Book Review: ar-Rihlat-ul-Akheerah Lil-Imaam-il-Jazeerah

ar-Rihlat-ul-Akheerah Lil-Imaam-il-Jazeerah

(The Final Journey of the Imam of the Arabian Peninsula)

Written by Umm Salamah as-Salafiyyah (hafithahallah)

Pages: 450

Printed by Daar-ul-Aathaar San’aa, Yemen

I received this copy some time ago by my brother Aboo ‘Abdillah (hafithahullah) of Hujjah Publication in Brooklyn, New York, may Allah reward him. I have been going through it whenever I get a chance and while it is a bad habit of mine to read seven to ten books at one time, I really got deep into this one.

It chronicles the final years of the Hadeeth Scholar of Yemen ash-Shaykh Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahman Muqbil bin Haadee al-Waadi’ee (rahimahullah) from the time of his diagnosis with cancer to his travels throughout Yemen, Saudi, America, and other places.

The author Umm Salamah is one of Shaykh Muqbil’s wives and she really put together a very beneficial and tear-jerking account of this noble scholar. It is filled with poetry, newspaper readings, the Shaykh’s final will and testament, the Shaykh’s legal rulings, lectures he gave to his students while receiving treatment abroad, and accounts of his meeting with many prominent Muslim rulers and scholars while residing in Makkah.

It also contains his retraction of what he said against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a clarification to remove the doubts used by those who make Takfeer on the Ruler and its Scholars in that great country.

There is also an entire section of the two hundred and twenty legal rulings he gave while in America most of which were presented to him by Shaykh Fareed ‘Abdullah (hafithahullah) and the American Salafis who went to visit him during his treatment.

This is an amazing book and one that every seeker of Knowledge should have on his or her shelf. Please keep the Shaykh in your Du’aa’s and ask that Allah forgive him of his shortcomings and grant him the highest place in Paradise for his efforts in teaching the Book and the Sunnah.

Book Review: al-Fataawaa al-Muhimmah fee Tabseer-il-Ummah

(Front cover of Book)

al-Fataawaa al-Muhimmah fee Tabseer-il-Ummah

(Important Rulings to enlighten the Muslim Nation)

Published by Daar-ul-Minhaaj

This two hundred and six page hardback book compiled by ash-Shaykh Jamaal bin Furayhaan al-Haarithee (hafithahullah) contains a large collection of Islamic rulings from the Major Scholars of Islam such as Muhammad bin Ibraaheem Aali ash-Shaykh, Ibn Baaz, al-Albaanee, ‘Abdur-Razzaq al-‘Afeefee, al-‘Uthaymeen, ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Aali ash-Shaykh, Saalih al-Fawzaan, Saalih al-Luhaydaan, Saalih Aali ash-Shaykh, ‘Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad, ‘Abdul-‘Azeez ar-Raajihee, Saalih as-Sadlaan, Bakr Aboo Zayd, al-Ghudayaan, al-Atram, Muqbil bin Haadee, Saalih as-Suhaymee, Muhammad bin Haadee, Rabee’ bin Haadee al-Madkhalee, and ‘Ubayd al-Jaabiree, may Allah have mercy on those who have passed and may He protect those who are still amongst us today.

(Introduction by Shaykh 'Ubayd-hafithahullah)

The Islamic rulings cover such topics as:

Declaring the Muslim Rulers as apostates

Cursing and Attacking the Muslim Scholars

Loving the non-Muslims

Suicide Missions

Assassinations

Demonstrations and Protests

Rulings concerning the various Muslim groups that exist

Regarding using the word Salafiyyah and its meaning

Public Boycotts

The group “Jama’at-ut-Tableegh”

The group “Ikhwaan-ul-Muslimeen”

General Advice

(Back cover of book with a ruling by the Mufti ash-Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez Aali ash-Shaykh-hafithahullah, it has been translated in the blog section)

There is an introduction by Shaykh Furayhaan and Shaykh ‘Ubayd who has held the book in high regard and recommended it while praising the Mufti and all of the members of the Permanent Committee, may Allah bless them all and protect them.

I have translated several rulings on my Blog & Translations section and many of the other rulings have appeared on Salafi Manhaj, Salafi Publications, al-Muflihoon and other good Salafi sites.

I want to thank my brother Aboo Aasiyyah Habeeb Herrera (hafithahullah) of Upright Books for sending me a copy of the book. Allah willing I will try to translate it for him if nobody beats me to it.