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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