In my previous post I mentioned how I realised only by episode 4 that Shaykh edebali in Kurulus Osman is Emir eyyub in the salahudiin series. Cagri bey from Alparslan who plays the role of shaykh Omar in the series, completely missed me. He looked familiar but I didn’t place him, my friend told me. … Read more
This is a manuscript of Fatḥ al-Bārī by Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Ḥajar al-‘Asqalānī, dated back to around 1414. The story goes that Ibn Ḥajar had left for the Dhuhr Ṣalāh while leaving his pen and ink at his desk. His three-year-old daughter climbed the chair and began scribbling on the paper (as you can see … Read more
The person on the right was the Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Sultanate in the 20th century. His name is Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari رحمه الله ❤️
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Ḥajar al-‘Asqalānī was asked: “Will (Prophet) ‘Īsā, peace be upon him, descend having memorized the Qur’ān and the Sunnah, or will he receive (knowledge of) them through the scholars of that time?” He answered: “Nothing explicit has been related about that, but what is fitting for his station, peace and blessings be … Read more
Sayyidunā Junayd al-Baghdādī had a student who he considered to be his favourite and the Shaykh noticed that the other students became jealous of that one student. After a few days, he gathered all of his students and gave each of them a chicken and a knife and said to them: “Go and slaughter it … Read more
📸 A rare picture of Shaykh Badr al-Dīn al-Ḥasanī, Syria (d. 1935). The foremost Ḥadīth master of his time. When the month of Ramadān arrived, the noble Shaykh would send letters to the Muslim women of Syria involved in prostitution, asking them: “If you are praying and fasting in this month, pray for me too.” … Read more
Shaykh Aḥmadū Bāmbā was thrusted into a world of war, instability, slavery and French occupation. He chose to fight back, though the Jihād of the Pen. He came from a scholarly background so he was able to draw upon the Qur’ān and Sunnah to promote the idea of coexistence. The French grew weary of his … Read more
Today marks 69 years since Shaykh ul-Islām Mustafā Sabrī Effendī, the last Shaykh ul-Islām of the Ottoman Empire, left this world. He was one of Islām’s pre-eminent scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. When the Caliphate fell into the hands of the secular Kemalist government with Atatürk coming into power, a huge crackdown was … Read more
Shaykh al-Akbar Ibn al-‘Arabī who passed away 50 years prior to the founding of the Ottoman Empire wrote that a man named Selim would conquer Damascus and find his resting place (which was hidden from people at that time). 300 years later, Sultān Selim l conquered Damascus, discovered Ibn al-‘Arabī’s body and built a tomb … Read more
When Shaykh Ahmed Deedat silenced an Atheist. Post By: Clarifying Light . . . .#islam #atheists #IslamicHistory #KuruluşOsman #Ertugrul #payitahtabdulhamid #islamicpost #turkey #Pakistan
