Table of Contents

Preface by Dr. Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi---Introduction in English---Introduction in Arabic---Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya’s Introduction---The merit of remembrance---The merit of “tahmid”, “tahlil” and “tasbih”---Remembrance of Allah the Almighty at the two ends of the day---What is to be said on going to sleep---What is to be said by the person awakening from sleep at night---What one should do on seeing something in a dream---The merit of acts of devotion at night---On entering one’s home---On entering and leaving the mosque---The call to prayers and he who hears it---At the commencement of prayers---On the invocation to be said when bowing and rising therefrom, and when prostrating oneself, and when sitting between the two prostrations---On invocations during the prayers and after the recitation of “tashahhud”---“Al-istikharah”: the prayer for seeking guidance in making the best choice---What is to be said at the time of distress, anxiety and sadness---What is to be said when meeting the enemy and someone of power---On the devil intruding upon man---On submitting to divine decree but without holding back or being remiss---About favours bestowed on man---About that which befalls a believer, both small and great---On debt---On “ruqyah”---On entering graveyards---On praying for rain---About winds---What is to be said when there is thunder---What is to be said when there is rainfall---On seeing the crescent moon---On journeying---On mounting a riding animal---On alighting at a place---On food and drink---About guests and the like---On greeting people---On sneezing and yawning---On marriage---On giving birth---On the crowing of roosters, the braying of donkeys and the barking of dogs---When in a gathering---On anger---On seeing people afflicted with misfortune---On entering the market---If an animal one is riding stumbles---On him who has been given a present and for whom an invocation has been said---On someone from whom something harmful is removed---On seeing the first fruits---On something that pleases one and against which one fears the evil eye---On good and bad omens

About the Author

Author Information: Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) is one of the most renowned scholars and reformers of Islam. A translation of one of his other works, “Epistle on Worship: Risalat al-ubudiyya”, is available from the Islamic Texts Society.--- Translator Information: The late Ezzeddin Ibrahim taught and held educational posts in several Middle Eastern countries and was well known as a writer and lecturer on Islamic subjects. Along with Denys Johnson-Davies, he also co-translated “An-Nawawi’s Forty Hadith and Forty Hadith Qudsi”, both published by the Islamic Texts Society. The late Denys Johnson-Davies was a well-known translator having published more than twenty-five volumes of short stories. Aside from the above two titles co-translated with Ezzeddin Ibrahim, he has also translated “Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating”, as part of the Islamic Texts Society’s Al-Ghazali Series.