'Ihya ulum ad-din' with Shaykh Ahmed Ba'biker (Abu Bakr As-sudani) & Abu Aaliya

[Al Buruj Press]

Al Buruj Press Presents

In association with Birkbeck Isoc

"One of the most anticipated courses of the year!!!"

Ihya ulum al-din-"Disciplining the Soul, Breaking the Two desires and The Defects of the tongue"
with Shaykh Ahmed Ba'biker (Abu Bakr As-sudani) and Ustadh Abu Aaliya

"A course not to be missed"

A 2-day intensive course going through the third part of Imam Ghazali's The Revival of the Religions Sciences (Iḥya ulum al-dīn) which is widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim spirituality and is one of the most read works after the Quran itself in the Muslim world. The course will provide an in-depth guidance through The Book of Disciplining the Soul, Breaking the Two desires and The Defects of the tongue which we recommend as key actions to help maintain the purifying effect of Ramadhan and also to gain considerable knowledge of how to keep the soul in a tranquil state and constantly in consideration of its creator. Experience for yourself the sweetness of the effect of knowledge on one's own soul and let not these gems of wisdom pass by you!

Join us for some excellent guidance from our course instructors, Shaykh Ahmed Ba'biker (Abu Bakr As-sudani) and Ustadh Abu Aaliya who have agreed to go through this work and provide in depth and expert knowledge that you may use to guide yourself in practising the methods of purification of your own soul insha'Allah for the rest of your life. We should always look to transform ourselves for the better and this powerful reminder could prove to be just what you need to take a step up and strengthen your emaan!

Details

Cost: £35 includes course materials & refreshments

Date: Saturday 25th October - Sunday 26th October 2008

Time: 9am to 7:30pm Regristration: 8:30am onwards

Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX

(Nearest Stations are Russel Square, Kings Cross and Euston)

Email: alburujpress@gmail.com

Course Pre-requisites: None- Open to all


Ticket Details:

Brothers: 07792307456 / 07908701480 / 07958791709

Sisters: 07944229254 / 07960383971 / 07965268450

Online payment: www.alburujpress.com


Shaykh Ahmed Ba'biker (also known as Abu Bakr As-sudani), arrived in the UK in 1977 and since then he has been at the forefront of Daw'a in this country. He is currently the Imam of Yusuf Islam's Islamia School.

He studied the Islamic Sciences in Sudan under Shaykh Fatih Qaribullah (rahimah-ullah) son of Sayyidi Shaykh Qaribullah (rahimah-ullah) son of the Great Shaykh Ahmed At-Tayyib (rahimah-ullah). He has certified Ijaza'at in various Islamic disciplines including Maliki Fiqh, Hadith, Aqeedah, Da'wah, Tajweed, Tasawwuf etc. He has also studied and spent time with some of the most learned and noble men of this era including Shaykh Salih Al-Jaferi who was the Shaykh of Al-Azhar in the 70's, Shaykh Syed Alawi Maliki al-Makki, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Saggaf of Jeddah and Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani.

Sidi Abu Aaliya is the director of Jawziyyah Institute in London. He has been engaged in delivering dawah and community work for over 20years holding talks, circles and seminars in universities, Mosques and Islamic centres across the UK and abroad. He has studied with various scholars in particular Shaykh Abdullah Al Farsi and Shaykh 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Luwayhiq. He is well versed in the Arabic language and hasbeen a prolific writer for many years having translated numerous scholarly works and books from Arabic to English such as Tenets of Faith, The Ideological Attack, Etiquettes of Differing, The Exquisite Pearl, Fadl 'Ilm al-Salaf (Virtue of Knowledge of the Predecessors) of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, and Bidâyat al-Sul fî Tafdîl ar-Rasul (Virtues and Status of the Prophet [pbuh]) of al-'Izz ibn 'Abd as-Salâm. Also currently Abu Aaliyah teaches and serves as one of the Jummah Khateeb's in Masjid al Tawhid in East London.


Al Buruj Press

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Events/Courses for 2008...

October 25th-26th 'Ihya ulum ad-din - Revival of the Religious Sciences'-The book of Destructive Evils- Shaykh Ahmed Ba'biker & Ustadh abu Aaliya

November 15th & 22nd 'Methodologies of the Scholars of the Sahih Sitta' - Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi

December 20th-29th 'Mastering Tajweed' -Shaykh ul Qurra' Abdul Fattah al-Madkour

Enrolment also open for Dawrah 2009 in Syria!!!

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[Abu wakee]

Shaykh Syed Alawi Maliki al-Makki, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Saggaf of Jeddah and Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani.

I'm sure His Sidiness, the noble shining light of enlightenment Sidi Abu 'Aaliyah is heading in the right direction.

Also, not to insult him or anything, Ihya is a very heavy book- does Abu 'Aaliyah have the proper training to even explain it?

[Brother_Mujahid]

He has also studied and spent time with some of the most learned and noble men of this era including Shaykh Salih Al-Jaferi who was the Shaykh of Al-Azhar in the 70's, Shaykh Syed Alawi Maliki al-Makki, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Saggaf of Jeddah and Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani.

Is association with Nazim al-Haqqani something to brag about? Most people would be ashamed of such an association. Maybe these Sufi Wahhabis can do a lecture tour with Stephen Schwartz next time around.

[al-omari]

Shaykh Abdul Qadir Saggaf of Jeddah
One of the Sufi "ulama" in Hijaaz. He also is the shaykh of Ali al-Jifri who is promoted as a moderate by the British government and the shaykh of the defeatist Abdul-Hakim Murad who incites the kuffar against the Muslims. I wonder what al-Saqqaf says about his students.

[Brother_Mujahid]

Yes, 'Ali al-Jifri is a pawn (witting or unwitting) of the British government in its fight against authentic Islam in the UK. It is funny how individuals like al-Jifri will go and work under the banner of a the Radical Middle Way, a group funded by the UK government, yet the Sufi scholar Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, who lives in Syria and is close with Hamza Yusuf, is aware that this group is funded by the UK government and refuses to have any participation with it.

[al-omari]

yet the Sufi scholar Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, who lives in Syria and is close with Hamza Yusuf, is aware that this group is funded by the UK government and refuses to have any participation with it.

Can you give more information about this? He has more principle than the other Sufis. Have any of these individuals associated with this so-called Radical Middle Way disassociated themselves from it?

[Brother_Mujahid]

Can you give more information about this? He has more principle than the other Sufis. Have any of these individuals associated with this so-called Radical Middle Way disassociated themselves from it?

It was posted on the website DeenPort.com, but later removed. Some brothers saved the quoted:

The objective of Sheikh Muhammad's talk was 'the way of the ulema', and upon expounding on this topic the sheikh mentioned there were ten points which marked and exemplified the 'way of the ulema'. It was during his explanation of the ten points that sheikh Muhammad advised that we should wary of groups which are funded by the government, and one such group he mentioned was RMW. He went on to say when non muslims are funding muslim talks you have to ask why? Sheikh Muhammad also gave examples of numerous 'ulema' of the past who turned down money from those in power and government as this would impact upon their independence and sincerity. It was explained that if you are paid by the government then it follows that what you can or do say is inevitably compromised. Sheikh Muhammad is fully aware of RMW, so his views were based on his personal experience and not hearsay, Sheikh Muhammad also stated it was not the way of the ulema to get up for bishops or go to paid events to be sung to by a group of women.

Allah knows best.

[Abdullah ibn Adam]

Shaykh Ahmed Ba'biker (also known as Abu Bakr As-sudani) ... has certified Ijaza'at in various Islamic disciplines including Maliki Fiqh, Hadith, Aqeedah, Da'wah, Tajweed, Tasawwuf etc. He has also studied and spent time with some of the most learned and noble men of this era including Shaykh Salih Al-Jaferi who was the Shaykh of Al-Azhar in the 70's, Shaykh Syed Alawi Maliki al-Makki, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Saggaf of Jeddah and Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani.

Sidi Abu Aaliya is the director of Jawziyyah Institute in London ... He has studied with various scholars in particular Shaykh Abdullah Al Farsi and Shaykh 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Luwayhiq. ... Also currently Abu Aaliyah teaches and serves as one of the Jummah Khateeb's in Masjid al Tawhid in East London.

Nazim Haqqani? Alawi al-Maliki? "Sidi" Abul-'Aliyah? 'Abdullah al-Farsi? 'Abdurrahman al-Luwayhiq? Masjid at-Tawhid? All being mentioned together in the same advertisement?

Forgive me for my ignorance but what exactly is going on here? I had heard that this guy Abul-'Aliyah was a salafi, what has happened to him?

[Brother_Mujahid]

Forgive my ignorance, but what does "sidi" mean?

[Abdullah ibn Adam]

"Sidi" is the Maghribi slang way of pronouncing the word "Sayyidi", and it has long been a fad for the "traditionalists" on sites like Bid'ahforum ("Sunniforum") to call each other "Sidi". They probably think it makes them sound more sophisticated - or rather "sufisticated"!:D

However, I have read somewhere that the word "Sid" means "fox" in a classical Arabic dialect; so they are actually calling each other by animal names, which is quite hilarious!

[al-omari]

Nazim Haqqani? Alawi al-Maliki? "Sidi" Abul-'Aliyah? 'Abdullah al-Farsi? 'Abdurrahman al-Luwayhiq? Masjid at-Tawhid? All being mentioned together in the same advertisement?

Forgive me for my ignorance but what exactly is going on here? I had heard that this guy Abul-'Aliyah was a salafi, what has happened to him?

You noticed that too. It's ironic that al-Farsi is very harsh against the Sufis.

[Al Buruj Press]

Assalamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah,

We pray you are all well,

Regarding everyones differences, we do not wish to get involved in this and hold firmly every individual has their own opinion.

But really, what is saddening is the deep accusations that Sister Anisa has once again (in Ummah forum before) accused us off.

We are an organisation that throughout our courses has had many different Ulama from various backgrounds.

We are in no way associated with ar-rawdah and have never been.

We have had not had a tajweed course as you say nor promote sisters to show their awrah. Why would one do that? Our tajweed course is in December insha'allah.

Anyway, we pray Allah keeps us all on the straight path. Ameen

[Yasir]

They also encourage sisters to go abroad without mahram and make people reveal their awrah in front of their teachers and organiser in their course.

Where did they "make people reveal their awrah in front of their teachers and organiser in their course"?

[Abu Ikrimah]

Assalamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah,

We pray you are all well,

Regarding everyones differences, we do not wish to get involved in this and hold firmly every individual has their own opinion.

But really, what is saddening is the deep accusations that Sister Anisa has once again (in Ummah forum before) accused us off.

We are an organisation that throughout our courses has had many different Ulama from various backgrounds.

We are in no way associated with ar-rawdah and have never been.

We have had not had a tajweed course as you say nor promote sisters to show their awrah. Why would one do that? Our tajweed course is in December insha'allah.

Anyway, we pray Allah keeps us all on the straight path. Ameen

Jazak Allahu khayran for the clarification.

Please do post more often and keep us informed.

[Brother_Mujahid]

"Sidi" is the Maghribi slang way of pronouncing the word "Sayyidi", and it has long been a fad for the "traditionalists" on sites like Bid'ahforum ("Sunniforum") to call each other "Sidi".

Thank you. I don't know why, but I find their constant use of this title to be extremely obnoxious. I remember I used to speak with a prominent internet "traditionalist" figure via instant messenger and he would always address me as "sidi". I feel it is a form of showing off, but instead of making them look clever it only makes them look pathetic.

[Ibn malik]

Thank you. I don't know why, but I find their constant use of this title to be extremely obnoxious. I remember I used to speak with a prominent internet "traditionalist" figure via instant messenger and he would always address me as "sidi". I feel it is a form of showing off, but instead of making them look clever it only makes them look pathetic.
Some of these sidi-clowns act as if they're using some rarefied high-class arabic, only to be informed that its some silly slang (like bro) that is, for the most part, shunned by actual learned Ulama.

[Al Buruj Press]

Salaam,

Insha'Allah, we hope you are all well. Just announcing that tickets are available now at most universities across London so do enquire within your prayer room or you can always call one of the numbers on the posters.

For tickets please call:

Brothers: 07792307456 / 07908701480 / 07958791709
Sisters: 07944229254 / 07960383971 / 07965268450

Online payment: www.alburujpress.com

Insha'Allah, purchase your tickets now to avoid disappointment. Inform your friends and family too, JazakAllah Khair.

See you all soon.

WaSalaam.

[Abu Bakr as-Somali]

Sidi" is the Maghribi slang way of pronouncing the word "Sayyidi", and it has long been a fad for the "traditionalists" on sites like Bid'ahforum ("Sunniforum") to call each other "Sidi". They probably think it makes them sound more sophisticated - or rather "sufisticated"!

However, I have read somewhere that the word "Sid" means "fox" in a classical Arabic dialect; so they are actually calling each other by animal names, which is quite hilarious!

Its not Maghrebi slang its general Arabic slang used in more then one area of the Arab world. Sayyidi = Siddee Sayyidah = Sitta

[ummzaki]

subhanallah.....

may allah forgive this ummah for their disunity.....i have read all of the threads on this post i can't remeber a single person askin about the course.
why are we soo quick to look at the faults of others.... judge ur selfs brothers and sisters before u sit here picking at sheikhs who have spent time learning and gaining knowledge in the way of allah..

i am not saying blindly follow if you think something is wrong but there is way to give naseeha and all you guys have done is accuse accuse...

you could of simply said some people have a problem with the shiekhs teacher .... etc he was involved with a strong form of sufism so for those of who do not wish to be associted with this then please do not go.....

i am not a big fan of sufism my self but as the book is a commentry on imam ghazalis book then for that reason i will be attneding inshalla...

i hope i havent offened any1 as i have spoken may allah unite this ummah.. anything that is truth is form allah any faults or mistakes are my own

asalamualykum:)

[Madarijas-Salikeen]

wa alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I agree ukhti, We must be balanced. We can take the good and leave the bad. This is possible with every Alim. Just like one can take from as-Suyuti rahimahullah despite him being a Sufi Ashari, one can also take from Imam nawawi rahimahullah who made tawil of the Sifaat and still benefit a great deal. We can take from ar-raazi rahimahullah and his tafsir and ignore anything that differs with the kitab and sunnah.

May Allaah unite us upon the Truth and Forgive us our sins ameen.

[Al Buruj Press]

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[ummzaki]

the poster is soo nice.... marshalla

[WM]

every individual has their own opinion.

Tautology- not a great way of rebutting anything.

[Al Buruj Press]

Salaam,

Last chances to buy tickets for this course insha'Allah. It's this weekend!!! :D

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