A Muslim Convert Once More

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following article is about Imam Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak ( r.a. ) , a renowned Khurasani scholar from Qadhi Abu al-Fadhl ‘Iyadh ibn ‘Amr al-Yahsubi’s ( r.a. ) Tardzib al-Madarik wa Taqrib al-Masalik li Ma’rifat A’alam Madzhab Malik as translated by Shaykha Aisha Bewley. He was the client of the Banu Tamim, then the Banu Hanifah.   His kunya was Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman.   He listened to Imam Abu ‘Isa ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abu Layla ( r.a. ); Shaykh Hisham ibn ‘Urwah ( r.a. ); Imam Sulayman ibn Mahran al-Asadi al-A’amash ( r.a. ); Imam Yahya ibn Sa’id ( r.a. ); Imam ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Awn al-Muzani ( r.a. ); Imam Musa ibn ‘Uqbah ( r.a. ); the two “Sufyans” - Imam Abu Muhammad Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah ( r.a. ), and Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Sufyan ibn Sa’id ats-Tsawri ( r.a. ); Imam Abu ‘Amr ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn ‘Amr al-Awza’i ( r.a. ); Imam Hisham ibn Shu’bah ibn Abi Dzib al-Qurayshi ( r.a. ); Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Malik ibn Anas ( r...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is taken from The Jihad of Imam Shamyl ( q.s. ) by Ustadz Karim Finari.   The Chechen people’s desperate struggle for freedom has taken many Muslims by surprise.   As with Bosnia three years ago, the very existence of this Muslim country was unknown to many in our community.   But now, as the savage hordes of Tsar Boris the First pour down from the barbarian lands of the north to bring fire and the sword to the Chechens, it is worth remembering that the Caucasus has always been the graveyard of Christian invaders and the birthplace of Muslim heroes whose names still resound in the forests and valleys of that most romantic of all mountain lands.   The Caucasus, a sheer rampart which divides Europe from Asia, is like no other mountain range on earth.   The highest peaks in Europe are here, compared to which the Alps seem like the merest pimples.   Stretching for 650 miles from the Caspian to t...