The Life of Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak (Rahmatullah Alaih)

The Life of Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak (Rahmatullah Alaih) The Scholar of the East and the Scholar of the West

ISBN: 9780992872946
Author: Farhia Yahya
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 108
Size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
Publisher: Zam Zam Publisher
Language: English
Publication Year: 2015
About This Book
The pages of our Islamic history and heritage are filled with the lives of men and women whose influence on our history can only be retold by history itself. They served as beacons of light, illuminating the path set by this Ummah's Messenger and yet they were the heroes who protected this very path. From amongst such figures are those who excelled in certain fields be they in leadership, scholarship, political thought, arts of war, business or literature to name but a few. However, rarely has history in the post-Prophet hood era witnessed personalities who had gathered all these characteristics and succeeded across numerous fields and avenues. Rarely has it witnessed lives that were so enriched and yet enriching, so influential and inspiring, so powerful and empowering, so humble and yet so humbling. One of these rarities lies in the very being of that scholar from Khurasan, the mujahid (warrior) between the army ranks, the faqih (jurist) and muhaddith (narrator) of his time, the righteous abid (worshipper) of his Lord, the successful merchant across cities, the well-known zahid (ascetic), the poet and writer, the grammarian and linguist, the respected and the leader of the Pious -'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak