Any person may become the walī of Allāh ﷻ. One simply needs to have the correct beliefs, tread the right path, carry out the commands of Allāh ﷻ and refrain from sins, and he will enjoy this relationship with Allāh ﷻ. The number of Awliyāʾ1 is not specified and there...
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Ḥadīth query: Wings of angels spread over Shām
Question
It is mentioned in a ḥadīth that the angels have their wings laid over Shām. How is this reconciled with what...
Sham is an area which encompasses modern day Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, parts of Northern Egypt, parts of Southern Turkey and parts of Western Iraq. A land sanctified by the Quran itself and blessed in the prayers of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), Sham is...
This book, originally titled "The Islamic Conquest of Syria", is the first complete English translation of Futuh as-Sham, the ninth century Arabic classic detailing the Muslim advance into Syria which then included present day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and parts of Iraq and Turkey.
The English reader has, for the first...