A SimplyIslam Maulidur Rasul Event

The Illuminating Light (s)
Discussions, Dhikr & Maulid with Shaykh Dr. Gibril Haddad

A famous narration, known as the hadith of Jabir after the Companion (ra) who is said to relate it from the Prophet (upon him blessings and peace), states that “the first thing Allah created was the light of your Prophet, O Jabir, which He created out of His own light.”  Each of these three components – firstness in creation, light, and creation “out of God’s own light” – is independently confirmed in the Qur’an, Hadith, and poetic testimonials of the Companions.

In conjunction with the holy month of Rabiulawal, the month of the birth of Sayyidina Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasallam, SimplyIslam is organising this special discussion with a visiting accomplished Islamic scholar, Shaykh Gibril Haddad, who will discuss the hadith and aspects of the station of Sayyidina Muhammad (s).  After the discussions, Shaykh Gibril will lead us in a short dhikr and the recitation of Maulid Ad-Diba’i. Dinner will be served after maghrib prayers.

Date: Sunday 12 February 2012
Time: 2 pm ~ 7 pm
Venue: SimplyIslam.sg (@ Madrasah Al-Khairiah)
152 Still Road Singapore 423991
Free of charge, all are welcome. Registration is required.

For enquiries visit www.simplyislam.sg or call 65474407 or email saira@simplyislam.sg. [CLICK HERE TO REGISTER]

About Shaykh Dr. Gibril Haddad

Shaykh Dr. Gibril Haddad was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1960 (1380H), and was raised in a typical middle-class Lebanese Catholic family and attended the Jesuit school that his predecessors had attended earlier.

He embraced Islam while a graduate student in French Literature at Columbia University in New York. Shortly after taking shahadah, he met Shaykh Hisham Kabbani and was guided by him in the path of Islamic scholarship.  He lived and studied in Damascus, Syria, for about 10 years where he studied under many Islamic scholars, chief among them being Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani of Turkish Cyprus, who is his spiritual guide of the Naqshbandi Spiritual Order. In Damascus, he studied under many scholars like Shaykh `Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda, Imam Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari, Dr. Nur al-Din `Itr, Shaykh Adib Kallas, Shaykh Wahbi al-Ghawji, Shaykh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi, Dr. Samer al-Nass, Dr. Wahba al-Zuhayli, Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi Kharsa, Shaykh Muhammad Muti` al-Hafiz, Shaykh Bassam al-Hamzawi, Shaykh Munir al-Hayek. From Makkah, Dr. Muhammad `Alawi al-Maliki, from Morocco, Sidi Mustafa Bassir (Morocco) and from Beirut, Shaykh Husayn `Usayran, the last of the close students of the pious Qadi Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabhani. He holds ijazas from more than 100 Islamic scholars and Shaykhs from Algeria to Yemen.

Shaykh Gibril is an accomplished and influential Islamic scholar, religious leader, author, and Arabic translator of classical Islamic texts. He is also a teacher on the traditional online Qibla Islamic institute (formerly SunniPath) [website]. He was listed in the inaugural edition “500 Most influential Muslims” and was referred to as “one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West”.  He is also a contributor to the website eshaykh.com, which offer guidance and traditional teachings on various aspects of Islam.

He currently resides in Brunei Darussalam with his wife and children.

Shaykh Gibril Haddad has written, translated and published many books, among them being:

• The Four Imams and their Schools: Abu Hanifa, Malik, al-Shafi’i, Ahmad (2007)
• From the Two Holy Sanctuaries: A Hajj Journal (2006)
• Sunna Notes: Studies in Hadith & Doctrine Volume II: The Excellent Innovation in the Qur’an and Hadith
• Sunna Notes: Studies in Hadith & Doctrine Volume I: Hadith History & Principles
• Albani and His Friends: A Concise Guide to the “Salafi” Movement (2004)
• Ibn Khafif. Al-’Aqida al-Sahiha (“Correct Islamic Doctrine”).
• Al-Bayhaqi. Al-Asma’ wal-Safat (“The Divine Names and Attributes”).
• Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam. Ai-Mulha fi I’tiqad Ahl al-Haqq (“Belief of the Poeple of the Truth”).
• Ibn ‘Arabi. Aqidat al-’Awamm min Ahl al-Islam (“Common Doctrine of the Muslim”).
• Sayyid Muhammad ‘Alawi al-Maliki. Al-Anbiya’ fi-Barzakh (“The Prophets in the Isthmus-Life”). Revised bilingual edition.
• Al-Anwar al-Bahiyya fi Isra’ waMi’raj Khayr al-Bariyya (“The Prophet’s (peace be upon him) Night Journey and Ascention”). Revised English edition. Sayyid Yusuf Hashim al-Rifa’i. Nasiha li-Ikhwaninia Ulama’ Najd (“Advice to our Brethren the Scholars of Najd”). Introduction by M.S.R. al-Buti. With Sayyid ‘Alawi Ahmad al-Haddad’s Misbah al-Anam (“The Light of Mankind”). English.
• Al-Habib ‘Ali al-Jafri. Jesus Christ the Son of Mary and His Most Blessed Mother.
• G.F. Haddad. Afdalu al-Khalqi Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace be upon him) On the Prophetic Attribute “Best of Creation”). Bilingual.
• Al-Arba’un fi Fadli al-Shami wa-Ahlih wal-Hijrati ila Allahi wa-Rasulih (peace be upon him) (“The Excellence of Syro-Palestine and Its People in Emigrating to Allah and His Prophet (peace be upon him) 40 Hadith”) Bilingual. Forewords by Shaykh Abid Kallas, Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani, and Shaykh Salah Fakhri.
• Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Saddiq (may Allah be well pleased with him). Bilingual.
• Qubrus al-Tarab fi Suhbat Rajab (“The Joy of Cyprus in the Association of Rajab [1422]“). Discourses of Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Bilingual.
• Mawlid: Celebrating the Birth of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)
• Collective Supplication: Sunna or Bid’a? Bilingual.
• Ahmad ibn Taymiyya.
• ‘Ayn al-Hayb fi Usul Kashf al-Ghayb (“Proof-Texts of the Prophetic knowledge of the Unseen”). Bilingual.
• Siyar al-Khulafa’ al-Rashidin (“The Rightly-Guided Caliphs”). Bilingual.
• Usul al-Bid’at al Hasana fil-Qur’an wal Hadith (“Proof-Texts of the Good Innovation from the Qur’an and Hadith”). Bilingual.
• Al-Ziyarat al-Iraqiyya ila al-Hadarat al-Barzakhiyya bil-Imdadat al-Haqqaniyya wal-Suhbat al-Jiliyya (“Haqqani Visitation to the Sanctuaries of Iraq with Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jili al-Madani”). Bilingual.
• Min al-Haramayn al-Sharifayn (“From the Two Holy Sanctuaries: A Hajj Journal”). 2nd edition. Bilingual.
• Min al-Maghrib al-Mubarak (“From Blessed Morrocco”). English and Arabic.
• Our Mother ‘A’isha al-Siddiqa al-Nabawiyya. Bilingual.
• The Ash’ari School and the Literalists: Texts and Biographies. Abd al-Khaliq. Hujjiyat al-Sunna (“The Binding Proof of the Sunna”). Bilingual.