Category: Islamic History

Imam Ahmad was born in Baghdad in Rabi Al-Awwal, 164 A.H. He and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) have a common ancestor as the Imam was a descendant of Rabee’ah bin Nizar, a brother of Mudhar bin Nizar, who was an ancestor of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah… Continue reading Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Name:  Abu Abdullah Shamsud-Din Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr, known as Ibn Qayyim al_Jawziyyah[1, p.11] Birth: 7th Safar, 691H (1292 CE), in Zar, Syria[1, p.11]Death: 13th Rajab, 751H (1350 CE) at Damascus[1, p.16] The Thirteenth Century CE was a time when Islamic Golden Age had ended with the sack of Baghdad by the Mongols and the… Continue reading Imam Ibn Qayyim

By: Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi (RA) Sheikh-ul-Islam Hafiz Ibn Taimiyah   Muslim World in the Seventh CenturyMaulana Jalal-ud-din Rumi had sought to refute the excessive rationalism of the dialecticians which was permeated with the spirit of Greek Philosophy and excessive formalism. Rumi was, in fact, founder of a new school of scholasticism which was… Continue reading Sheikh-ul-Islam Hafiz Ibn Taimiyah

Shaykh ul-Islâm ibn Taymiyyah Abu Safwan Farid Ibn Abdulwahid Ibn Haibatan From ‘Ibn Taymiyyah’s Essay on Servitude’ As for the author, his calibre and prestige goes without saying. He is the great scholar, Shaykhul-lslaam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allaah have mercy upon him. Scholars of Islaam acknowledge his astonishing excellence in all fields of knowledge –… Continue reading Ibn Taymiyyah

by Jamil Ahmad Hazrat Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, the celebrated Umayyad Caliph whose empire stretched from the shores of the Atlantic to the highlands of Pamir, was sitting in his private chamber examining a pile of State documents. The dim light of the room was adding to the serenity and sombreness of the place and… Continue reading Umar Bin Abdul Aziz

Saviours of Islamic Spirit  Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) by S. Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi (RA) Abdul Qadir was born in Gilan in 470 A. H. He was an Arab by descent, being the tenth descendent of Hasan ibn Ali, but belonged to Iran by migration of his ancestors. He came to Baghdad in 488… Continue reading Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani

Saviours of Islamic Spirit (Ibn al-Jawzi)  by S. Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi (RA)   Ibn al-Jawzi presents another striking example of a preacher, reformer and renovator of the faith. He was the most reputed and profound scholar of his time and a prolific writer of voluminous books on exegesis of the Qur’an, Traditions, history and… Continue reading Ibn al-Jawzi

The heroic endeavours of Salah ud-din who set himself to work in the most earnest fashion with the re-introduction of ortho­dox doctrines of Islam in place of the Shia ite creed, the chain of educational institutions started for the purpose all over his wide realm and, above all, the personal example set by him and… Continue reading Sheikh ul Islam Izz ud Din Abdul Salam

Tartars—The Scourge of God The Causes of Tartar Invasion:Islam was confronted with another danger in the seventh century, unparallel in the annals of the world, which was about to wipe it out of existence. This was the invasion of the wild and savage hordes of the Tartars who issued forth from the Mongolian steppes and… Continue reading Tartars—The Scourge of God