Description
Guardian of the Cloak
Book Specifications
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Title | Guardian of the Cloak |
| Format | [A5] Paperback |
| Type | Book |
| Publication Date | 2015 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Publisher | Heritage Press |
| Author | Shaykh Dawud al-Baghdadi |
| Translated by | Amjad Mahmood |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780957693784 |
| Length (mm) | 218 |
| Width (mm) | 140 |
| Depth (mm) | 13 |
| Weight (g) | 197 |
| Numbered Pages | 132 |
| Total Pages | 144 |
| Added to our catalogue on | 20th November 2022 |
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Book Description
Loving and praising the Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ is an essential cornerstone of every believer’s faith. This core facet of the faith has manifested itself in the form of beautiful poetic eulogy from his own time until today. For centuries, the Qasidah al-Burdah [The ode of the cloak] of al-Büsiri (d. ca. 696 AH) has been arguably the most popular eulogising ode of this kind. As such, it has been passed down ever since by successive and countless Muslim communities, by both layperson and authoritative scholar alike. Recent history, however, has witnessed grave accusations emerge against the poem, with claims that some of its lines contain polytheism (shirk) and disbelief (kufr). This treatise, Guardian of the Cloak, is thorough and scholarly response to such charges.
The author of this work was Shaykh Däwud ibn Sulaymän al-Baghdad al-Naqshabandi al-Khälidi al-Shäf”i (1815-1882). He was originally from Baghdad, but travelled extensively throughout the Muslim world, including the Hejaz, Syro-Palestine, and Egypt. He authored numerous works, in addition to this treatise, including a defence of the four Sunni schools of Islamic law, and a refutation of the Wahhabis and Mahmud al-Alüsi.
Contents
Transliteration Table
Translator’s Introduction
Author’s Biography
Author’s Introduction
CHAPTER I: Objections to the Burdah
CHAPTER 2: The Prophet’s Intercession صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
CHAPTER 3: The World and the Afterlife Being from the Prophet’s Generosity صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
CHAPTER 4: The Prophet’s Knowledge of the Unseen صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
CHAPTER 5: Taking Refuge in the Prophet #)
CHAPTER 6: Scholarly Opinions Regarding the Legality of Calling on the Prophet (Nida) and Seeking His Intercession صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
APPENDIX I: On Creation only Being Brought into Existence for the Prophet’s Sake صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
APPENDIX 2: The Light of the Prophet صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
APPENDIx 3: Eulogising the Prophet صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
