الوعظ والرقائق والتصوف

Spirituality, Admonition, and Sufism

16 texts

Akhlāq al-ʿUlamāʾ

أخلاق العلماء

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah al-Ajurri

أبو بكر محمد بن الحسين بن عبدالله الآجري

This book discusses the ethics and commendable qualities of scholars, and is considered an important work in Islamic literature.

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Amālī Ibn Samʿūn

أمالي ابن سمعون

Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Anbas ibn Isma'il Ibn Sam'un al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali

أبو الحسين محمد بن أحمد بن إسماعيل بن عنبس بن إسماعيل ابن سمعون البغدادي الحنبلي

This book is a collection of hadith dictations and sermons by the preacher and hadith scholar Abu al-Husayn Ibn Sam'un, edited by Dr. Amir Musan.

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Al-Adab li-al-Bayhaqi

الآداب للبيهقي

Imam Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn Al-Bayhaqi

الإمام الحافظ أبي بكر أحمد بن الحسين البيهقي

This book by Imam Al-Bayhaqi discusses Islamic manners and ethics based on prophetic traditions.

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Al-Aḥādīth al-Ṭawīlah

الأحاديث الطويلة

Ahmad Yasin al-Farqadani

أحمد ياسين الفرقداني

This book compiles long Prophetic hadiths, categorized into authentic and weak, with explanations of difficult words and derived benefits.

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Al-Asma wa al-Sifat

الأسماء والصفات

Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi

أبو منصور عبد القاهر البغدادي

This third volume of "Al-Asma wa al-Sifat" by Imam Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi discusses the concepts of faith, Islam, and disbelief in language and Sharia, detailing their rulings.

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Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya

الرسالة القشيرية

Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri

أبو القاسم عبد الكريم القشيري

This treatise addresses the concept of true Islamic Sufism, elaborating on its issues and clarifying the correct Sufi methodology as being identical to the Islamic methodology, while presenting the sayings and states of the prominent Sufi figures.

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Al-Zuhd al-Kabir

الزهد الكبير

Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Bayhaqi

أبو بكر أحمد بن الحسين البيهقي

This book by Imam al-Bayhaqi discusses the topic of asceticism and contains noble prophetic traditions, edited by Sheikh Aam Ahmad Husaydar.

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Al-Fawāʾid wa al-Zuhd wa al-Raqāʾiq wa al-Marāthī

الفوائد والزهد والرقائق والمراثي

Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Baghdadi, known as Al-Khuldi

جعفر بن محمد بن نصير البغدادي المعروف بالخلدي

This book combines benefits, asceticism, spiritual refinements, and elegies, presenting Imam Al-Khuldi's journey in recounting lessons and insights from the lives of ascetics and the wise, focusing on sincerity, truthfulness, modesty, and chastity, and concluding with a discussion of death and the horrors of graves.

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Al-Mukhtar min Fara'id al-Nuqul wa al-Akhbar

المختار من فرائد النقول والأخبار

A selected collection from the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH), the biographies of the Companions, and the accounts of scholars and righteous individuals, aiming to instill the meanings of the texts in the readers' hearts and refine their speech and writing.

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Juz' min Kitāb Riyāḍat al-Abdān

جزء من كتاب رياضة الأبدان

Abu Nu'aym Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Asbahani

أبو نعيم أحمد بن عبد الله الأصبهاني

This is a part of the book Riyadat al-Abdan by Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani, which discusses physical and spiritual discipline in Islam.

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Dhamm al-Thuqalāʾ

ذم الثقلاء

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Khalaf ibn al-Marzuban

أبي بكر محمَّد بن خَلَف بن المرزُبان

This book addresses the topic of annoying or "burdensome" individuals in society, offering a humorous social critique of them.

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Salah al-Ummah fi 'Uluw al-Himmah

صلاح الأمة في علو الهمة

Sayyid Hussein Al-Afani

سيد حسين العفاني

This book presents the introduction to the first volume of the series "The Righteousness of the Nation in High Ambition," discussing the importance of high ambition in a Muslim's life and its role in achieving noble goals.

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Qā'imat al-Maṣādir wa al-Marājiʿ

قائمة المصادر والمراجع

This is an alphabetically ordered list of the sources and references used in the compilation of this book.

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Masāwī al-Akhlāq wa-Madhmūmuhā

مَسَاوئ الأخلاق وَمَذْمُومَهَا

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Sahl al-Shami (al-Khara'iti)

أبو بكر محمد بن جعفر بن سهل الشامي (الخرائطي)

This book discusses the evils and reprehensible aspects of character, warning against them and illustrating their negative impact on individuals and society.

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Makārim al-Akhlāq

مكارم الأخلاق

Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ubayd al-Qurashi, known as Ibn Abi al-Dunya

أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن عبيد القرشي المعروف بابن أبي الدنيا

This book compiles hadith and traditions concerning noble character and virtues, collected by Imam Ibn Abi al-Dunya.

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Waṣāyā al-ʿUlamāʾ ʿinda Ḥuḍūr al-Mawt

وصايا العلماء عند حضور الموت

Al-Hafiz Abu Sulayman Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Zabr al-Raba'i

الحافظ أبي سليمان محمد بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن زبر الربعي

This book compiles the advice and sayings of scholars at the time of death, emphasizing the transient nature of this world and the importance of preparing for the afterlife.

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