Sincere Counsel to the Students of Sacred Knowledge | Ibn al-Jawzi

Sincere Counsel to the Students of Sacred Knowledge | Ibn al-Jawzi
Sincere Counsel To The Students of Sacred Knowledge By : Ibn al-Jawzi (D.597 AH) '' Sincere Counsel to the Students of Sacred Knowledge '' by Shaikh ibn al-Jawzi The challenges of parenthood are experienced by all and many times a parent is hard put to ascertain the correct course of action in bringing up a child in the correct Islamic manner or when required, disciplining that child.

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DAR AS SUNNAH CLASSIC COLLECTION SINCERE COUNSEL TO THE STUDENTS OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH) درم كسنة
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CONTENT Transliteration table....... 11 Acknowledgment.. ..12 Preface............. ..13 Methodology of Verification and Examination........... .18 BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR al-Imām and al-Hafiz Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawz..............20 His Name and Lineage............ His Birth and Upbringing....... His Teachers....... His Students...... His Children................. His Uniqueness as a preacher.............. His Works and Effects............ His Death........... ..20 .20 ..21 ..22 ..22 .23 ..24 .............25
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SINCERE COUNSEL soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allāh through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer. [An-Nisa': 1] يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَلَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فقد فاز فوزا عظيمًا O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment. [Al-Ahzab: 70-71] The most veracious discourse is the book of (Qur'an) and the best of all guidance is the guidance of Muhammad(). The worst of affairs are the heresies (those new things which are introduced into the religion), every heresy is an innovation and every innova- tion is misguidance and all misguidance is in the Fire. Allah says in His perfected revelation: يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَيْكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones,
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SINCERE COUNSEL TO THE STUDENTS OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH) The challenges of parenthood are experienced by all and many times a parent is hard put to ascertain the correct course of action in bringing up a child in the correct Islamic manner, or, when required, disciplining that child. This treatise is a moving and pertinent advice which Imam Ibn al-Jawzi, himself a great scholar and parent, directed to his carefree and disobedient child. It is important for every parent and child to read since it lays down the principles for providing a solid religious and spiritual education for oneself and one's family, thereby providing the foundation that every Muslim needs in his journey through this world to the next. The main concept running throughout the work is on acquiring knowledge which is of spiritual benefit, purifying the intention, the challenges, the pitfalls and obstacles the seeker confronts, and acting on the basis of the acquired knowledge. This second masterpiece in the series deals with the splendid admonishment of an Imam whose name is well known to all. Many indeed are the eyes that have shed tears after reading it, the hearts it has softened and great indeed is the benefit it contains. Through it the heedless wakes up, the ignorant comes to know and the sinner decides to repent. How excellent is his speech and oratory! He is the one who says: "Be merciful to a tear that is dropping for what it missed from you, and a heart burning due to your farness from it. My God, my God! My knowledge of Your grace makes me impatient for You, my certainty of Your Ascendancy [i.e. violent punishment makes me lose hope of You, and every time I lift the veil of yearning to Your presence, my shyness of You does not allow me. My God! To You and by You I humble myself, and towards You I direct." The author, Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH), was an learned scholar possessing extensive knowledge. While still young, he became known as someone who was religious and given to learning. He would not waste his time in idle activities and would scrupulously avoid any food whose source was doubtful. He was a great preacher and his fame was widespread; many people repented and accepted Islām at his hands. He was also a prolific writer and authored over one thousand works encompassing a multitude of Islamic disciplines and sciences. السنة Där as-Sunnah Publishers BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM E-mail: info@darassunnah.com @SunnahDar fin Dar as-Sunnah Publishers Copyright 2021 by Där as-Sunnah Publishers Visit us www.darassunnah.com ISBN-13: 978-1-904336-33-4 ISBN-10: 1-904336-33-7 9 781904 336334 >