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The Noble Hilya Sharif is a calligraphic design meant to remind the one who gazes on it of the blessed qualities & characteristics of the Prophet ﷺ. Originating in Ottoman times, the Hilya Sharif has historically been displayed in a prominent place in Muslim households throughout the world.

This version of the Hilya contains the following elements:

• The basmala at the top
  
• A large central disc containing the text of hadith 7 of Imam al-Tirmidhi's Al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya, which is a description of the Prophet ﷺ
  
• Four smaller discs around the larger disc containing the names of the four rightly-guided caliphs
• Verse 68:4 of the Qur’an, which is a description of the Prophet ﷺ
• The remainder of the text of hadith 7 of the Shama’il at the bottom, followed by prayers and blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ
  

The Hilya Sharif is meant to be displayed in a place of honour, such that the one who gazes upon it will be reminded of Allah's Messenger ﷺ and inspired to send prayers and blessings upon him ﷺ frequently.

In this present time, we believe it is particularly important to revive the practice of displaying the Hilya Sharif in our homes. That’s why IGI has made a version of the Hilya Sharif available in our bookstore.

Perhaps the terrible events of recent times, related to deliberately offensive depictions of Allah’s noble Messenger ﷺ, can serve as a catalyst for Muslims across the world to revive this practice of connecting to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ through the beautiful word portrait of the Hilya Sharif.

Details:

• Size: A2 (16.5 x 23.4 inches)
  
• Paper:  170 gsm paper Gloss; Soft Touch Lamination
• Ink: CMYK with Spot Gold 
• Design: The Essential Islam and IGP Manuscripts Teams

This brief yet comprehensive work details events connected to the blessed birth of the noble Prophet ﷺ, beginning with his lineage, and followed by the description of his actual birth. It then moves into a description of Halimah al-Sa'diyyah رضي الله عنها and the intriguing events that led to her being blessed to receive the Prophet ﷺ for nursing, as well as the many blessings that manifested in her, her family, and her livestock due to his blessed presence amongst them, which all led them to the logical conclusion that this boy ﷺ was an extraordinarily blessed soul.

The text also mentions the story of when Jibril عليه السلام visited the Prophet ﷺ whilst he was still a young boy, and washed his heart after splitting his chest. It concludes by describing the Prophet’s sublime attributes and character traits, and his beautiful outer appearance ﷺ.

This edition includes Arabic text with full vowels, as well as the English translation.

• Author: Imam Abu al-Fida' 'Imad al-Din Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi
• Languages: Arabic & English (bilingual)
• 88 pages 
• Binding: Paperback
• Colour: Black & white
• Categories: Islam, Seerah
• Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing

About the Author

Authored by the magnificent scholar Imam Abu al-Fida' 'Imad al-Din Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi, popularly known as Imam Ibn Kathir, who is predominantly celebrated for his magnum opuses – a complete Qur’anic exegesis and a prophetic biography. Imam Ibn Kathir was born in the year 701/1301 in a village on the outskirts of Basra in Syria, passing away in 774/1373 in the bustling city of Damascus.

The immense love that Imam Ibn Kathir had for the Prophet ﷺ consistently shines brightly throughout this excellent translation. It is a short work that can be revisited often, particularly in Rabi' al-Awwal, with each perusal leaving the reader with increased love and adoration for the noble Prophet ﷺ.

All students will receive ebook copies of The Story of the Blessed Birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Miracles Manifest: Forty Hadith on the Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and The Messenger, Our Teacher ﷺ; Study materials made for the Khasa’is exclusively will be given.

The course + printed books bundle is also available as an option. 

Please note that printed books will ship 9/30.

Studying the life and character of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the month of Rabi al-Awwal is a time-honoured tradition maintained for centuries upon centuries by Muslims around the world.

Beginning Thursday, September 21, on what will be either the 5th or 6th day of Rabi al-Awwal in most of the world, Shaykh Ahmed al-Azhary & Ustadh Moustafa Elqabbany will guide students on a journey through a unique study of key aspects of the biography and legacy of Allah's Messenger ﷺ, with a particular focus on his ﷺ authentic miracles, as well as the his ﷺ role as a teacher.

This course will be a special opportunity to reconnect with the Best of Creation ﷺ through the study of 4 extraordinary texts. Students who complete the course will receive permission ('ijaza) from the instructor, Shaykh Ahmed El Azhary, to both Hafiz Ibn Kathir & Imam Yusuf al-Nabahabi to narrate

The Story of the Blessed Birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ & Miracles Manifest: Forty Hadith on the Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

Course schedule: Daily September 21-27 & Oct 3, 5, 10, 13, 14 2023 (11am ET; 4pm British) – 12 sessions total – All sessions will be recorded if you cannot attend live.

11am ET; 4pm London; 8am PST; 6pm Mecca; 11pm Malaysia (1.5 hour long)

The course will include:

• Complete reading and study of The Story of the Blessed Birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and His Blessed Nursing
• Complete reading of Miracles Manifest: Forty Hadith on the Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
• Thematic study of Al-Khasa’is al-Muhammadiyyah
• A thematic study of The Messenger, Our Teacher ﷺ
• Discussion of Prophetic birth, the role of miracles, the Prophet's role as a teacher & mentor, and the relationship between teaching and miracles, and what we can learn from these aspects of the Prophetic Sunnah
• Time for Q&A in each class
• Access to a private chat group with the instructor for additional questions and discussion

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Shaykh Ahmed al-Azhary began his journey of studying traditional sciences about 20 years ago. In addition to studying with scholars from al-Azhar, he had the privilege of studying with visiting scholars from Algeria and India in a one-on-one format, and was thus given an exceptional opportunity to study and discuss advanced-level texts of different sorts and over a long period of time. Shaykh Ahmed has more than 70 Ijazas from scholars from all over the Muslim world. Shaykh Ahmed holds degrees from American University in Cairo, Tulane University, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and has obtained additional certificates in a dozens of different subjects. He is the author of Ruh al-'Ilm, a treatise in the art of scientific investigation, as well as a number of works on Islamic pedagogy, linguistics, and Hanafi Usul. He is currently a researcher in Islamic intellectual history and a teacher of traditional sciences under the supervision of Habib 'Ali al-Jifri, and teaches at Madyafat Shaykh Isma'il Sadiq al-'Adawi, a well-known learning center near al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo.

Ustadh Moustafa Elqabbany is a scholar and translator based in Jordan. He has contributed to numerous translations of classical Arabic texts, including a number of titles published by Imam Ghazali Publishing, such as Al-Khasa'is al-Muhammadiyya and Ayyuhal Walad. He teaches regularly both in person and online.

About the texts:

The Story of the Blessed Birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and His Blessed Nursing

* Ijaza given linking students with al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This brief yet comprehensive work details events connected to the blessed birth of the noble Prophet ﷺ, beginning with his lineage, and followed by the description of his actual birth. It then moves into a description of Halimah al-Sa'diyyah رضي الله عنها and the intriguing events that led to her being blessed to receive the Prophet ﷺ for nursing, as well as the many blessings that manifested in her, her family, and her livestock due to his blessed presence amongst them, which all led them to the logical conclusion that this boy ﷺ was an extraordinarily blessed soul.

The text also mentions the story of when Jibril عليه السلام visited the Prophet ﷺ whilst he was still a young boy, and washed his heart after splitting his chest. It concludes by describing the Prophet’s sublime attributes and character traits, and his beautiful outer appearance ﷺ.

This edition includes Arabic text with full vowels, as well as the English translation.

• Author: Imam Abu al-Fida' 'Imad al-Din Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi
• Languages: Arabic & English (bilingual)
• 88 pages 

Miracles Manifest: Forty Hadith on the Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

* Ijaza given linking students with Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabahani

One of the collections of 40 hadith compiled by Imam al-Nabhani, this text brings together selected narrations illuminating some aspect of one or more Prophetic miracles. One major theme of this text is the manner in which the miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ are distinguished from the miracles of previous prophets, may peace be upon them all.

• Author: Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabhani
• Translator: Moustafa Elqabbany
• Languages: Arabic & English (bilingual)
• Binding: Paperback
• Colour: Black & white
• Categories: Islam, Hadith
• Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing

The Messenger, Our Teacher ﷺ

This book provides a focused overview of the role of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as a teacher and mentor. It provides a framework for modern readers to draw lessons from his ﷺ approach to educating the early Muslim community.

The text begins with an introductory discussion and overview of the subject. It then examines different elements of the Prophet's instructional methods, beginning with general themes, then focusing on more specific aspects of the teaching and mentoring process. Over 130 different hadith narrations are included to illustrate and illuminate the principles by which the Prophet's ﷺ conveyed guidance perfectly and instruction to those who were blessed to believe in him and follow him.

• Author: Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah
• Languages: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Colour: Black & white
• Categories: Islam, Seerah, Hadith, Pedagogy
• Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing

Al-Khasa’is al-Muhammadiyyah

The science of Khasa'is encompasses the study of the uniqueness of the actions, the attributes, and the essence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, as well as the special gifts given to him, and the special gifts that are given to the Muslim Ummah by virtue of their status as the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ. Knowledge of the Khasa'is is considered to be one of the keys to benefiting from one's relationship with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, since his unique aspects provide openings to innumerable blessings.

In the history of Islam, the earliest works in the genre of Khasa'is date from the time of the early Imams and compilers of Hadith. This present work consists of translations of two major works in the genre of Khasais and one supplemental work from three of the great scholars of the Ummah: Bidayat al-Sul fi Tafdhil al-Rasul ﷺ of Shaykh 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam, as well as Unmūdhaj al-Labīb fi Khasa’is al-Habib ﷺ of Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, and selections from Matali' al-Masarrat li Jala' Dala'il al-Khayrat of Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi.

• Authors: Shaykh 'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam, Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi; Foreword by Yasir Fahmy
• Translators: Ahmad Derrick Peat, Moustafa Elqabbany
• Languages: English translation with parallel Arabic of Khasa'is texts

This book provides a focused overview of the role of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as a teacher and mentor. It provides a framework for modern readers to draw lessons from his ﷺ approach to educating the early Muslim community.

The text begins with an introductory discussion and overview of the subject. It then examines different elements of the Prophet's instructional methods, beginning with general themes, then focusing on more specific aspects of the teaching and mentoring process. Over 130 different hadith narrations are included to illustrate and illuminate the principles by which the Prophet's ﷺ conveyed guidance perfectly and instruction to those who were blessed to believe in him and follow him.

The text includes:

1. Descriptions in the Qur'an, Sunnah, and historical documentation of the Messenger ﷺ as a teacher
   
2. A brief acquainting with the perfection of the Prophet ﷺ in his teaching and his outstanding character
   
3. Some special qualities, virtues, honourable manners, and traits of the Messenger-Teacher ﷺ which illuminate aspects of his overall character
   
4. His ﷺ teaching methods
5. His ﷺ teaching of the Divine Law in stages
6. Teaching through intellectual discussion and negotiation
7. Asking his Companions questions as a means of unveiling their intelligence and knowledge
8. Teaching through analogies and examples, similes and metaphors, speech and gesture, playfulness and jest, through stories and tales of the past, and through his own noble persona ﷺ
   
9. Offering beneficial wisdom to his Companions without being asked
10. Responding to questions when he ﷺ was asked
11. Testing someone who already knows something in order to praise them for their knowledge
    
12. Teaching by remaining silent and authorizing something taking place in his ﷺ presence
13. Seizing opportune moments to teach
    
14. How he ﷺ would address sensitive issues
15. Authorizing writing as a means of conveying his ﷺ teachings

And more.

Book Details

• Author: Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah
  
• Languages: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Colour: Black & white
• Categories: Islam, Seerah
• Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing

About the Author

Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah was born in 1917 in Aleppo during the last years of the Ottoman Caliphate. He studied under many of the great scholars of both Shaam and Egypt, and attended Al-Azhar in Cairo. He became heavily involved in politics in the wake of the fall of the Caliphate. After a period of time unjustly held in jail, he went into exile in Saudi Arabia. In his later life, he would become intensely focused on his study, writing, and 'ilmi legacy. Several prominent scholars of the present time are among his students. The Shaykh returned to Allah in Riyadh in 1997.

Pre-order: Ships on the 12th of Rabi Al-Awwal.

Studying the miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is a time-honored means for those who have responded to his call and believed in his Prophethood to reinforce their love for him, to renew their efforts to perform righteous actions, and to increase in faith (īmān).

Actions performed by the Prophets described as miracles are termed as such because humans are otherwise incapable of doing them. There are two types of miracles: the first type is an action that humans are theoretically able to do, but Allah has made impossible for them as a means of confirming the truthfulness of His Prophet ﷺ. The second type of miracle are those actions outside of a human’s ability. These are miracles that no-one would be able to perform except for Allah.

Out of all the Prophets, the final Messenger ﷺ was sent with the greatest number of miracles, the most magnificent signs, and the clearest proofs. The miracles of the Prophet ﷺ were innumerable. In fact, if one chose just one of those miracles, namely the Qur’an, they would never be able to count the thousands of extraordinary signs contained within it.

In this collection - one of many collections of 40 hadith which he compiled - the great Palestinian scholar Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani strings together a majestic and awe-inspiring collection of hadith that leave the reader astonished by the miraculous nature and life of the Beloved of Allah ﷺ. Among their many benefits, these miracles both confirmed his Prophethood and also proved his honesty.

This edition includes Arabic text with full vowels and the English translation.

• Author: Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabhani
• Translator: Moustafa Elqabbany
• Languages: Arabic & English (bilingual)
• Binding: Paperback
• Colour: Black & white
• Categories: Islam, Hadith
• Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing

About the Author

Imam Yusuf al-Nabhani (1849-1932) was a Palestinian scholar. After his initial studies in his locality, he studied in al-Azhar, Egypt, between 1866 and 1872, where he studied the Islamic disciplines with numerous prominent scholars. He also spent a few years researching and publishing in Istanbul. He served as a chief judge in Jerusalem and then Beirut.

After living in Medina for some time, he returned to Beirut and later passed away there in the beginning of the month of Ramadan. He has left a vast collection of works, on a variety of subjects, but many are focused on the character and being of the Prophet ﷺ.

This ebook is 100% free, however, you may also enter any amount as a small donation. A link to download the PDF will be sent to your email.

This brief yet comprehensive work is a compilation of salawat by Sayyiduna ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, popularly known as Basha’ir al-Khairat. It is a superlative set of thirty prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ intertwined with almost seventy verses of the Qur’an that gives hope and encouragement to twenty-seven types of Muslims.

In the introduction of this work, it is reported that the noble Shaykh said to one of his brethren in Allah (Exalted is He): 

Accept these invocations of blessing [salawat] from me, for I received them by way of inspiration [ilham] from Allah (Exalted is He), then I presented them to the Prophet a. I intended to ask him about their special merit, but he answered me before I asked him, and he said to me: They have a special merit that is something too tremendous to be calculated. They raise those who adopt them to the highest degrees and cause them to reach the farthest goals. If someone seeks to achieve some purpose by them, he will not be turned away disappointed. His idea will not be frustrated, and his supplication will not be rejected. If someone recites them, even one time only, or carries them with him, Allah will grant forgiveness to him and to those who are with him in his company. When his final moment is at hand, four of the angels of mercy will be present beside him. The first will keep Satan away from him. The second will inspire him to utter the profession of faith [kalimat ashshahada]. The third will quench his thirst with a cup from the River of Abundance [al-Kawthar].

The fourth will hold in his hand a vessel of gold, filled with the fruits of the Garden of Paradise, giving him the glad tidings of a dwelling in the Garden, and saying to him: Be of good cheer, O servant of Allah! So he will look at Him and see Him with his eye, before his spirit departs. He will enter his grave with a feeling of security, happy and cheerful, and he will experience no loneliness and no confinement therein. Forty doorways of mercy will be opened for him, and the like thereof of light. When he is raised up on the Day of Resurrection, an angel will bring him good news from his right, and an angel will reassure him from his left. He will be dressed in two fine garments, and a well-bred steed will be guided to him for him to ride. He will suffer no distress and no remorse, and he will be subjected to an easy reckoning. When he passes across the Bridge of Hell, the Fire will say to him: Make a quick escape, O emancipated slave of Allah! I am forbidden to touch you. He will enter the Garden of Paradise in the company of the righteous forebears, and in the Garden he will be given forty domes of white silver. Each dome will contain a palace of gold, and in each palace there will be one hundred pavilions made of light. In each pavilion there will be a raised couch made of silk brocade, and upon each raised couch there will be a maiden, one of the houries with those lovely eyes. Her body will consist of the most fragrant perfume, as if it were the full moon of the night of his consummation. Then he will be given that which no eye has ever seen, of which no ear has ever heard, and which has never occurred to the heart of a human being.