description: This is an exciting publication on a very important subject : The Excellence of Al-Shām and its People.The aim of the book is to have a greater appreciation and understanding of the role of al-Shām (Syria) as our collective heritage through the presentation of 40 Hadith. We hope the work makes us reflect on the current crisis and a look into what the future holds. The world renowned scholar of hadith Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad compiles and edits this revised second edition that includes copies of the hand written forwards by some of the great Scholars of Damascus : Shaykh Adib Kallas, Shaykh Tukamani, Shaykh Ghawji.This is a lovely edition that contains both the Arabic and English text across 282 ivory pages bound and sewn with head/tail and ribbon covered in cloth covered hardback and dust jacket.A memorable collection piece.Table of Contents :---Dedication,---Publisher's Note,---Abbreviations Used,---Commendation of Shaykh Mustafa Turkmani al-Dimashqi al-Shafi'i (d.1427),---Commendation of the Faqih of Damascus Shaykh Adib Kallas (d.1430),---Foreword by Shaykh Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji al-Albani,---Commendation of Mufti al-Sayyid Salah al-Din Fakhri al-Bayruti,---Damascus visit of Shaykh al-Sayyid Salah al-Din Fakhri,---Chains of transmission for the Hadiths contained in this book,---Visitation Grounds of the Holy Prophets,---Visitation Grounds of the Companions and other early Muslims,---Visitation Grounds of some of the great Saints and Scholars. The Excellence of Syro-Palestine Al-Sham &amp; its People :---Forty Hadiths on the Excellence of Syro-Palestine and Its People,------True Emigration,------His, ﷺ, Invocations for Syro-Palestine,------The Yemenite Companion-Reporters,------The Meaning of Najd,------The Divine Guarantee,------The Quintessence of God's Countries,------Al-Mahdi's Advent,------The Abdal are in Syro-Palestine,------The Siddiqun and Other Great Saints,------The Heartland of Islam is Sham,------The Invincile Group is in Sham,------Goodness ends except in Sham,------Perpetual Jihad,------The Capital of Belief,------Damascus, Fortress and Rallying Place,------Mass migrations and the Pious,------Jerusalem and Constantinople,------Descent of Jesus, Son of Mary,------Al-Khadir,------The Muhammadan Kingdom,------The Stage of Resurrection,------Abu Dharr and Abu al-Darda,'------The End of the World,------The Damisacus-chained Hadith.---Index of Qur'anic Verses,---Hadiths,---Other Reports,---Selected Bibliography,---Endnotes.
title: The excellence of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
titlecomplete: The excellence of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
genres: Islam
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Barkaatur-Raza Publications