Fafirru ila Allah - al-Qalamuni
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Fafirru ila Allah (Flee to Allah) is an Islamic guidance and exhortation book by the contemporary Egyptian preacher Abu Dharr al-Qalamuni (Abd al-Mun'im ibn Husayn ibn Hanafi ibn Hasan ibn al-Shahid), focusing on repentance, spiritual devotion, moral rectitude, and practical legal etiquettes .
Purpose and Scope
The book is oriented toward calling Muslims back to religious commitment and spiritual awakening through admonition (da'wah and tazkiyah) . The title draws directly from the Quranic verse فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ("So flee to Allah") [al-Dhariyat: 50] .
To encourage broad dissemination, the author waived copyright restrictions, placing a note in the work permitting anyone to reprint and distribute it freely without seeking prior permission, provided they maintain textual accuracy and fear Allah in doing so .
Contents and Structure
The book is arranged into thematic sections addressing spiritual, ethical, and practical issues :
- Repentance and Devotion: Covers repentance (al-tawbah), the benefits of seeking forgiveness, the recording of good and bad deeds, women's repentance and the veil (hijab), the fleeting nature of the worldly life (al-dunya), and the reality of death .
- Worship and Invocations: Treats the prayer (al-salah), the ruling on making up missed prayers, the station and classifications of remembrance (al-dhikr), and supplication (al-du'a), including prayers of distress .
- Social Conduct and Ethics: Addresses the Islamic ruling on music and singing, the ailment of passionate love (da' al-'ishq) and its cure, manners derived from Surat al-Nur, boundaries regarding in-laws, telephone manners, and the etiquette of entering homes .
- Women's Rulings: Discusses face covering, modesty (awrah) among mahrams, women working outside the home, and women's education .
- Spiritual Healing and Counsel: Details Islamic remedies for possession (sar'), sorcery (sihr), undoing binding spells (fakk al-rabt), envy (hasad), and concludes with the theme of mutual sincere advice (al-din al-nasihah) .
Publication History
The work was first published in 1404 AH, with subsequent revised and expanded editions appearing in 1421 AH (third edition), 1422 AH (fourth edition), and 1424 AH (fifth edition, published in a single volume by Maktabat al-Safa in Cairo) . In a prefatory note, the author urged publishers to strictly adhere to his exact wording and avoid unauthorized editorial alterations, such as adding external phrases to the title or imposing copyright reservations .
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