Interesting facts about Ibn Hajr, al Iraqi and al Haythami. Hafiz Iraqi was teacher and father in law of Hafiz al Haythami (author of Majma al Zawaid). al Iraqi married his daughter to al Haythami. Both I.e. al Haythami and al Iraqi were teachers of…
Last words uttered or heard by some great scholars before dying.
What the scholars said or did before dying. 1. Abu Zur’a al Razi 2. al Amash 3. Alqama 4. Ibn Abdul Hadi 5. Salah ud din Ayyubi 6. Ibn al Fardhi 7. Abu Hamid al Ghazaali 8. Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal. 9. Fakhr ud…
ash-Shafiee refuted Maalik when people of Al-Andalus started taking blessings from his cap
Imam ash-Shafiee refuted Imam Maalik When people of Al-Andalus started venerating Imam Maalik to the extreme that they started taking blessings from a cap of Imam Maalik. al Bayhaqi said: أن الشافعي إنما وضع الكتاب على «مالك» أنه بلغه أن بأندلس كُمَّةً لمالك – يعني…
Did you know, Noyan (Mongol General) attacked India and was crushed by the army of Alaudin Khalji.
Did you know, Noyan (Mongol General) attacked India and was crushed by the army of Alaudin Khalji. (The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History by Peter Jackson page 221)
When Mongol massacred People of Lahore and levelled the city.
When Mongol massacred People of Lahore and levelled the city. As per Dr. Balaji Sadasivan (A Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon): “The ancient city of Lahore has no buildings or large monuments that pre-date 1241. In that year the mongol massacred its inhabitants and levelled the…
When Alaud din Khalji crushed Mongols in their second invasion on Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan
When Alaud din Khalji crushed Mongols in their second invasion. (Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan). Indian Historian Kishore Saran Lal (1920-2002) said: “Sultan Alauddin was confronted with a foreign invasion. Saldi (Sogedei) a Mughal (Mongol) chief had invaded the north west and occupied the fort of Sivistan…
Shabby long beards are like the beards of beasts as per Hafidh Gondalwi rahimahullah.
Shabby long beards are like the beards of beasts as per Hafidh Gondalwi rahimahullah. Shaykh Abdul Hameed Hazarawi said, the great Hafidh, Hafidh Muhammad Gondalwi rahimahullah also used to cut beard after one fist. Someone asked him, do you cut your beard? He replied, do…
Two great Soldiers who accepted Islam, Bereke Khan and Robert of St Albans
Two great Soldiers who accepted Islam. 1. Bereke Khanthe Mongol who defeated his ruthless cousin Hulaku Khan was a Muslim. Ibn Kathir said: السلطان بركه خان بن تولي بن جنكيز خان وهو ابن عم هولاكو، وقد أسلم بركه خان هذا، وكان يحب العلماء والصالحين ومن…
The status of Prophet peace be upon him is not in need of any fabricated narration.
The status of Prophet peace be upon him is not in need of any fabricated narration. Shaykh Nazeer Husayn Muhaddith Dehalwi said: I wrote while refuting a fabricated narration: As for the status of generous Prophet peace be upon him then indeed it is eminent…
Divorcing wife on the demand of Mother.
Divorcing wife on the demand of Mother. Shaykh al Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: If someone’s mother ask him to divorce his wife then it is not allowed to divorce his wife. He should have good behavior in other things with his mother but it is…