Discussion between Dr Yusuf Patel of Cape Town and Abdul-Rehman Malik of SeekersGuidance Global. A brief history of how Islam flowered in the Cape, despite the colonial ban. Prophetic Invocations (Ratib al-Haddad and Wird ul-Latif, with translation, transliteration and explanation by Dr.In this very special recording, you’ll hear the following: Little did his slavemasters know that through him would spring forth the birth of Islam in this part of the world. The Ratib came to this part of the world with the Muslim scholar, Shaykh Yusuf Makassar, exiled by the Dutch colonisers of 17th century Indonesia. In my childhood, he testified, I was never treated like the one who didn't see, 100 in the walk nor playing. This did not seem to affect his personality or fellowship, in remembering the entire Quranor even his view, as there were no scars left on his face. The Ratib al-Haddad is recited by hundreds of millions across the Muslim world but the Cape Malays of South Africa have an extraordinary history with it. Smallpox left him permanently blind before the age of five. Our qari (Qur’an reciter) for the month of Ramadan is a young hafidh (one who has has memorised the Qur’an) from the heart of the Cape Malay tradition of South Africa.Īt a special gathering at SeekersGuidance Toronto, Hafidh Abdullah Francis recited the Ratib al-Haddad, which is a collection of invocations and supplications from the Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet, compiled by Imam Sayyid Abd Allah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634-1720), may Allah have mercy on him. : Play in a new window | Download to your device (16.3MB)
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