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The Blessings of Imam Shafiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
said, لَا تَسُبُّوْا قُرَیْشًا—Do not speak ill of the Quraysh—فَاِنَّ عَالِمَهَا یَمْلَاُ الْاَرْضَ عِلْمًا — as a scholar from them will fill the land with knowledge.[1]
The Scholar of Quraysh who is mentioned in this hadith refers to Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. Imam Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه once said:
When someone asks me about a religious issue, I try to find an answer from Quran and hadith firstly. If I cannot find the answer, I search through the statements of Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. This is because he is the Scholar of Quraysh who filled the land with knowledge.[2]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Go! May Allah grant you blessings!
Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه describes:
I fell asleep one night, yet my destiny awoke, and I beheld the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in my dream. He proceeded to ask, یَاغُلَامُ! مِمَّنْ اَنْتَ - “O son! What nation are you from?”
“O Messenger of Allah!”, I replied, مِنْ رَھْطِکَ یَا رَسُوْلَ اللّٰہ “I am from amongst your servants!” In a display of his unmatched kindness, he ordered for me to come closer to him. I did so, and he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم proceeded to place his sacred saliva in my mouth.
He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then said, اِمْضِ بَارَکَ اللّٰہُ فِیْکَ- “Go! May Allah grant you blessings.”[3]
BOOK TOPIC
- The Blessings of Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Excellence of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- A mujaddid is sent at the beginning of every century
- Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه is a mujaddid
- Brief Introduction to Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- The virtues of Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Banū Hāshim and Banū Muṭṭalib are one
- Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه - the Scholar of the Quraysh
- Go! May Allah grant you blessings!
- Sayyidunā ʿAli رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ giving a ring
- The qualities of Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه and his passion for reciting the Quran
- Praying for the entire ummah
- The duʿā of Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام
- Do not be slack in making duʿā!
- The reward of making du’a for others
- The sanctity of Imam Abū Ḥanīfah’s shrine
- The generosity of Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Paying for the Bridal Dowry
- Duʿā for the mocker!
- The story of Rābiʿah Baṣriyyah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْهَا
- Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would remain silent
- Useless speech makes you a slave
- Think before speaking!
- Love for the Companions رِضْوَانُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَیْہِمْ
- Department of Spiritual Cures
- The advice of Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- One work from the 12 Religious Works: Weekly Ijtima
- Madani pearls regarding good conduct
