Description
Book Title: Pearl of the Crown concerning Salah before Me’raj
Author: Imam Ahmad Rida Khan
Prepared By: Imam Ahmed Raza Academy – Durban South Africa
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Imam Ahmed Raza Academy – Durban South Africa
Published: 2016
Format: [A5] Paperback
Pages: 48
Length: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Depth: 4mm
Weight: 87g
Introduction
This Thesis of the great Mujaddid Shaykh al-Islam wal-Muslimin ‘Árife-Billah al-Qutb Imam al-Akbar Ala-Hadrat Abu-Hamid Imam Ahmad Rida al-Qadiri رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ is an answer to a question posed to him regarding how did the Glorious Prophet of Allah, Sayyiduna Rasulullah صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ perform Salah before the announcement of his Prophethood. This refers to the period before Salah became Fard after the Night of Me raj. This indeed is such a complicated issue that we find very few Ulama of Islam who have divulged into this subject. However, it is this great Mujaddid of Islam, who by the virtue of his Divinely Blessed Knowledge [‘Ilme-Ladunni’] shed light on this subject. This question was posed to him on Friday 27th Muharram 1316 Hijri – 17th June 1899. He has quoted views of various Ulama of Islam and examined some views with scholastic arguments, hence establishing the correct opinion in this matter.
How the beloved Messenger صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed his Salah before Meraj, how and how many Rak’ats he performed and what were the times of salah, all answered carefully by Ala-Hadart رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ. He cleared all doubts that clouded this subject for many centuries. It is indeed only a personality of his amazing calibre who could really do justice to such a complicated issue. By the Divine Grace of Allah de and blessings of His beloved Habib #, today you have this book in your hand and are reading a glimpse of sacred knowledge imparted by this astonishing Mujaddid of Islam. May Almighty Allah de sanctify his soul and grant him higher stations in Jannah and through his blessings grant us the Taufiq to strictly follow the pristine teachings of the Ahle Sunnah wa Jama at. I also plead to the reader to make Du’as for my sinful self so that I continue studying and translating his numerous and valuable works into the English Language for the reading pleasure and benefit of the Muslim Ummah. Amin
Khadim al-Ilm al-Sharif
Abu-Muhammad ‘Abdul Hadi al-Oadiri Radawi
