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The Beauteous Fragrances
Of Celebrating the Birth of Prophet Muhammad
صلى الله عليه وسلم
Milad An-Nabiyy
An Iridescence of Bliss
Selected and Translated by Riad Nachef
First Edition February 2001
Printed and Distributed by Riad Nachef
FOREWORD
This compilation that I called “The Beauteous Fragrances of Celebrating the Birth of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم Milad An-Nabiyy An Iridescence of Bliss” is a humble selection from the writings and sayings of some of the great scholars of the People of Truth, Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama^ah, among the Ash^ariyys and the Maturidiyys, and is primarily based on the work of His Eminence, Shaykh ^Abdullah al-Harariyy entitled:
Ar-Rawa’ih Az–Zakiyyah Fi Mawlid Khayr al-Bariyyah
(The Beauteous Fragrances of Celebrating the Birth
of the Best of the Creations)
Most Muslims today are Ash^ariyys who are the followers of Imam Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash^ariyy and they are of the Shafi^yy school of thought. A significant number of Muslims are Maturidiyys who are the followers of Imam Abu Mansur Al-Maturidiyy and they are of the Hanafiyy school of thought. Both schools reflect the one and same creed of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama^ah.