The Onlooker's Delight: Ghibta al-Nazir Fi Tarjuma Al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir

About The Book

This new work is the first ever English translation of the classical text Ghabtat al-Nadhir by Shaykh al Islam Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, may Allah be pleased with him.

Ghabtatul Nadhir fi Tarjumatil Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir is a concise work about the characteristics as well as the achievements of al-Ghawth al-Adham : Sayyadina al-Shaykh 'Abd Al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah Almighty sanctify his secret, written by the great Hadith scholar Imam Ibn Hajr al-'Asqalani.

Table of Contents:

Foreword 1,
Foreword 2,
Introduction to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.

Chapter [1], 

• On his Birth, his family members and his description,
• Description of al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir, may Allah be pleased with him,

Chapter [2], 

• On his protected upbringing,
• His engagement in Islamic disciplines,
• His treading of the path of asceticism,

Chapter [3],

• On his extensive knowledge,
• Extracts from Bahjat al-Asrar,
• Exclusive reports from Shaykh al-Shattanawfi ; ''My foot is on the neck of every single friend of Allah,''
• His teachers in jurisprudence and the spiritual disciplines,

Chapter [4],

• On his states when he began admonishing, teaching and issuing religious decrees,​

Chapter [5],

• On peoples praise of him,

Chapter [6],

• On his saintly miracles and breaking of ordinary norms,

Chapter [7],

• A sample of his utterances​

Chapter [8],

• On his death.