The Goodly Word

by Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi ad-Din Ahmad; Ibrahim, Ezzeddin

• ISBN13: 9781903682159
• ISBN10: 1903682150
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Islamic Texts Society

Summary

Written by the renowned jurist of the fourteenth century, Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya,The Goodly Wordis one of the most referred to works on prayer and the merits of prayer. Exclusively based on what the Prophet Muhammad himself said and did, this work includes prayers for every moment of the Muslims life.The Goodly Wordis here presented in a bi-lingual edition so that the exact prayers of the Prophet can be read in the original Arabic. The translation is by two distinguished scholars who have also translatedAn-Nawawi's Forty HadithandForty Hadith Qudsiboth published by the Islamic Texts Society.

Author Biography

Ezzedin Ibrahim, formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of the United Arab Emirates, is the author of numerous publications on Islamic subjects and Arabic literature. At present, he is Cultural Adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates. Denys Johnson-Davies is a well-known translator, having published more than twenty-five volumes of short stories, novels and poems. Among his recent translations is Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating, published by The Islamic Texts Society.

Table of Contents

Preface by Dr. Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaraciaui	a-r
Introduction in English	6	(28)
Introduction in Arabic	34	(32)
THE TRANSLATION
Introduction	66	(6)
The merit of remembrance	72	(6)
The merit of tahmid, tahlil and tasbih	78	(14)
Remembrance of Allah the Almighty at the two ends of the day	92	(18)
What is to be said on going to sleep	110	(16)
What is to be said by the person awakening from sleep at night	126	(6)
What one should do on seeing something in a dream	132	(4)
The merit of acts of devotion at night	136	(8)
On entering one's home	144	(4)
On entering and leaving the mosque	148	(4)
The call to prayers and he who hears it	152	(10)
At the commencement of prayers	162	(12)
On the invocation to be said when bowing and rising therefrom, and when prostrating oneself, and when sitting between the two prostration	174	(18)
On invocations during the prayers and after the recitation of tashahhud	192	(24)
Al-istikharah: the prayer for seeking guidance in making the best choice	216	(4)
What is to be said at the time of distress, anxiety and sadness	220	(8)
What is to be said when meeting the enemy and someone of power	228	(4)
On the devil intruding upon man	232	(4)
On submitting to divine decree but without holding back or being remiss	236	(4)
About favours bestowed on man	240	(2)
About that which befalls a believer, both small and great	242	(6)
On debt	248	(2)
On rugyah	250	(4)
On entering graveyards	254	(2)
On praying for rain	256	(6)
About winds	262	(2)
What is to be said when there is thunder	264	(2)
What is to be said when there is rainfall	266	(6)
On seeing the crescent moon	272	(2)
On journeying	274	(4)
On mounting a riding animal	278	(6)
On alighting at a place	284	(2)
On food and drink	286	(6)
About guests and the like	292	(4)
On greeting people	296	(6)
On sneezing and yawning	302	(4)
On marriage	306	(4)
On giving birth	310	(6)
On the crowing of roosters, the braying of donkeys and the barking of dogs	316	(2)
When in a gathering	318	(4)
On anger	322	(2)
On seeing people afflicted with misfortune	324	(2)
On entering the market	326	(2)
If an animal one is riding stumbles	328	(2)
On him who has been-given a present and for whom an invocation has been said	330	(2)
On someone from whom something harmful is removed	332	(2)
On seeing the first fruits	334	(2)
On something that pleases one and against which one fears the evil eye	336	(4)
On good and bad omens	340