Aspects of the Days of Ignorance Workbook PDF Download

Author: Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad Ibn Abdil-Wahhaab
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ISBN: 9781708514037
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Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Book Description
This is the official workbook of the 1441 (2019) Winter Seminar at the Germantown Masjid in Philadelphia. This workbook can now be used to study the recorded lessons from that monumental seminar. The recordings are freely available on the Germantown Masjid''s SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/germantown-masjid/sets/winter-seminar-2019 THE BOOK Masaa''il al-Jaahiliyyah is a unique and powerfully insightful work warning against the worst traits of the days of ignorance, authored by one of the most knowledgeable and authoritative scholars of the past few centuries, Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn ''Abdil-Wahhaab at-Tameemee (may Allah have Mercy on him). Shaykh Saalih ibn ''Abdil-''Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) said, "These are tremendous points which, no doubt, we are in need of in every time, and especially in this time. Reviewing them and reminding the people about them is a necessity." THE WORKBOOK In this workbook, you will find the original Arabic text of the book, Masaa''il al-Jaahiliyyah, paired with its translation, with ample space to take notes for each point. Appendices in the back provide a chain of transmission for the text, the complete, uninterrupted text of the English translation, and the fully voweled Arabic text of the book as well. THE NEW CHALLENGE You will also find a total of 12 quizzes to challenge your understanding and memorization of this important text. Five daily quizzes with multiple choice questions have been prepared to check your understanding of the lessons of each of the five days of the seminar. A 25-question mastery test awaits you once you have studied the entire book and reviewed the five quizzes. For more advanced students who choose to memorize the Arabic text along with its study, five more daily quizzes and another comprehensive test are also included. The following are some of the topics as cited in the Table of Contents: ASPECT 1: CALLING UPON SAINTS FOR THEIR INTERCESSION ASPECT 2: SPLITTING INTO RELIGIOUS FACTIONS ASPECT 3: DISREGARDING AND OPPOSING THE AUTHORITIES ASPECT 4: TAQLEED: A SHARED PRINCIPLE OF ALL DISBELIEVERS ASPECT 5: THE MAJORITY VOTE: BEING DELUDED BY NUMBERS ASPECT 6: USING THE WAYS OF THE ANCESTORS AS PROOFS ASPECT 7: USING THE RICH AND POWERFUL AS PROOFS ASPECT 8: REJECTING THE TRUTH BECAUSE THE WEAK FOLLOW IT ASPECT 9: TAKING EVIL SCHOLARS AS ROLE MODELS ASPECT 10: CLAIMS ABOUT THE FOLLOWERS OF TRUTH ASPECT 11: USING FALSE ANALOGIES AS PROOFS ASPECT 12: REJECTING SOUND ANALOGIES ASPECT 13: FANATICISM TOWARDS THE SCHOLARS AND RIGHTEOUS ASPECT 14: MISGUIDED NEGATIONS AND AFFIRMATIONS ASPECT 15: PRETENDING NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH ASPECT 16: TRADING IN REVELATION FOR BOOKS OF MAGIC ASPECT 17: ATTRIBUTING THEIR OWN FALSEHOOD TO THE PROPHETS ASPECT 18: FALSE AND CONTRADICTORY CLAIMS ASPECT 19: REVILING THE RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE OF THEIR FOLLOWERS ASPECT 20: CONSIDERING MAGIC TRICKS A SIGN OF PIETY ASPECTS 21-22: WHISTLING, CLAPPING, AND FRIVOLITY AS WORSHIP ASPECT 23: BEING DELUDED BY THEIR WORLDLY PROSPERITY ASPECT 24: REJECTING TRUTH BECAUSE THE WEAK EMBRACED IT FIRST ASPECT 25: TAKING THE PREVIOUS ASPECT A STEP FURTHER ASPECT 26: CHANGING THE BOOK OF ALLAH INTENTIONALLY ASPECT 27: INVENTING FALSE SCRIPTURE AND ATTRIBUTING IT TO ALLAH ASPECT 28: NOT ACCEPTING THE TRUTH FROM OUTSIDE THEIR GROUP ASPECT 29: NOT EVEN TRULY PRACTICING THEIR OWN RELIGION ASPECT 30: EACH GROUP REJOICING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE ASPECT 31: HYPOCRITICAL HATRED FOR WHAT THEY ASCRIBE TO ASPECT 32: DESPISING PEOPLE, REJECTING THE TRUTH THEY HAVE ASPECT 33: REJECTING PARTS OF THEIR OWN RELIGION ASPECT 34: EVERY SECT CLAIMED IT WAS THE SAVED ONE... There are a total of 128 aspects to study in the book!