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عمدة السالك و عدة الناسك

Umdatus Salik Wa Uddatun Nasik

by Shihabuddin Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn an-Naqib al-Misri

Umdat al-Salik (often known in English as Reliance of the Traveller) is a classic 14th-century manual of Islamic sacred law (fiqh) written by the Sunni scholar Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri. Primarily focusing on the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, it provides definitive rulings on daily religious duties, marriage, trade, and personal ethics

Chapter 1 of 113

Author's Introduction

مقدمة المؤلف

1Author's Introduction
بسم
in the name of
الله
Allah
الرحمن
the Most Gracious
الرحيم
the Most Merciful
.
.
الحمد
All praise
لله
is due to Allah
رب
Lord
العالمين
of the worlds
وصلى
and may Allah bless
الله
Allah
على
upon
سيدنا
our master
محمد
Muhammad
وعلى
and upon
آله
his family
وصحبه
and his companions
أجمعين
all of them

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of all the worlds, and may God's blessings be upon our master Muhammad and upon all his family and companions.

2Author's Introduction
هذا
This
مختصر
summary
على
upon
مذهب
school of thought
اإلمام
the Imam
الشافعي
Al-Shafi'i
رحمة
mercy
الله
Allah
تعالى
Exalted
عليه
upon him
ورضوانه،
and His pleasure
اقتصر
I limited
فيه
in it
على
to
الصحيح
the sound/correct
من
from
المذهب
the school of thought
عند
according to
الرافعي
Al-Rafi'i
والنووي،
and Al-Nawawi
أو
or
أحدهما،
one of them
وقد
And sometimes
أذكر
I mention
فيه
in it
لتصحيح
for the correction of
النووي
Al-Nawawi
مقدماً
preferring
في
in
بعض
some
الصور،
cases/situations
وذلك
and that
إذا
when
اختلف
differed
تصحيحهما،
their corrections
مقدماً
preferring
ما
what
خالف
contradicted/differed

This is a concise manual presented according to the school of Imam al-Shafi'i — may God's mercy and good pleasure be upon him. I have confined it to the positions that al-Rafi'i and al-Nawawi, or one of them, held to be the soundest opinion within the school. At times I mention a difference of opinion between them in certain cases: when their rectifications diverge, I give precedence to al-Nawawi's rectification and state it with certainty, so that the opposing view represents al-Rafi'i's rectification.

3Author's Introduction
به،
it,
فيكون
thus it will be
مقابله
its مقابل (opposite, counterpart)
تصحيح
the validation/correction
الرافعي
al-Rafi'i's
9
9
ا
alif (letter)
جازم
decisive/affirmative
.
.

This aligns with al-Rafi'i's definitive correction.

4Author's Introduction
عمدة
mainstay
السالك
traveler
وعدة
equipment
الناسك
devotee
وسميته
and I named it

I have named it: 'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (The Reliance of the Wayfarer and the Tool of the Worshipper).

5Author's Introduction
والله
And by Allah
أسأل
I ask
أن
that
ينفع
He benefits
به،
by it,
وهو
and He is
حسبي
sufficient for me
ونعم
and the best
الوكيل
Disposer of affairs
قسم
Section
العبادات
Acts of worship

I ask God to make it of benefit, for He is my sufficiency and the best of guardians.

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