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The Dalā’il al-Khayrāt: An Introduction & Recital with Ijazah
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The Dalā’il al-Khayrāt: An Introduction & Recital with IjazahShaykh Adil al-Shuaybi
Saturday 14th of May 2011
3pm to 7pm
Jubilee Road Central Mosque, 34 Jubilee Road, High Wycombe, HP11 2PJ
Event is open to brothers and sisters - segregation by way of a screen between the brothers and sisters and separate entrances at the venue Unfortunately we are unable to provide a creche facility
The Dalā’il al-Khayrāt is a celebrated manual of sending salutations and blessings upon the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) which is recited all across the Muslim world. Recent years have seen the increasing familiarity of this text amongst Muslims residing in the West. As a means of increasing this familiarity the following one day course has been planned. The course is split in to two parts, first: A lecture regarding various aspects of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt and second: A revival of the tradition of reading the text with a scholar who possesses a chain of recital back to the author.
Course Overview
[Part 1] Topics Covered:- A Biography of Imām Al-Jazūlī
- The Story Behind the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt
- Praise of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt
- The Different Editions of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt
- The Dividing of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt in to Ahzab, Quarters and Thirds
- Where Does the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt Begin?
- Reasons for the Differences in the Editions of the Dalā’il
- The Wisdom in the Mentioning of the Prophetic Names in the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt
- Examples of the Muslim Communities’ Dedication to the Dalā’il
- The Recital, Granting of Ijāzah and Recording of Chains of Narration for the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt
- The Dalā’il al-Khayrāt in the Indian Sub-Continent
[Part 2]:
- A discussion regarding the edition of the Dalail al-Khayrat to be used in the gathering
- A mention of Sayyid Ibrahim al-Khalifah al-Ahsai and other recent great scholars of Saudi Arabia.
- Recital of the Dalail al-Khayrat with brief commentary at relevant points.
Course Materials:
All those who register will be provided with a course booklet (112 pages). This booklet will contain an introduction to the text in English covering the same topics as discussed in the course. Likewise it will have a vowelled edition of the Sayyid Ibrahim al-Khalifah edition in Indo Pak script for facilitation of reading. Added to this some chains of narration from different regions of the Muslims world are included which have been compiled by Shaykh Adil al-Shuaybi.
Students will also receive the text of the supplication (dua) to be recited at completion of the Dalail al-Khayrat, authored by Shaykh Ahmad al-Nakhli. This will be accompanied by a brief discussion regarding this dua and its author.
Course Instructor
Course Instructor:The introduction to the Dalail and the recital itself will be lead by Shaykh Adil al-Shuaybi. Shaykh Adil is a young Shafi scholar from the al-Ahsa region in Saudia Arabia, where he was born and raised. He has studied a number of the Islamic sciences at an intensive level with a number of the prominent scholars residing in Saudi Arabia. His studies have focussed on Shafi fiqh with the scholars of the al-Arfaj family, whereas his studies in other sciences ranging from hadith to logic have been undertaken with a number of scholars, at their forefront being Shaykh Ibrahim al-Khalifah al-Ahsai and the late Shafi Mufti of Makkah, Shaykh Ahmad Jabir Jibran with whom Shaykh Adil studied approximately 30 texts in various sciences.
