A translation of Imam Abu Bakr Abdullah Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya's (282 ah) Sahibul Lalam fi Masaibul Ayyam. First translated into Urdu By Mufti Muhammad Shafi' Usmani. English Translation from the Urdu By Moulana Ebrahim Muhammad. Jointly Published by Madrasah Arabia Islamia, Azaadville, South Africa and Zam Zam Publishers, Pakistan.
"Live as a wealthy person or a Pauper. Grief in this world is a Must"
A collection of eighty-two narrations regarding dealing with calamity. Includes hadiths, du'as, and anecdotes of the pious predecessors and how they dealt with calamities. A collections of Narrations which are beneficial and tested cures for illnesses and calamities.
The author, Abu Bakr, 'Abdullah bin Muhammad bin 'Ubaid bin Sufyan ibn Abi 'l-Dunya al-Qurashi al-Baghdadi, the freed slave of Banu Umayya, was born in 208 ah. He was a great hadith scholar. He wrote some books and educated more than one of the caliphs' sons like Al-Mu'tadid. Ibn Abi 'l-Dunya died in Jumada al-Ula, 281/182 ah.
The Late Grand Mufti of Pakistan Mufti Muhammad Shafi' born in 1314/1896, graduated in 1336 ah. In 1951 he established a seminary Darul Uloom at Karachi, which is now an center of Islamic learning in Pakistan.
