An-Nahdah
(Revival) Al-Ustaadh Haafizh Saalih (Fareed Muhammad Saalih Al-Ghaanim) First
translated Edition (For corrections and feedback please write to
daarularqam1435@gmail.com) Contents: Page 3 About the author. Page 5 An-Nahdah
(revival) – Linguistic and terminological meaning. Page 6 Introduction. Page 10
An-Nahdah (revival). Page 18 Al-Insaan (the human being). Page 26 Al-Afkaar and
Al-Mafaahem (Thoughts and Concepts). Page 44 Al-Fikr ul-Mustaneer (The enlightened
thought). Page 70 The Aqeedah or the Qaa’idah Al-Fikriyah (Intellectual basis).
Page 88 Understanding the reality and gaining a deep understanding of it. Page
90 The society. Page 102 That which falls under the responsibility of the State
and not under the responsibility of the individual. Page 125 Our society. Page
133 The side (spin-off) diseases. Page 140 Colonialism. Page 152 Proceeding
upon the path of revival. Page 189 Al-Mu’aanah (suffering). Page 210 What type
of Ummah (Moslems Society) is this Ummah (Moslems Society) of ours? Page 215
The correct path.
About
the Author: Sheikh Fareed Saalih (Haafizh Saalih) May Allah’s mercy be upon him,
was born in a Palestinian village. After completing his primary education he
left school and worked in Palestine before moving to Kuwait in the early
1950’s. He obtained his secondary education at the end of the 1960’s in Jordan
and attained a Baccalaureus degree and Masters in Islamic Studies in Pakistan
in the mid 1980’s. He was married and had twelve children and thirty-four grandchildren.
He began to carry the Islamic Da’wah (Islamic Propagation) from the 1950’s and
prioritised this work above all other priorities. He carried the Da’wah
(Islamic Propagation) in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan and Tunisia. He
was imprisoned in Jordan in 1969 and was given a life -sentence. He was
imprisoned in Iraq in the days of Abd Al-Ilah, the days of Abdul Karim Qasim, Ahmad
Hasaan Al-Bakr and Saddam. He was also imprisoned in Egypt in the days of Sadat
in Egypt and hunted by the intelligence agencies of Habib Bourguiba (Tunisia)
and Hafez Al-Asad (Syria).
He
carried the Da’wah (Islamic Propagation) in the West Bank and Iraq in the
sixties before returning to Jordan for a time before moving to Egypt in the
days of Sadat. After being imprisoned he returned to Jordan and then went to
Iraq where he was imprisoned. After that he returned for a short time to Jordan
and then secretly went to Lebanon where he accompanied Sheikh Taqi ud Deen
An-Nabhani (rh) for three years until the Sheikh passed away. He then
accompanied Sheikh Abu Yusuf (Abdul Qadeem Az-Zaloum) (rh) for a short time
before moving to Tunisia where it has been mentioned that he conducted more
than forty cultural Halaqaat (circles) weekly. He then left Tunis to return to
Lebanon before being sent to Pakistan where he remained for two years before
returning to Lebanon. At this time his health declined and he suffered a stroke
that prevented his activity for a while. He was also being hunted by the Syrian
intelligence and so he decided to return to live in Jordan in the latter 1990’s
where he remained until he passed away (rh).
At this time he stated in the introduction to
a book that he never completed that his health prevented him from engaging in
the active Da’wah (Islamic Propagation) and so he decided to spend his time
writing in the hope that this would fulfil some of what he had been obliged
with. As for his affiliation and belonging then those who knew him bear witness
and testimony to the fact that he saw himself as being from the family of the
Da’wah (Islamic Propagation) movement. Every elder was his uncle, everyone from
his age was his brother and everyone who was younger was like his son and if he
was annoyed by any of them then they would not be his son but rather his
nephew.
An-Nahdah was from amongst some of the books
that he wrote and included. - Democracy and the Islamic ruling in regards to
it. - The methodology of the Qur’an Al-Kareem in the Da’wah (Islamic
Propagation). - Examination of the Da’wah (Islamic Propagation) in light of the
Makki Surahs. - Examination of the Da’wah (Islamic Propagation) in light of the
Madani Surahs. He also wrote other books and explanations in addition to some prose
poetry (Qasaa’id). May Allah Ta’Alaa accept this from him and raise him amongst
the ranks of the pious, truthful, Shuhadaa’ and Anbiyaa’.
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