Tag Archives: Imam Ghazali

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Qushayri on hunger/fasting

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I have 2 different translations of Qushayri’s Risala. In the chapter on hunger, one of them translates: ..I heard Ibn Salim say: “The proper rule of one who practices hunger is to limit one’s daily meal to the size of a cat’s ear.” … Continue reading →

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Dua “al-Mukhammas” of Imam Ghazali

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I have been searching without much success for a fully vowelled Arabic transcript or a transliteration of the dua known as “al-Mukhammas al-Khali al-Wasat” .. Continue reading →

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Learning Shariah

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

As I don’t know someone that I am able to trust and keep company with to learn sharia and adab I am resorting to nothing but to ask for a way to learn sharia… Continue reading →

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Hujjat ul Islam

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

. I had some questions regarding Hujjat-Islam Imam Ghazali. You wrote on this site… Continue reading →

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Cheikh Hisham and presidents.

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Imam ghazali speak about the relations with sultans that the meeting between a ‘alim and the president ( it’s worse with tyrant and kafirum) is haraam… Continue reading →

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Privacy when it comes to dreams

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Staff

I find it very frustrating though when it comes to dreams, I feel like few actually require legitimate interpretation Continue reading →

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What exactly is Nafs or Ego

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Staff

I am still not able to understand the real and exact meaning of the words “NAFS”… Continue reading →

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Musabba’at

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

The musabba’at found in Imam Haddad’s wird al kabir and mentioned by Imam Ghazali… Continue reading →

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Imam Ghazali’s Chapter “On Death”

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I have been reading Ghazali’s chapter “On Death” in the “Ihya…” and about the agonies during death… Continue reading →

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Shafi`is on Hadrah

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: Could you kindly comment on some of the ‘retractions’ of the Shafi’is from their opinions on the Hadrah and the position of Imam Shafi’i mentioned here: Continue reading →

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