☪️Islamic Creed ('Aqidah)

Revealing

الكَشْف

Author: محمد بن حسين بن سليمان بن إبراهيم الفقيه (المتوفى: 1355هـ) (d. 1355)

About this work

هذا الكتاب "الكَشْف" للفقيه محمد بن حسين، يُعد كتابًا في تصنيف العقيدة، يُعنى بتعريف حياة المؤلف وتصفاته، ويشمل فهرسًا للمحتويات يُظهر موضوعات الكتاب. يبدأ الكتاب بتعريف المؤلف، حيث يُذكر اسمه ونسبه ومولده ونشأته، ثم ينتقل إلى صفاته، حيث يُصفه بالكفيف البصر، لكنه رزق بالبصيرة والذكاء وقوة الحافظة. يُشير الكتاب إلى أن المؤلف كان ربعة من الرجال، نحيفًا، ويمتاز بهيئته في المشي، وكان لباسُه لباس العلماء في ذلك الوقت. يُصفه أيضًا بالصوت الخفض، لكنه كان مسموعًا هادئًا يبعث سماعه على الطمأنينة والراحة. يُذكر أيضًا أن المؤلف كان كثير الصوم والصلاة، دائم التضرع والابتهال إلى الله.

Translation

This book, “Al-Kashf,” by the jurist Muhammad bin Hussein, is considered a book on the classification of faith. It is concerned with defining the life and characteristics of the author, and includes an index of contents that shows the topics of the book. The book begins by introducing the author, mentioning his name, lineage, birth, and upbringing, then moving on to his characteristics, describing him as blind, but endowed with insight, intelligence, and the power of memory. The book indicates that the author was a medium-sized man, thin, and distinguished by his walking appearance, and his dress was that of scholars at that time. He also described it as a low voice, but it was a quiet audible that was reassuring and comforting to hear. It is also mentioned that the author fasted and prayed a lot, always supplicating and supplicating to God.

Topics covered

Initial disclosure
Translated by the author
The first topic: his name, lineage, birth and upbringing
The second topic: His characteristics
The third section: His daily model
Section Four: His family and residence
Section Five: His scientific life
Section Six: His scientific status and the praise of scholars for him
Section Seven: His method in his lessons
Section Eight: His sheikhs
Section Nine: His disciples
Section Ten: His works and library
Section Eleven: His doctrine and his efforts to spread it
Section Twelve: His doctrine
Section Thirteen: His death
Author's introduction
The reason why Ibn Abd al-Hadi wrote his strict book
The author's reason for writing this book
In visiting graves
Al-Mutaridh - Al-Subki divided visiting graves into four sections
The author's response to Al-Subki's division of graves
Statement on visiting legitimate graves
The doctrine of Sheikh al-Islam regarding visiting graves
Some of what grave worshipers do at their graves
He mentioned some scholars who wrote about legal and heretical visits

الكَشْف المُبْدِي لتمويه أبي الحسن السُّبكيّ،