Contents

Gems of the Oceans from the Virtues of the Chosen s

Volume I

1. Gems from Imam Abu al-Fadl al-Qadi ‘Iyad al-Yahsubi (al-Shifa bi ta’rif huquq al-Mustafa s). 2. Gems from the Knower of Allah, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (Nawadir al-usul). 3. Gems from al-Hafiz Abu Nu’aym al-Asfahani (Dala’il al-Nubuwwa). 4. Gems from Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi (A’lam al-Nubuwwa). 5. Gems from al-Shaykh al-Akbar Muhyi al-Din Ibn ‘Arabi (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya). 6. Gems from Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (al-Tafsir al-kabir). 7. Gems from Imam Yahya b. Sharaf al-Nawawi (Tahdhib al-asma’ wa al-lughat). 8. Gems from Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dirini al-Shafi’i (Taharat al-qulub). 9. Gems from Imam Muhammad b. al-Hajj al-‘Abdari al-Maliki (al-Madkhal ila al-shara’ al-sharif). 10. Gems from the Knower of Allah, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Karim al-Jili (al-Kamalat al-Ilahiyya, Qaba

Qawsayn). 11. Gems from Imam Sharaf al-Din Isma’il b. al-Muqri al-Shafi’i (al-Rawd). 12. Gems from Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (al-Khasa’is al-kubra). 13. Gems from Imam Taqi al-Din al-Subki (al-Ta’zim wa al-minna). 14. Gems from Imam Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Humam al-Hanafi (al-Musayara). 15. Gems from Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari (Sharh al-Shifa).

Volume II

1. Gems from Imam Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Qastalani (al-Mawahib al-laduniyya). 2. Gems from Imam ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha’rani (al-Yawaqit wa al-jawahir). 3. Gems from Imam al-Shihab Ahmad b. Hajar al-Haytami (Sharh al-Hamziyya). 4. Gems from Imam ‘Ali Nur al-Din al-Halabi (al-Sira al-Halabiyya). 5. Gems from Imam ‘Abd al-Ra’uf al-Munawi (Fayd al-Qadir). 6. Gems from Mujaddid al-Alf al-Thani Shaykh Ahmad al-Sirhindi (Maktubat). 7. Gems from Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi (Matali’ al-masarrat sharh Dala’il al-khayrat). 8. Gems from Imam Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji (Nasim al-Riyad). 9. Gems from Shaykh Isma’il Haqqi (Ruh al-bayan). 10. Gems from the Knower of Allah Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dabbagh (al-Ibriz). 11. Gems from Shaykh Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Baqi al-Zurqani (Sharh al-Mawahib). 12. Gems from the Knower of Allah, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (Sharh al-Mashishiyya, Sharh

al-Ta’iyya). 13. Gems from the Knower of Allah, Sayyid Mustafa al-Bakri (Sharh al-Mashishiyya, Sharh Hizb al-

Nawawi). 14. Gems from Sayyid ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Aydarus (Sharh Salat al-Shaykh Ahmad al-Badawi). 15. Gems from Imam Sayyid Murtada al-Zabidi (Ithaf al-sadat al-muttaqin). 16. Gems from the Knower of Allah, Sayyid ‘Abdullah al-Mirghani (Sharh al-Mashishiyya). 17. Gems from Shaykh Muhammad al-Bakri al-Kabir (Hikma sakarat al-mawt).

Volume III

1. Gems from Hujjat al-Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din). 2. Gems from Shaykh Ahmad al-Sawi (Hashiyat al-Sawi ‘ala al-Jalalayn, Sharh al-Salawat al-Dardiriyya). 3. Gems from Imam Ahmad b. Idris (al-‘Iqd al-nafis). 4. Gems from Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (Jawahir al-ma’ani). 5. Gems from Imam Sharaf al-Din al-Hanbali (Tahqiq al-burhan fi Risalatihi s ila al-jann). 6. Gems from Shaykh Nur al-Din Abu al-Mawahib Salim (al-Qawl al-haqq fi anna al-Nabi s Afdal al-

Khalq). 7. Gems from Imam Badr al-Din Hasan al-Halabi (Ashraf al-manaqib). 8. Gems from Imam al-Shihab Ahmad al-Maqarri (Fath al-Muta’al) 9. Gems from Imam Ibn Taymiyya al-Hanbali (al-Sarim al-maslul ‘ala shatim al-Rasul s). 10. Gems from Emir ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri (al-Mawaqif). 11. Gems from Shaykh Ahmad b. Khallikan (Muqaddima). 12. Gems from al-Sharif Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Dimashqi (Sharh Mawlid Ibn Hajar). 13. Gems from Imam Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Dimashqi al-Salihi (Subul al-huda wa

al-rashad). 14. Gems from Shaykh ‘Ali al-Ajhuri al-Maliki (al-Nur al-Wahhaj fi al-kalam ‘ala al-Isra’ wa al-Mi’raj). 15. Gems from Sayyid Zayn al-‘Abidin al-Barzanji al-Madani (Mi’raj). 16. Gems from Shaykh Ahmad al-Dardir (al-Mawlid al-Sharif).

Volume IV

1. Gems from al-Sharif ‘Ali Nur al-Din al-Samhudi (Wafa al-wafa). 2. Gems from Sayyid ‘Abdullah Mirghani al-Ta’ifi (al-As’ilat al-nafisa). 3. Gems from Imam Muhammad b. Abb al-Fadl Qasim al-Rassa’ al-Tunisi (Tadhkirat al-

Muhibbin). 4. Gems from Imam Abu al-Ma’ali Ibn al-Zamaliki (‘Ujalat al-rakib). 5. Gems from Imam Shihab al-Din Ahmad al-Ramli al-Shafi’i (Fatawa al-Ramli). 6. Gems from Shaykh Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Karim al-Samman al-Qadiri al-Madani (Risala fi al-

tawajjuh al-ruhi li al-Nabi s). 7. Gems from Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Bakri al-Misri (‘Iqd al-jawhar al-bahiyya fi al-salat ‘ala Khayr al-

Bariyya). 8. Gems from Imam Yusuf b. ‘Abdullah al-Armiyuni (Arba’un hadithan fi fadl al-salat ‘ala al-Nabi s). 9. Gems from Shaykh ‘Ali Deda al-Bosnawi (Khulasat al-athar). 10. Gems from Shaykh ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-‘Arshi al-Halabi (Madarij al-wusul ila afdaliya al-

salat ‘ala al-Rasul s). 11. Gems from Sayyid ‘Abdullah b. As’ad al-Yafi’i (Nashr al-mahasin). 12. Gems from Shaykh Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Nasir al-Sallawi (Ta’zim al-infaq). 13. Gems from Shaykh ‘Abdullah al-Bosnawi (Matali’ al-nur al-saniyy).