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The Remembrance of God
By Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
Editor: Gibril F. Haddad
Translator: Sajeda Maryam Poswal
Paperback 82 Pages
Published By Amal Press UK
Written by one of the most celebrated and prolific scholars of the Islamic
civilisation, this treatise was written in response to a questioner in regards
to remembering God (dhikr) aloud and in a group. In his response, al-Suyuti
responds citing twenty five Prophetic traditions that in his estimation, not
only justify collective dhikr, but highly recommend it.
There is a growing need
for the translation of texts that reflect the vastness of traditional Islam.
This work allows English speakers the opportunity to experience the classical
scholarship of the erudite imam, al-Suyuti. With additional appendices and a
detailed biography of the author, this book contains much benefit and is sure to
validate a practice that Muslims have taken part in for centuries.
Yahya Rhodus
About the Author Imam Jalal al-Din
al-Misri al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i
al-Ash`ari, also known
as Ibn al-Asyuti 849-911AH
/1445-1505),, the mujtahid imam and renewer of the tenth Islamic century,
foremost hadith master, encyclopedist, historian, and biographer and probably
one of the most prolific of all Islamic writers. There are an enormous number of
his essays and treatises preserved today. A number of his writings concerned
scientific topics or issues related to natural science and food and regimen,
amongst other things
From Asyut in Egypt,he was among the most renowned and prolific Muslim scholars
of all time. He wrote more than 300 books, covering every aspect of the Islamic
sciences. He memorized the Qur’an at the age of ‘eight, and then went on to
study with more than 150 scholars. He travelled extensively in his quest for
knowledge — to Damascus, Hijaz, Yemen, India, Morocco, and the lands south of
Morocco, as well as in Egypt.
Al-Suyuti devoted his life to learning, teaching and writing. He was noble,
abstinent and self-sufficient, distancing himself from people of rank and power
and living on what he earned by teaching. Major writings of al-Suyuti that
remain widely used today include al-Itqan, on the Qur’anic sciences; and Tafsir
al-Jalalayn, which he completed when only 22.
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