The Virtues Of Sham: Ark Of Knowledge Publications

By Arsalan Yunus and Ibn Abd Al-Hadi

This is a comprehensive translation of the book Fada'il Ash-Sham, or The Virtues of Sham, by the great scholar Shaykh Imam Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abd al-Hadi also famously known as Imam Ibn Abd al-Hadi. This is a short treatise that includes two main sections which discuss Ayat and Ahadith about the virtues of Sham, and Ahadith which mention the rise of Fitnah from the East.

 

In recent years, the people of Sham have been undergoing huge tribulations in which they are being oppressed. Women are being widowed, children are being slaughtered and weak old people are being dragged to the ground. We believe that this is a temporary test on the people of Sham, which will remove the corruption and create more Īmān among them

 

O Allah, save the oppressed among the believers and Muslims in the land of Sham, and in the east and west of the Earth, O Most Merciful grant them relief and a way out from oppression. Amin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arsalan Yunus
• Release date: Dec 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215072035

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The Virtues Of Shām

(Fadhāil Ash-Shām)

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Contents

Foreword

Historical Background

The Breadth Of Shām

Syria, Suriya and Assyria

Shāmin, Shām and Aram

Ancient Civilisations

Ibrahim (ʾAlayhisalām) In Shām

Cananites To The Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire

Shām In The Roman Empire

Queen Zenobia (Zaynab)

Christianity In Shām

The Prophet (Ṣallallāhū ʾAlayhī Wa Sallam) In Shām

Conquest Of Shām

Companions Buried In Shām

Umayyad Dynasty

Abbasid Dynasty

Fatimid, Seljuk And Zangi Dynasty

Salāhudīn Ayūbī In Shām

Mamlūk Dynasty

Tatar Attacks And The Crusaders End In Shām

Ottoman Dynasty

Shām In The 20th Century

Biography Of Imām Ibn ʾAbdil Ḥādī

Name

Birth

Teachers

Virtues

His Books

Death

Chapter No.1

Āyāt And Ahadīth About The Virtues Of Shām

Ḥadīth No.1

Ḥadīth No.2

Ḥadīth No.3

Ḥadīth No.4

Ḥadīth No.5

Ḥadīth No.6

Ḥadīth No.7

Ḥadīth No.8

Ḥadīth No.9

Ḥadīth No.10

Ḥadīth No.11

Ḥadīth No.12

Ḥadīth No.13

Ḥadīth No.14

Ḥadīth No.15

Ḥadīth No.16

Ḥadīth No.17

Ḥadīth No.18

Ḥadīth No.19

Ḥadīth No.20

Ḥadīth No.21

Chapter No.2

What Has Been Mentioned Regarding The Fitan Arising From The East

Ḥadīth No.22

Ḥadīth No.23

Ḥadīth No.24

Ḥadīth No.25

Ḥadīth No.26

Ḥadīth No.27

Ḥadīth No.28

Ḥadīth No.29

Ḥadīth No.30

Ḥadīth No.31

Ḥadīth No.32

Appendix – Additional Ahadīth Related To Shām

Ḥadīth No.1

Ḥadīth No.2

Ḥadīth No.3

Ḥadīth No.4

Ḥadīth No.5

Ḥadīth No.6

Ḥadīth No.7

Ḥadīth No.8

Ḥadīth No.9

Foreword

I begin with every beautiful name that belongs to Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

All complete praise is due to Allāh alone the Rabb[1] of all that exists. May blessings and greetings be upon the best of His creation Muḥammad (Ṣallallāhū ʾAlayhī Wa Sallam), the last and final Messenger, and upon his family, companions and all those who follow him until the day of Judgement.

This is a comprehensive translation of the book Fadhāil Ash-Shām, The Virtues Of Shām, by the great scholar Shaykh Imām Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. ʾAbdil Ḥādī also famously known as Imām Ibn ʾAbdil Ḥādī.

This book is a short treatise that includes 2 main sections which discuss:

1) Āyāt and Ahadīth about the virtues of Shām.

2) Ahadīth which mention the rise of Fitnah from the East.

Allāh has given some people superiority over other people, as well as some days superiority over other days. Similarly, He has given superiority and bestowed virtue on some areas of the Earth over others such as Makkah, Madinah and Shām etc. Allāh the Most High says,

"[When Mūsā (ʾAlayhisalām) said to his people] O my people, enter the blessed land [i.e., Palestine] which Allāh has assigned to you."

(Sūrah Māʾidah āyah no.21)

Imam Qatādah explains that the meaning of