of the
20th century, Shaykh Abu Ghuddah was a leading scholar in the field of Hadith
and the Hanafi school of Fiqh. He studied in Syria and Egypt specializing in
Arabic Language, Hadith, Shari’ah and Psychology. He had many prominent
teachers, amongst them Shaykh Ragib al-Tabbakh, Shaykh Ahmed ibn Muhamad al-Zaraqa,
Shaykh Isa al-Bayanuni, Shaykh Ahmad al-Kurdi and the renowned Ottoman Scholar
Imam al-Kawthari. He met Imam Hasan al-Banna in the 1940’s and joined the Muslim
Brotherhood. On his return to Syria he became very active in his da’wah work and
eventually he became the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. He taught
Usul al Fiqh, Hanafi Fiqh and Comparative Fiqh at the University of Damascus. He
also taught at the King Saud University and Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic
University. He was buried in al-Baqi Cemetery in Madinah in 1997.
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