Over the past few months
there has been a surge of
knowledge come into our lives
by the Preference and Mercy
of Allah (swt) in the way of
translated books written by
Imam Ahmed Al Hassan (a.s).
MashaAllah the Ansar Allah
are working so hard in order
to share this wisdom to the
world and may Allah (swt)
reward them for every letter
they work with. One of the
latest translations to be
released and one that I believe
to be very important, and I
seek refuge in Allah (swt) from
the "I", is The Labyrinth or
Path to Knowing Allah.
For those who have read it,
they understand the
importance of this book, as it
clarifies how and why Bani
Israel became lost in the
Desert (The Labyrinth) for 40
years, and how Muslims
found themselves in that same
desert. The Prophet
Muhammad (s.a.w) said: “By
Allah, Whom my life is in His
Hand, you will follow exactly
the steps of your predecessors,
step by step, and you won't
miss the path of the Children
of Israel.”
Sayyid Ahmed Al Hassan (a.s)
explains how and why the
Muslims followed the steps of
Bani Israel, and most
importantly for us in this
time...he (a.s) gives detailed
steps of how we can escape
The Labyrinth and get onto
the path of knowing Allah
(swt).
This is a book of Islamic
history, a book of guidance, a
book of Jurisprudence, a book
of morals and ethics, a book of
signs, a book in which the
Imam (a.s) walks you through
it all the way by using Qur'an
and hadith and shows you the
clear opening.
This is a book of Divine
planning, and many of those
who have read it agree, that it
is a book that should be
known and understood and
implemented into our
individual lives and into our
community.
May Allah (swt) make it a
benefit for the community, and
may He (swt) reward every
Ansar Allah who participated
in its translation.
Here is an excerpt from this
blessed book by Sayyid
Ahmed Al Hassan (a.s).
Excerpt from First Chapter of
The Labyrinth:
And it is worth mentioning
that love of the self and
arrogance are both a moral
scourge that doomed the
children of Adam and casted
many of them into the pits of
hell, and how much did the
satan accomplish
by luring the son of Adam
through arrogance. How many
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