Personalities

Sufis, Shaykhs & Scholars

'Sadr al-Ulema' Sayyad Ghulam Jilani Meruthi
The Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia
The Life, Personality and Writings of al-Junayd
Sufi Saints
The Ulama in Contemporary Islam - The Custodians of Change
Ulema in Politics
The African Caliphate :
The Scholars of the Sufis

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A Brilliant Scholar of Islam:
Sadr al-Ulema, Hadrat Sayyad Ghulam Jilani Meruthi 'alayhir rahman

Paperback : 152 pgs Compiled by Muhammad Kalim Qadri& Dr.Abdul Naim Aziz Idara Tarweej-o-Isha'at

Without a doubt Ulemas and Mashaikhs are the favoured devotees of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala! Sadr al-Ulema, Imam an-Nahv, Hadrat Allama Sayyad Ghulam Jilani Meruthi rahmatullahi 'alayhi was a favoured devotee of Allah subhanahu wa Ta'ala. He was a shining star in the sky of wisdom, excellence, spirituality and sainthood. He dedicated his entire life, in emphasising Divine Knowledge and raised awareness for Tawheed and Risalat, while kindling the flame of prophetic love in the hearts of Muslims. Sadr al-Ulema was born on the 11th of Ramadan 1317 A.H in Aligarh. He was the son of Mawlana Sayyad Ghulam Fakr al-Din Shah, who was the son of Allama Sayyad Sakhawat Hussain Fakhri Sulaymani Radi Allahu ta'ala anhum. Sadr al-Ulema was a student of Sadr al-Afaazil Sayyad Naim al-Din Muradabadi, of Sadrus Shari'ah, Allama Amjad Ali Aazmi Allah be pleased with them, his dastar-e-fazilat was performed by Hujjatul Islam Hamid Raza Khan Allah be pleased with him who was also another one of his teachers. Sadr al-Ulema was bayt (disciple) of AlaHadrat 'Ashrafi miya' Sayyad Shah Ali Hussain Rahmatullahi 'alayhi.

This book contains a brief biography, and 40 testimonials from the contemporaries, of Sadr al-Ulema, from throughout the Muslim World.

Recommended Reading!

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The Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia
Hardback - 267 pages

The learned and holy men of Farangi Mahall were the consolidators in India of the rationalist traditions of Islamic scholarship derived from Iran. These were encapsulated in a renowned and widely-used syllabus, which they created and which became the dominant system of Indian Islamic education from the 18th century. By the 20th century these scholarly traditions, which represented a confident and flexible Islamic understanding, which many felt, had the capacity to preserve Islam even while selectively adopting social, cultural and technological changes from the West.

Between 1780 and 1820 these traditions were arguably poised to bring forth some form of Islamic enlightenment. But over the course of the nineteenth century they were overcome by the twin forces of Islamic reformism and Western education.

This book, written over the past twenty years, is the first full length treatment in English of this important body of Islamic scholars, teachers and leaders. Based in large part on their writings, records and private papers, it addresses a variety of issues; the establishment of specific traditions of scholarship and mysticism in eighteenth century Awadh; the place of these tradtions in Perso-Islamic culture from the seventeenth to the twentiethcenturies; the traditions and values of the Farangi Mahall family; and the attempts of Muslim intellectuals to respond to the challenges presented by British rule and Western Culture. The work of the Farangi Mahallis is also placed in the context of an Islamic world system based on shared systems of formal and spiritual knowledge.

This book is addressed to all who are seriously interested in the religious and intellectual history of India, and to students of Islam.

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The Life, Personality and Writings of al-Junayd
Paperback - 276 pages (English/Arabic) Edited by Dr. Ali Hassan Abdel-Kader

Synopsis
Imam al-Junayd al-Baghdadi (d. 910) Allah be pleased with him was one of the most significant figures of the formative period of Islamic mystical thought and practice in the third to ninth century at the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. He was seen as playing the key role in establishing the 'sober' school of tasawwuf (Sufism) which was to become dominant later.

In Part I Dr Abdel-Kader reviews al-Junayd's Allah be pleased with him life and the milieu in which he lived, and lists his works.

Part II is concerned with his doctrines, including that of Oblivion (fana'), and also discusses the extent to which he was influenced by the theories of Plotinus.

Part III consists of the edition and translation of the small body of surviving works, known collectively as the Rasa'il.

The Final 63 pages are in Arabic.

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Sufi Saints (Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture) - Edited by Mohammed Taher
Hardback - 276 pages

"Our attempt in bringing out this Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture is to collect the material on Islamic Culture under various themes viz, society, economy, institutions, law, religion, revival, reform, literature, architecture, sciences, philosophy, warfare, modernism and personalities, and present a handy source for study and research.

"Unique in its focus on the Islamic world and worldview, this Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture is an invaluable source for all the concerned. This work will present Islam in its true sense--without splitting the material and the spiritual--presenting Islam as it is, as a way which unites the two poles." (jacket)

Contents : Preface, 1. Imam Musa Al-Kazim and Sufi Tradition (Hamid Algar), 2. Abu' l Hasan Al-Shadhili's (Ahzab Awad M.Al-Jemaey), 3. Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Auliya (R N Das), 4. Syed Muhammad Al-Husaini Gesudaraz (Motasim A Azad), 5. the Contemporaries of Mawlana Muhammad Sadiq Kashmiri (Dr. Muhammad Saleem Akhtar), 6. Life and Works of Sayyid Ali Hamadani (agha Hussain Hamadani), 7. Shaykh Diya Al-din Nakhshabi his Life and Persian Works (Sajidullah Tafhimi), 8.. Hadrat Sayyid Jalal Mir Surkh Bukhari of Uch Sharif (Mir Hasan Ali), 9. Tomb of sharaf Un-Nisa Begum Known as Sarvwala Maqbara at Lahore (Masood ul-Hasan khokhar), 10. Hadrat Nizamuddin Aulia (M. Hafiz Syed), 11. The Life and Mission of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (M.Abdul Haq Ansari), 12. Baba Farid Ganj-I Shankar and his Mystical Philosophy (Mohd. Noor Nabi), 13. Islamic Influence on Later Saints, 14. Islamic Impact on Sixteenth Century Saints, 15. Ibrahim Ibn Adham (Russel Jones), 16. Sarmad : His Life and Quatrains (B A Hashmi).

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The Ulama in Contemporary Islam - Custodians of Change
Paperback - 312 pages Muhammad Qasim Zaman

From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book helps account for the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the `ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies. Muhammad Qasim Zaman describes the transformations the centuries-old culture and tradition of the `ulama have undergone in the modern era--transformations that underlie the new religious and political activism of these scholars. In doing so, it provides a new foundation for the comparative study of Islam, politics, and religious change in the contemporary world.

While focusing primarily on Pakistan, Zaman takes a broad approach that considers the Taliban and the `ulama of Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, and the southern Philippines. He shows how their religious and political discourses have evolved in often unexpected but mutually reinforcing ways to redefine and enlarge the roles the `ulama play in society. Their discourses are informed by a longstanding religious tradition, of which they see themselves as the custodians. But these discourses are equally shaped by--and contribute in significant ways to--contemporary debates in the Muslim public sphere.

This book offers the first sustained comparative perspective on the `ulama and their increasingly crucial religious and political activism. It shows how issues of religious authority are debated in contemporary Islam, how Islamic law and tradition are continuously negotiated in a rapidly changing world, and how the `ulama both react to and shape larger Islamic social trends. Introducing previously unexamined facets of religious and political thought in modern Islam, it clarifies the complex processes of religious change unfolding in the contemporary Muslim world and goes a long way toward explaining their vast social and political ramifications.

Muhammad Qasim Zaman is Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of Religion and Politics under the Early Abbasids and the editor, with Robert W. Hefner, of Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education (Princeton).

Reviews:

''Muhammad Qasim Zaman's book de-stereotypes the ulama, expecially the view that they are inflexible in their attitudes, generally resistant to social changes, and as a consequence, become redundant.'' --Mohammad Talib, Journal of Islamic Studies

"A detailed, carefully researched monographic study. . . . Among other things, it demonstrates that the received image of Muslim clerics . . . as passive, unworldly reactionaries bound to an atemporal, socially withdrawn Islam is thoroughly misconceived. In many places, by now perhaps most, they are seen as members of vanguard groups in the renovation of traditional Islamic society and belief."--Clifford Geertz, The New York Review of Books

''Muhammad Qasim Zaman [writes] . . . with a magisterial command of both the internal discourses the ulama use among themselves and the dynamics of national and international developments. In addition, he builds his arguments with an extraordinarily rich mix of relevant examples, rarely seen and well referenced documentation, plus discerning support from other researchers, theorists, and commentators. . . . Zaman offers what amounts to a new working definition of the ulama that locates them not at the edge but at the center of discussions charting the course of Islam in the next century."--Patrick Gaffney, American Historical Review

"This book, a shining example of thorough and deliberate scholarship, forces us to re-evaluate commonly held misperceptions of the religious class and madrasa education more generally. . . . With this unique volume, Qasim Zaman has finally provided something long missing in the field of Islamic studies: a comprehensive analysis of contemporary ulama as dynamic interpreters and producers of religious knowledge--and an analysis of the absolutely highest quality at that." --Peter Mandaville, International Sociology

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Ulema in Politics I.H.Qureshi

Hardback - 432 pages

From the Publisher :
Ulema in Politics : This book is concerned with the role that the Ulema played in the politics of the Indian subcontinent. It covers a period of a little less than four centuries from 1556 to 1947. It has been the endeavour to portray their activities faithfully and sympathetically, because otherwise it would have been impossible to understand them properly.

Similarly wherever praise is justified, it has not been with held, because history must pay its tribute to the greatness of human spirit the endeavour that it has inspired. The author has no sectarian affiliations that could have clouded his vision. He has not made statements that have not been substantiated by the evidence of facts or the processes of objective logic.

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A Learned Society in a Period of Transition :
The Sunni 'Ulama of 11th Century Baghdad

Paperback - 246 pages ( Suny Series) by Daphana Ephrat

Addresses the social significance of orthodox Islam during the medieval period in Baghdad.

This book develops a new approach to the process of institutionalisation and its social significance by focusing on Baghdad during the Sunni revival. Ephrat asserts that the Sunni revival was a period during which the fluid society of the "learned," the 'ulama', emerged as a more defined and exclusive group. By unveiling the world of learning beyond its legal and organisational structures, this book explains how the Baghdadi 'ulama' constructed their social bonds and identities.

REVIEWS : "The nuanced but careful way in which this book uses biographical sources allows a great advance in our understanding of social history during the time covered." --- Roy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University

"Ephrat's arguments that madrasas were not particularly important in the formation and solidarity of legal systems, that social networks and shared values were more important for that, and that there is no evidence that madrasas trained bureaucrats or had an established curriculum are revisionist and will be controversial (in the best sense)." --- Michael G. Morony, University of California at Los Angeles

Table Of Contents:

Acknowledgments
A Note in the Transliteration, Periodization, and Dates
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Maps
Introduction

The Framework of Inquiry
Institutionalization and Social Change
The 'Ulama' and the Problem of Self-Presentation
A Note on the Sources

1. The City

The Coming of the Turks
The Appearance of the Madrasa

2. Formation

The Baghdadi 'Ulama' and Worldwide Scholarly Networks
From Journey to Schools

3. Learning

Travel and Worldwide Scholarly Connections
Patterns and Frameworks of Study

4. Forms of Social Affiliation

The Halqa
The Madhhab

5. Mechanisims of Inclusion and Exclusion

Membership
Entry to the Ranks of the'Ulama'
Founding a School: Career Options
Career Patterns
Accession to Teaching Positions

6. Place and Role in the Public Sphere

The Religious Elite and the Ruling Authorities
The Madhahib as Social Solidarity Groups
Pious and Charismatic Leaders

Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix A: Scholarly Families of 11th-Century Baghdad
Appendix B: Professors in the Madrasas of Baghdad (459/1066-559/1163)
Appendix C: Qadis and Khatibs of Baghdad (409/1018-549/1154)

Notes
Bibliography
Index of Proper Names
General Index

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The African Caliphate: Life, Works & Teaching of Shaykh Usman dan Fodio (1754 - 1817)

Author: Ibraheem Sulaiman

This scholarly work focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto caliphate, which may well have been the last complete re-establishment, anywhere in the world, of Islam in its entirety, comprising all its many and varied dimensions.

As well as giving the biography of the Shehu and a comprehensive account of the history of his movement, the book also provides an in- depth examination of his teaching and literary works. These factors are all inextricably interwoven since, in a way scarcely equalled by any other historical figure, the Shehu's writings sprang directly out of the exigencies and requirements of his immediate situation and were what drove his movement forward and gave it its momentum. As will be seen, his sole inspiration and source of guidance in every instance were the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam to such a point that he even died at exactly the same age. It is also astonishing how relevant the Shehu's teachings are, in spite of the clear difference in both time and environment, to the situation of so many Muslims in the world today and the solution to many of the problems currently besetting Islam are clearly indicated within its pages.

Malam Ibraheem Sulaiman : The author teaches law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and is a research fellow at the University's centre for Islamic legal studies, where he was the director for a decade. He has attended seminars and conferences in many different countries and presented papers on islam, shari'a and political affairs.

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Islam in Victorian Britain : The Life and Times of Abdullah Quilliam

Paperback - 208 pages by Ron Geaves

This is the first full biography of Abdullah Quilliam (1856-1932), the most significant Muslim personality in nineteenth century Britain. Uniquely ennobled as the 'Sheikh of Islam' of the British Isles by the Ottoman caliph, Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1893, Quilliam, as a charismatic preacher, created a remarkable community of Muslims in Victorian Liverpool, which included a substantial number of converts.

A successful solicitor, Quilliam fought for the rights of the city's poor and, in the high noon of European colonialism, defended the Ottoman caliphate and independent Muslim states through his two international publications, "The Crescent" and "The Islamic World". After 1908, in controversial circumstances, Quilliam left Liverpool and spent the rest of his life living under a pseudonym, but still figured as a major contributor to British Islam in London, where he was involved with the Woking Mosque. Based on exhaustive archival work, Ron Geaves not only provides the first account of Quilliam's colourful and turbulent life, but examines his teachings and considers his legacy for British Muslims today.

About the Author : Ron Geaves is Professor of the Comparative Study of Religion at Liverpool Hope University and has contributed substantially to the study of British Islam, religion in South Asia and fieldwork in religious studies.

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The Scholars of the Sufis - They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf

Paperback - 210 pages by Shaykh Abd al-Hadi Kharsa

The Scholars of the Sufis -

They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf

Written by the erudite scholar, Sufi educator, ascetic, and author of many books, Sayyidi al-Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi b. al-Hajj Muhammad b. Salih al-Kharsa al-Dimashqi al-Salihi al-Shadhili al-Hanafi

The translation and publication of the present book, `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya Hum al-Salafiyya al-Haqiqiyyun is a welcome event for seekers of spiritual guidance and self-purification in our time. This praiseworthy effort offers to the English-speaking public a contemporary explanation of the immutable principles of Sufism, which are one and the same with the three principles of Religion: submission [islam], faith [iman], and excellence [ihsan]. The book contains Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi’s carefully presented anthology of the wisdom of the Sufi masters of old and their summations of doctrine [`aqida] and of the various spiritual diseases and spiritual stations and states of the wayfarer. They were gleaned from the bio-sapiental classics of the genre such as Tabaqat al-Sufiyya, the Luma`, the Risala, the Ihya’, and can be found in later works such as Tabaqat al-Awliya and al-Kawakib al-Durriyya fi Tarajim al-Sufiyya.

The vehemence of the title—shown in the emphatic-exclusive personal pronoun and translatable as ‘The Scholars of the Sufis: [Only] They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf!’—is a reminder of the tireless efforts of the last two hundred years of Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama`a scholarship demonstrating the Islamic orthodoxy of tasawwuf and denouncing the heresy of Wahhabism and pseudo-Salafism.

It is its unique gems that make `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya stand out such as, for example, the title’s emphasis on knowledge: it is never about the Sufis at large but about their Gnostics; as for would-be-Sufi [mutasawwif] claimants who are nescient of the Shari`a or not even concerned by it: they are also heretics and completely undesirable no matter how big they grow their beard, turban, jubba, or voice! This is a theme stressed by many of our salaf al-salih [pious predecessors]. ---Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

CONTENTS

---Biography and Introduction by Shaykh Gibril Fouad al-Haddad    [11]
---Preface     [25]

CHAPTER I
---The Way of the Latter Day Sufis: Positives and Negatives [29]

CHAPTER II
A Concise description of the Sufi Path: the Introdcution to Al-Luma' by Dr. 'Abd al-'Halim Ma'mud & 'Taha 'Abd al-Baqi Surur   [35]
---An Abridgement of the Introduction to al-Luma' by Abu Nasr 'Abdullah b. 'Ali al-Sarraj al-'Tusi   [37]

CHAPTER III
---An Exposition upon the Science of Sufism, the Way of the Sufis, and their Rank according to the upright people of knowledge [39]

CHAPTER IV
---Refuting the Claim that the Sufis are an ignorant folk & that their science is unsubstantiated in the book or the Prophetic Reports [45]

CHAPTER V
---The Special Endownment and exclusive possession of Religious Sciences [47]

CHAPTER VI
---Concerning the name of the Sufis and Why they were given that name [51]

CHAPTER VII
---Refuting those who argue that the term Sufi is an innovated name that was not mentioned in the time of the Salaf [53]
---Affirmation of Inward Knowledge [54]

CHAPTER VIII
---What is Sufism and what are the Qualities of the Sufis? [55]

CHAPTER IX SELECTION OF THE WORDS OF THE SUFIS ON SPIRITUAL STATIONS & TRANSIENT STATES
---DIVINE ONENESS [TAWHID] [59]
---THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES [ 60]
---THE QUR’AN [62]
---THE BEATIFIC VISION [62]
---THE PROPHET’S VISION [62]
---PREDESTINATION AND THE CREATION OF ACTS [63]
---ABILITY [63]
---ACQUISITION [KASB] [64]
---BEST INTERESTS [A'LA.] [65]
---INTERCESSION, THE TRAVERSE, AND THE ETERNALITY OF PARADISE AND HELL [65]
---MAJOR SINS, PRAYERS BEHIND THE SINFUL, AND BELIEF REGARDING THE COMPANIONS [66]
---REBELLION, TORMENT IN THE GRAVE, AND MUNKAR AND NAKIR [66]
---DEATH, PROVISION, AND ARGUMENTATION ABOUT THE RELIGION [67]
---LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, RECOMPENSE, AND WORKS [67]
---GNOSIS [MA'RIFA] [68]
---THE SPIRIT [RU'] [69]
---THE ANGELS AND MESSENGERS [70]
---CONCERNING THE FAULTS ASCRIBED TO THE PROPHETS [71]
---THE MIRACLES OF THE SAINTS [71]
---THE TWO TYPES OF SAINTHOOD [72]
---FAITH [IMAN] [73]
---THE LEGAL SCHOOLS [AL-MADHAHIB AL-SHAR'IYYA] [73
---EARNING LIVELIHOOD [74]

CHAPTER X

THE SCIENCES OF THE SUFIS:
---THE SCIENCES OF TRANSIENT SPIRITUAL STATES [75]
---THE UNVEILING OF THOUGHTS [75]
---REPENTANCE [TAWBA] [76]
---SCRUPULOUSNESS [76]
---RENUNCIATION [ZUHD] [77]
---POVERTY [77]
---PATIENCE [.ABR] [78]
---HUMILITY [79]
---FEAR AND HOPE [79]
---PIETY [TAQWA] [79]
---SINCERITY [IKHLAS] [80]
---GRATITUDE [SHUKR] [80]
---RELIANCE [80]
---SATISFACTION [81]
---CERTITUDE [81]
---REMEMBRANCE OF THE DIVINE [DHIKR] [82]
---INTIMACY [UNS] [82]
---CLOSENESS [82]
---CONNECTION [ITTI.AL] [83]
---LOVE [83]
---WITNESSING AND VIGILANCE [84]
---LONGING FOR THE DIVINE [84]
---SOLACE [84]
---DIVESTMENT AND SEPARATION [84]
---ECSTATIC RAPTURE [WAJD] [85]
---OVERMASTERY [GHALABA] [85]
---DRUNKENNESS [86]
---SOBRIETY [86]
---ABSENCE AND PRESENCE [86]
---GATHERING AND SEPARATION [87]
---ANNIHILATION AND SUBSISTENCE [87]
---THE REALITIES OF GNOSIS [88]
---THE SEEKER AND THE SOUGHT [88]
---SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES AND WORKS [88]
---TEACHING THE PEOPLE [89]
---PIOUS ENDEAVOURS [89]
---AUDITION [SAMA.] [91]

CHAPTER XI

---Mention of their statements and actions that illustrate their firm adherence to the book and the Sunnah [93]

CHAPTER XII

---THEIR MANNERS AND CHARACTER [97]
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF RITUAL PURIFICATION   [97]
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF PRAYER   [98]
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF THE ZAKAT [100]
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF FASTING   [101]
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF THE HAJJ   [102]
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE   [105]
---ON COMPANIONSHIP [106]
---ON KNOWLEDGE   [106]
---ON FOOD   [107]
---ON CLOTHING [108]
---ON EARNING A LIVELIHOOD [108]
---ON SITTING [109]
---ON HUNGER [109]
---ON THE ETIQUETTE OF THE SPIRITUAL WAYFARERS   [110]
---ON RETREAT [KHALWA] [110]
---ON FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE [111]

CHAPTER XIII
---TESTIMONIES FROM SOME OF THE IMAMS AND SCHOLARS REGARDING SUFISM AND ITS ADHERENTS, AND A CLARIFICATION THAT THE IMAMS AND WELL-CONSIDERED NOTABLES HAVE ALWAYS RESPECTED IT FROM THE TIME OF THE SALAF TILL TODAY [113]

---IMAM HASAN AL-BASRI [113]
---IMAM SUFYAN AL-THAWRI   [113]
---IMAM ABU HANIFA AL-NU'MAN   [114]
---IMAM MALIK B. ANAS [115]
---IMAM AL-SHAFI'I [117]
---IMAM AHMAD B. HANBAL [118]
---SHAYKH AL-ISLAM .IZZ B. .ABD AL-SALAM [121]
---SHAYKH AHMAD B. TAYMIYYA [123]
---IMAM ABU ZAKARIYYA YAHYA AL-NAWAWI [125]
---IMAM IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA   [126]
---IMAM ABU BAKR B. AL-.ARABI AL-MALIKI [127]
---IMAM AL-SHATIBI   [127]
---IBN HAJAR AL-HAYTAMI [128]
---IMAM AL-SUBKI [128]
---IBN AL-.AJJ [129]
---IMAM AL-JURJANI   [129]
---IMAM ABU QA.IM AL-NA.RABADHI [130]
---SHAYKH AHMAD AL-DARDIR   [130]
---IMAM IBRAHIM AL-BAJURI [130]
---'ALLAMA AL-AKH.ARI AND AL-DAMNAHURI [131]
---'ALLAMA IBN ZAKARI   [131]
---IMAM AL-SHABARKHITI AL-MALIKI   [132]
---'ALLAMA .ABD AL-MAJID AL-SHARNUBI 133]
---'ALLAMA SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BAYRAM AL-KHAMIS, MUFTI OF TUNIS [134]

CHAPTER XIV

---A Sample of Narrations and Stories from the Scholars of the Sufis mentioned by Imam Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami in Tabaqat al-Sufiyya [135]

---Conclusion [151]
---Beneficial Books [152]
---Appendix

BIOGRAPHIES

---Abu Nasr al-Tusi [155]
---Hudhayfa b. Yaman [155]
---'Umar b. al-Khattab [155]
---Wasiba b. Ma'bad [156]
---Abu Hurayra [156]
---'Ali b' Abi Talib [157]
---Hasan al-Basri [159]
---Sufyan al-Thawri [160]
---Junayd al-Baghdadi [161]
---Abu Ja'far al-Qassab [162]
---Ruwaym b. Ahmad [162]
---Abu Muhammad al-Jariri [163]
---'Amr b. 'Uthman al-Makki [163]
---'Abd al-Wahid b. Zayd [164]
---Abu Ya'qub al-Razi [164]
---Dhu al-Nun al-Misri [165]
---Abu Bakr al-Farghani [165]
---Abu al-Husayn al-Nuri   [166]
---Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz   [167]
---Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib [168]
---Abu Turab al-Nakhshabi [168]
---Yahya b. Mu'adh [169]
---Abu al-'Abbas al-Adami [169]
---Sahl b. .Abdullah al-Tustari [171]
---Abu 'Abdullah al-Nibaji   [172]
---Abu Yazid al-Bistami [172]
---Abu Bakr al-Shibli   [172]
---Sari al-Saqati [173
---Ibrahim al-Khawwas [174]
---Abu al-Hasan al-Qannad [175]
---Harith al-Muhasibi [175]
---Abu 'Abbas Ahmad b. Masruq   [176]
---Ahmad b. 'Ata al-Rudhabari   [176]
---Sumnun al-Khawwas [177]
---Abu 'Amr al-Zujaji [177]
---Abu 'Uthman al-Hiri [177]
---Ahmad b. Muqatil   [178]
---Ja'far al-Khuldi   [178]
---Abu al-'Abbas b. Surayj [ 179]
---Tha'lab [180]
---Ibrahim al-Harbi [180]
---Abu Sulayman al-Darani [180]
---Sa'id b. al-Musayyib [181]
---'Abdullah b. Mubarak   [182]
---Ibrahim b. Adham [183]
---Bishr al-Hafi    [183]
---Ibn al-Jalla’ [184]
---Abu Bakr al-Kattani [185]
---Abu Ishaq al-Qarmisini [186]
---Abu Hafs al-Haddad [187]
---Ibn Salim [187]
---Abu 'Ali b. al-Katib [188]
---Ibn al-Hajj   [189]
---Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya [189]
---Imam Abu Hanifa [189]
---Imam Malik b. Anas [190]
---Qadi 'Iyad' [192]
---Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi [192]
---Imam al-Shafi'i   [192]
---'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani   [194
---Imam Al-Nawawi   [195]
---Imam Ahmad b' Hanbal [195]
---Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi [196]
---Yahya b. Ma'in   [197]
---Ahmad b. Abi al-Hawari [197]
---Al-Munawi   [198]
---Al-Ghazali [198]
---Mahruf al-Karkhi [198]
---Ibn Khaldun [199]
---'Izz b. 'Abd al-Salam [199]
---Al-Subki [200]
---Al-Suyuti [200]
---Al-Suhrawardi [200]
---Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili [201]
---Abu al-Qasim Al-Qushayri [201]
---Ahmad b. Taymiyya [201]
---'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani [202]
---Fudayl b' 'Iyad [202]
---Hammad al-Dabbas [203]
---Abu al-Bayan [204]
---Hafiz al-Maqdisi [205]
---Abu Bakr b. al-'Arabi [205]
---Ibn Hajar al-Haytami [205]
---Al-Jurjani [205]
---Al-Dardir   [206]
---Al-Bajuri   [206]
---Al-Akhdari   [206]
---Al-Damnahuri    [206]
---Ibn Zakari   [207]
---Mayyara   [207]
---Al-Shabarkhiti [207]
---Al-Sharnubi    [207]
---Muhammad Bayram al-Tunisi [207]