Imam al haddad biography books pdf

THE LIVES OF MAN
OF: IMAM ABDALLAH IBN
ALAWI AL-HADDAD
Rady Allahu Anhu

An Appreciation by Omar Butt

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and infinite blessings upon the best of creation, the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu 'alahi wa Sallam).

The following pages are written in appreciation of a classic of Islamic spirituality, the treatise fully entitled the The Way to Remember and Learn from the Lives of Man That Wane and Perish by Imam Abdallah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad (Rady Allahu 'Anh).

After reading the book, the reader may notice a penetrating essence in the work. The reasons for this must be clarified and the best way to describe this phenomena which may be experienced in all of Imam Al-Haddad's works can easily be summed up by a short quote from the famed Sheikh, Al-Suhrawardi: "If words come out from the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears." Indeed, it is the true sincerity and real