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Meaning of Imam Shafi’s statement

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

From Sh. Hisham’s book: Al-hafiz al-Suyuti relates in Ta’yid al-haqiqa al-`aliyya that Imam al-Shafi`i said: “I accompanied the Sufis …their statement that deprivation is immunity”. Continue reading →

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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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