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The life of humans and jinn always ends with death and there is no exception. No one escapes death even if he is the best of God’s creation. ^Umar Ibnu l-Khattab held a high status amongst the tribe of Quraysh before being Muslim. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ recognised this and asked Allah to strengthen Islam by guiding ^Umar Ibnu l-Khattab or ‘Abu Jahl “^Amr Ibnu Hisham” to embrace Islam.

Allah sent many messengers to the humans as a mercy from Him. Allah sent them all to teach the people what is the correct and acceptable worship of Allah–their Creator and the Creator of everything. All the prophets of Allah, the first of whom was Adam and the last of whom is Muhammad, came with one Religion–Islam, one creed–the belief in the Oneness of Allah.

Abu Dharr Al-Ghifariyy, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ said: “My confidant entrusted me with habits of goodness. He entrusted that I love the needy (masakin) and be close to them”.

The Ancestry of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Ishmael’s second wife was Lady Ra^lah(1), daughter of Mudad from the tribe of Jurhum. She delivered twelve (12) male children for him. From them came Nabit and Qaydar, and from these two in particular...

His Noble Ancestry Imam Al-‘Ash^ariyy, whose full name was Abu l-Hasan ^Aliyy, was born in 260 AH in the Iraqi city of Basra. Hailing originally from Yemen, his ancestor, ‘Abu Musa ^Abdu l-Lah fils de Qays Al-‘Ash^ariyy, was a revered companion of the Messenger of Allah. Praised for his piety and wisdom, Abu Musa possessed the qualifications required to issue fatwas and was renowned for having one of the most beautiful voices in Qur'anic recitation. Abu Musa emigrated to Abyssinia with his two brothers and Ja^far Ibnu ‘Abi Talib before joining the Messenger of Allah…

Abu Mansur, whose full name was Muhammad, son of Muhammad, son of Mahmud, was born in Maturid, a region of Samarkand located north of the river Jayhun.

The esteemed jurist Abu Bakr Muhammad ibnu t-Tayyib Ibnu Muhammad Ibnu Ja^far Ibnu l-Qasim Al-Baqillaniyy was born in the year 338 of the Hegira, as noted by the author of the directory "Mu^jamu l-mu’allifin".  Hailing originally from Al-Basrahh, he later migrated to Baghdad, where he made his residence.

Allah is attributed with all proper perfection. He is clear of any imperfection. That is, He is clear of all that which do not befit Him such as ignorance, powerlessness, place, space, colour and limit. Imam ^Aliyy, May Allah raise his rank said: “'Allah created the throne (ceiling of paradise: al-^Arsh ) to show his Power and did not take it as a place for Himself'. Imam Abu Mansur al-Baghdadiyy mentioned that statement in his book “Al-farqu bayna l-firaq” after he had conveyed the consensus about clearing Allah of places and limits.

He was named Ahmad, son of ^Aliyy, son of Muhammad, son of Muhammad, son of ^Aliyy, son of Ahmad of the tribe of Kinanah. Originally from ^Asqalan [west of Jerusalem], but Egyptian by birth and a follower of the Shafi^iyy school, he was, like his forebears, nicknamed Ibnu Hajar after the clan of Hajar that populated the south of Biledulgerid in the territory of Gabès [now in Tunisia].