A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following was recorded Imam Muhammad Mutawalli ash-Sha’rawi ( r.a. ).   One time, Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi’i ( r.a. ) fell sick and, as usual, sent his messenger asking for Sayyidah Nafisah bint al-Hasan al-Anwar ath-Thahirah’s ( q.s. ) du’a .  She replied to his message, “Tell him that may Allah ( s.w.t. ) Make his meeting with Him the Best of meetings, and may Allah ( s.w.t. ) Lift him to His Proximity.”   When the messenger returned with this message, the imam understood that his death was imminent.  Immediately, Imam ash-Shafi’i ( r.a. ) wrote his will, stating that Sayyidah Nafisah ( q.s. ) should pray the swalat al-janazah over him.  He passed away at the end of Rajab, 204 AH.   Sayyidah Nafisah ( q.s. ) also executed his will.  Incapacitated due to her constant worship, they brought the imam ’s body from his house in al-Fistat district to her home.  There, she prayed ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is excerpted and adapted from “From the Light of the Ahl al-Bayt : My Spiritual Experiences Unveiled” by Imam Muhammad Mu’tawalli ash-Sha’rawi ( r.a. ).   Sayyidah Nafisah bint al-Hasan al-Anwar ( q.s. ) was born in Makkah on the 11 th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the same night that the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) was born, in the year 145 AH.   Her father had been appointed governor of Madina al-Munawwarah in the year 150 AH.   She accompanied her father to Madina at the tender age of five.   There, she memorised the entire Qur’an and studied Islamic jurisprudence in-depth.   Being extremely intelligent, she also became adept in explaining the Qur’an despite her young age.   She was the daughter of Sayyid al-Hasan al-Anwar ( r.a. ), the son of Sayyid Zayd al-Ablaj ( r.a. ), son of Sayyidina al-Hasan ( r.a. ), brother of Sayyidina al-Husayn ( r.a. ), son of the daughter of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) Sayyidatina Fathimah ...