Answer to an Enemy of Islam
Answer to an Enemy of Islam This is a refutation of the lies and slanders which the lâ-madhhabî Rashîd Rıdâ of Egypt, who appeared in the disguise of a religious man and wrote against the scholars of Islam in his book Muhâwarât.
Answer to an Enemy of Islam
This is a refutation of the lies and slanders which the lâ-madhhabî Rashîd Rıdâ of Egypt, who appeared in the disguise of a religious man and wrote against the scholars of Islam in his book Muhâwarât.
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wâjib: (act) almost as<br />
compulsory as fard, so not<br />
<strong>to</strong> be omitted; that never<br />
omitted by the Prophet.<br />
Walî: (pl. Awliyâ’) one loved<br />
<strong>an</strong>d protected by Allâhu<br />
ta’âlâ.<br />
zâhir: exterior, apparent<br />
knowledge (pertaining <strong>to</strong><br />
the body); zâhirî, <strong>of</strong> zâhir.<br />
Zaidî: least heretical (so closer<br />
<strong>to</strong> Ahl as-Sunna) group <strong>of</strong><br />
the Shî’a.<br />
zakât: (fard duty <strong>of</strong> giving<br />
<strong>an</strong>nually) 1/40 <strong>of</strong> a rich<br />
Muslim’s specified property<br />
(<strong>to</strong> poor Muslims).<br />
zuhd: not setting one’s heart on<br />
worldly things.<br />
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HÜSEYN HİLMİ IŞIK,<br />
‘Rahmat-Allahi ’alaih’<br />
Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, ‘Rahmat-Allahi ’alaih’, publisher <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Hakikat Kitabevi Publications, was born in Eyyub Sult<strong>an</strong>, Ist<strong>an</strong>bul<br />
in 1329 (A.D. 1911).<br />
Of the one hundred <strong>an</strong>d forty-four books he published, sixty<br />
are Arabic, twenty-five Persi<strong>an</strong>, fourteen Turkish, <strong>an</strong>d the<br />
remaining are books in French, Germ<strong>an</strong>, English, Russi<strong>an</strong>, <strong>an</strong>d<br />
other l<strong>an</strong>guages.<br />
Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, ‘Rahmat-Allahi ’alaih’ (guided by Sayyid<br />
’Abdulhakim Arwâsî, ‘Rahmat-Allahi ’alaih’, a pr<strong>of</strong>ound <strong>Islam</strong>ic<br />
scholar <strong>an</strong>d perfect in virtues <strong>of</strong> Tasawwuf <strong>an</strong>d capable <strong>to</strong> guide<br />
disciples in a fully mature m<strong>an</strong>ner; possessor <strong>of</strong> glories <strong>an</strong>d<br />
wisdom), was a competent, great <strong>Islam</strong>ic scholar able <strong>to</strong> guide <strong>to</strong><br />
happiness, passed away during the night between Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 25, 2001<br />
(8 Sha’bân 1422) <strong>an</strong>d Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 26, 2001 (9 Sha’bân 1422). He was<br />
buried at Eyyub Sult<strong>an</strong>, where he had been born.<br />
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