A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Hafizh Khathib al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ash-Shafi’i ( r.a. ) narrated, in Tarikh al-Baghdadi , that the swaduq , truthful, Qadhi al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali as-Saymari ( r.a. ) narrated to them, that the tsiqah , trustworthy, Imam ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Muqri ( r.a. ) told him, that the trustworthy Shaykh Makram ibn Ahmad ( r.a. ) told them, that Shaykh ‘Umar ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ( r.a. ) told them, that the trustworthy Shaykh ‘Ali ibn Maymun ( r.a. ) told them, “I heard ash-Shafi’i say, ‘I swear I seek the blessing of Abu Hanifah, and come to his grave every day.  Whenever I have a certain need, I pray two rak’ah, then I come to his grave and ask Allah ( s.w.t. ) for my need at his grave, and little time passes until it is fulfilled.’”   Imam ash-Shafi’i ( r.a. ) never met Imam Abu Hanifah Nu’man ibn Tsabit ( r.a. ).  He was born on the day the latter passed away.  However, he did study under Imam Abu Hanifah’s ( ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Hafizh Khathib al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ash-Shafi’i ( r.a. ) related that Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Isa ibn Masrajis ( r.a. ) used to pass by Imam Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak ( r.a. ), while he was a Christian.  Imam al-Hasan ( r.a. ) had a very beautiful face.  Imam ibn al-Mubarak ( r.a. ) asked about him and was told, “He is a Christian.”   He said, “O Allah, Provide him with Islam.”  Allah ( s.w.t. ) Answered his supplication and Imam al-Hasan ( r.a. ) became an excellent Muslim.  He was one of the scholars of the community and one of those who travelled in quest of knowledge and the sunnah in all regions and people studied with him.  He possessed scrupulousness, intellect and reliability.

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Hafizh Khathib al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ash-Shafi’i ( r.a. ) narrated, in Tarikh al-Baghdadi , that the truthful, swaduq , Qadhi al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali as-Saymari ( r.a. ) narrated to them, that the trustworthy, tsiqah , Imam ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Muqri ( r.a. ), told him, that the trustworthy Shaykh Makram ibn Ahmad ( r.a. ) told them, that Shaykh ‘Umar ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ( r.a. ) told them, that the trustworthy Shaykh ‘Ali ibn Maymun ( r.a. ) told them, “I heard ash-Shafi’i say, ‘I swear I seek the blessing of Abu Hanifah and come to his grave every day.   Whenever I have a certain need, I pray two rak’ah , then I come to his grave and ask Allah Most High for my need at his grave, and little time passes until it is fulfilled.’”   Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi ( r.a. ), in describing the manners and etiquette of making pilgrimage to the shrine of Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ), wrote, “The pilgrim shoul...