SHAYKH MUHAMMAD EMIN ER - THE LAST OTTOMAN SCHOLAR BY IMAM KHALIL ABDUR RASHID
Note: Shaykh Muhammad Emin Er will be present at the Islamic Center Prayer Room on Tuesday, May 8th 6:30pm - 8:30pm - 238 Thompson Street, 4th floor -NY, NY 10012
It is with deep humility and honor that I sit to transmit a snapshot of the
life [...]
Shaykh Bakri al-Tarabishi 1921-2012 - Nur Sacred Sciences
Shaykh Bakri al-Ṭarabīshī was born in Damascus in 1338 AH/1921 AD to a home of learning and piety. His father was Shaykh ʽAbd al-Majīd al-Ṭarābīshī from among the legal scholars (fuqahāʼ) of Damascus specializing in the Ḥanafī school of law. King Fayṣal b. al-Ḥusayn selected him as a [...]
The Legacy of Shaykh Badr al-Din al-Hasani - Nur Sacred Sciences
The Legacy of al-Muhaddith al-Akbar Shaykh Badr al-Din al-Hasani: 1850-1935
One of his students related,“He would often ask us upon completion of his prayers, ‘Do you hear the reply of the Messenger of God (PBUH) during the tashahhud (recited during the sitting of the ritual prayer) when you say, ‘al-salāmu [...]
Glimpses of the Life of Faqih ‘Abd al-Wakil al-Durubi
Taken from Sea without Shore by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller.
His Personality
“As-Salam ‘alaykum,” I said.
“Wa ‘alaykum as-Salam,” he answered. He stood behind the door for a moment to let me in, and let it lock behind me.
I followed him to the office and took [...]
Glimpses of the Life of Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri
Taken from Sea without Shore by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller.
His Personality
Twenty-two years before we had come out of this mosque together after visiting the shrine of Sheikh Muhyiddin. I had watched for a moment as he stopped to buy some apples from a cart in front [...]
Malik ibn Dinar
He was a companion of Hasan of Basra. Dinar was a slave, and Malik was born before his father’s emancipation. His conversion began as follows. One evening he had been enjoying himself with a party of friends. When they were all asleep a voice came from a lute which they had been playing: [...]
