Gems of al-Andalus

🔷New Book!

A newly published book on medicine for the first time has been published.

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Qariji al-Andalusi (died after 637H.) who was one of the main physicians near the end of fall of al-Andalus.

The book talks about topics related to preserving the body from diseases, negative effects that can occur on body organs, herbal treatments, etc.

This book is based off three other famous books of medicine written by Andalusians:

1. al-Taysir fi al-Mudawa wa'l-Tadbir from ibn Zuhr

2. al-Kuliyat fi al-Tib from Abu Walid ibn Rushd

3. al-Adwiya al-Mufarida from Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati ibn al-Rumiya

Ustadh Al-Mahdi ibn Muhammad al-Sa’idi helped annotate the book. He is doing a great job in publishing new books from Moroccan and Andalusi heritage.

🔷Some pictures of beautiful Andalusian Maghribi ornamentation from the artist Fouad Blili.

Andalusian art is one of my favorite styles. It feels that if has a mixture of European and North African art into one.

Check out brother Fouad and his amazing work!

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/fouad_blili?igsh=d3N1aXN0b3kwc3dv

This is a collection of some of the books by Ustad Muhammad al-Qahdi.

He is a historian of al-Andalus and has done a lot of work related to Andalusian history. He has also translated many works into Arabic.

Recently Ustad was sick and now he is feeling better. May Allah protect him.

Special thanks to Abderrahim Ouahabi for the pictures.

Wisdom From the Ages: Ibn Khaldun and Lessons for a Poly-Crisis World

Very interesting research topic related to the works of Ibn Khaldun and our modern times.

The speaker is Azman Mokhtar, Chairman of Leadership Council of the Malaysia International Islamic Finance Centre (MIFC).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Ry4fnVNrk&list=WL&index=44&ab_channel=NYUADInstitute

🔷New book!

A new book related to Andalusi cooking has been published from Brill.

There is 460 recipes included in this book!

Many Andalusian cuisine have been lost but there has been a big influence on the cuisine of Morocco, Algeria and Tunis due to the number of migrants being forced out of al-Andlalus and later settling in these lands.

Buy it at: https://brill.com/display/title/71339?language=en

When Imam Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi al-Andalusi arrived in Damascus from al-Andalus, he decided to live at gate al-Faradis.

He said, “There is nothing on earth like the al-Faradis gate. I took the place as my residence. When I felt lonely, it was my place of retreat. And it was my solitude for studying."

Source: Akham al-Qur’an

Shaykh Sa’id Al-Kamali at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi (d. 457 AH.) said about separation:

It is separation that has moved the poets to weep over former trysting-places, so that they shed their tears freely upon the traces of old encampments, and sprinkled the ruined abodes with the water of yearning, as they remembered the happy hours they once passed there.

🕊From the book: Ring of the Dove

📸Tétouan, Morocco

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🔷New book!

Two years ago there was an international seminar on the 900th anniversary of the death of the great judge, Imam Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi al-Andalsui (D. 543AH). It was held in Rabat, Morocco. A number of authors and researchers attended the event and shared their research about the Imam.

Researcher Ustad Iyass Amharar helped edit a new book based on the seminar. It has been published by the famous Brill Publishers based in the Netherlands.

A video of US president Ronald Regan speaking about Imam ibn Khaldun (D. 808H).

Anyone who is familiar with US politics knows that Ronald Regan is considered by many Republicans as one of their favorite presidents. He also won a landslide win against his opponent in the elections with 49 states.

The fact that he spoke about ibn Khaldun related to the economy is very interesting.

We find many well known westerners took care of the works of Ibn Khaldun and read his works related to economy and sociology.

Andalusian style script of Surah al-Qiyama.

Written by Ustadh Mohammed Aarfaouii.

Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mohammed.aarfaouii/

🔷New book!

After 897 years a book that was considered lost has been published!

A recent publication of, al-Fusul wal-Muqaditmat Fi Usul Diyanat by Imam Abu Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Musa ad-Darir from the city of Zaragoza the very tip end of northern modern day Spain.

This scholar lived in al-Andalus, later related to Marrakesh and finally settling in Egypt. He was known to be a big scholar in Theology and Arabic grammar. One of his students is the famous Qahdi ‘Iyad.

Imam Abu Hajjaj was also known for his strong style in debating. In one story he won a debate between some Jews and proved at the same time that the Mu'tazilah had some beliefs similar to them.

Ustadh Abdullah at-Tawrati from Morocco took up the task of annotating the book. The ustadh is known to do a really great work in the field of annotation and helped publish many books especially from Imam Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi al-Andalsui.

Publisher Mektaba Ismail from England published the book.

Shaykh Muhammad Amin Shanqiti said the reason why people love Imam ibn Juzays books is because he wrote them for his son and he wanted to give him the cream of the tradition.

His books are short but full of a lot of information.

Calligraphy done by Ustad Mohammed Aarfaoui in Maghribi-Andalusi style.

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The Muslims had all forces in their favor at the Battle of Rio de Solado.

It was the last serious attempt for Muslims to reclaim their foothold in Western Europe.

The Marinids (المرينيون) had amassed such a naval force that they easily wiped out the Castilian fleet before the battle

And even absorbed their remaining ships into their fleet.

Their enemies were running low on supplies after a long journey.

And the Muslims had with them awliyā and ulema incl the likes of Ibn Juzayy Al-Kalbi (a martyr in the battle)

But still they lost. And the Emirate of Grenada was slowly squeezed to death over the next 2 centuries.

This battle - in addition to the Ottomans being rebuffed twice from Vienna at the peak of their power - gives reason to belive

that Allah ordained that Muslims should not have a signifacnt influence in the development of modern Western Europe

What is the hikmah behind Allah’s decree? I’m not sure yet but it’s worth Muslims in the West pondering it.

cc @GemsofAlAndalus for inspiring this post

About Imam Ibn Juzayy

🔷Currently going over this book. Probably one of the best books you can ever study from Usul al-Fiqh before heading on to the bigger books. A study of logic is most definitely needed before.

The author is Imam Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi al-Andalusi who was a polymath and wrote in every almost subject in Islam. Each and every single book he has wrote is well known, easy to understand and continued to be studied all over the Islamic lands.

It just shows the amount of barakah that Allah has put into this Imams works.

It was said that Imam ibn Juzzay was the khatib of the Jummah prayer the main mosque of Granada.

He participated in the battle of Río Salado and his body was never found.

May Allah have mercy on all the Muslim scholars.

Islamic thought is indigenous to European thought.

3 out of 4 of the major sources for Mukhtasar Khalīl have their roots in Europe:

(Mukhtasar Khalil is the premier fiqh compendium in the Maliki madhab)

1. Ibn Yūnus Al-Siqilli

His nisbah itself shows he was from Sicily and he took from many of the Sicilian scholars.

أَعَادَهَا اللَّهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ

2. Ibn Rushd Al-Qurtubi

He was the grandfather of the philosopher Ibn Rushd (who was also a faqīh). Born, raised and studied in Cordoba. He saved Andalus for another ~500 years by convincing the Murabitun to take control of the divided Taifas.

3. Al-Māzari

He was from the region known today as Mazara Del Vallo, Sicily. Known for his great intellectual prowess and was among the first to do a sharh of Imam Al-Juwayni’s Al-Burhān in usul.

4. Al-Lakhmi (the fourth major source of Khalil)

Al-Lakhmi was from Sfax in modern day Tunisia. He was not from the European continent but taught many students from Europe including Al-Māzari and Averroes.

🔷New class!

Shaykh Mahmud Wald Ahmad as-Shanqiti will give a weekly class in Arabic on a 1081 line poem from Lisan ad-Din ibn Khatib al-Andalusi on all of the Muslim leaders from the Kulafa Rashidin until the time of the author.

History lovers will surely love this class!

Lisan ad-Din was a polymath, doctor, poet and historian who wrote many books on Arabic literature and history especially about Al-Andalus. He was also a vizier to the Sultan of Granada. He is buried at Bab Mahruq in Fes, Morocco.

It is an impressive work to make Islamic history into a poem!

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🔷Adding on to my previous post:

Here is a vocal and English transltion of al-Qasida al-Waddahiyah, a 56 line of poetry in honor and defense of Umm al-Mu’minin ‘Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

The author of the poem was an Andalusian poet named ibn Bahij and was from the city of Almería. He was known to the people of knowledge for this poetry.

Video credits belong to Youtube channel: Bridges of Poetry

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🔷New Book!

Recently a new publication of al-Qasida al-Waddahiyah which is a poem in honor and defense of Umm al-Mu’minin ‘Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is 56 lines of poetry and it is easy to memorize.

The author, ibn Bahij was from the city of Almería, modern day southern Spain and known to be a person of knowledge, piety and was famous for his poetry.

🔷How a Soldier From Al-Andalus Would of Looked Like

As you can see there is a covering that wraps around soldier similar to a Silham that is worn in North Africa until this day.

A pointy style helmet was also common in Muslim lands in the east.

Helmets without pointy tops was also worn in Al-Andalus such as the helmet of Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII, known in the West as Boabdil, the last Nasrid sultan of Granada (reigned 1482–83 and 1487–92). His helmet is rumored to be in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. I have personally seen this helmet and took a picture with it.

Source: Uniformes El Ejército Espanol, Pedro Palazon

The true account of Ibn Firnas from al-Maqqari's 17th c. book entitled "Nafh al-Tib min Ghusni'l-Andalus" compiled from earlier sources about the history of al-Andalus.

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An interesting yet sad story about this book.

It was said that after the author wrote this book he was murdered.

There was a group that was residing in al-Andalus and migrated to Morocco when al-Andalus fell into the hands of the Catholics. This group was against the Maliki Madhab and its Usul.

A Maliki scholar by the name of Abu al-Abbas al-Waryakili as-Saghir wrote a strong rebuttal against this group and defended the Maliki school. This group could not handle this refutation and it was said that it led to Shaykh al-Waryakili being killed.

This book has been published for the first time by Ihya Center For Research and Studies in Cairo.