The personality of Sheikh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyah does not need any praise. He was an ocean of knowledge, an encyclopedia of Islamic sciences, who has left a legacy behind him for the men to follow till the day of judgement. An excellent book on this biography!
This 4 volumed book by Ibn Kathir is a full examination, in chronological order of the background, life and the mission of the Prophet Muhammad (saws), drawn from the earliest and most reliable Arabic sources. It offers, in this close English translation, the Fullest available account of the historical circumstances and personalities most important in the foundation of Islam.
This book is highly admired throughout the Muslim world and is perhaps the most frequently used and most commented upon handbook in which the Prophet's life, his qualities, his true stature, his appearance and miracles are described in every detail.
In this book, the events of the Prophet's life, from the day he (Sallallahu Alehe Wasallam) was born and even before that day for background information until the day he died, have been recorded.
The author has critically analysed the works of three famous orientalists, William Muir, D.S. Margoliouth and W. Montgomery Watt, and has successfully refuted the charges leveled by them against the life and the noble character of the Prophet Muhammad saws.
This book is devoted to the Ka'bah and discusses its origins and construction, the connection of Hajrah (Hagar) and Isma'il (AS) to it, what has happened to it as it has been destroyed and rebuilt throughout the ages..
He is the Fourth Rightly Guided Caliph, the paternal cousin of the messenger of Allah (saws), the father of Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (the leaders of the youth in Jannah) and the beloved husband of Fatima (May Allah be pleased with them all).
Uthman bin Affan, the Dhun Nurayn the only Sahabi who was married to two daughters of Messenger of Allah (saws) stands third in virtues after Abu Bakar and Umar bin Khattab (May Allah be pleased with them all).
History does not produce men like Umar bin Khattab Radiallahu Anhu who was the man of the Ummah who established the pillar of Justice the world knows today.
This video explains the virtues of the great companion of Rasool Allah (saws) whose Emaan was declared by Rasool Allah saws to have outweighed the Eeman of whole of the Ummah...