Kashf al-Kurba fi Wasf Hal Ahl al-Ghurba

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Kashf al-Kurba fi Wasf Hal Ahl al-Ghurba is a classical Islamic treatise by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali discussing the virtues, trials, and spiritual status of the “strangers” who remain steadfast upon true faith when it becomes rare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic work
Islamic treatise
religious book
aimsTo console believers who feel estranged
encourage steadfastness
associatedWith Ibn Rajab’s shorter treatises
audience Muslims seeking spiritual guidance
students of Islamic knowledge
author Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali NERFINISHED
basedOn Prophetic hadith
circulation manuscript tradition
modern printed editions
discusses glad tidings for the strangers
minority of those upon the truth
patience in the face of trials
reward for holding fast to the Sunnah
signs of estrangement of the Sunnah
emphasizes avoiding innovation in religion
following the Sunnah when it is abandoned
patience and perseverance
sincerity in worship
focusesOn hadith about the strangers
rarity of true faith
remaining firm in times of corruption
genre Islamic spirituality
zuhd and asceticism literature
influencedBy classical Sunni hadith collections
language Arabic
mainTopic ahl al-ghurba (the strangers) NERFINISHED
spiritual status of the strangers
steadfastness upon true faith
trials of the believers
virtues of the strangers
religiousCategory Sunni creed and ethics
religiousDiscipline hadith commentary
tazkiyah (spiritual purification)
religiousTradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
schoolOfLawContext Hanbali NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfAuthor 14th century
8th century AH
titleTranslation Relieving Distress in Describing the State of the Strangers NERFINISHED
usedIn Islamic study circles
traditional Hanbali scholarship

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Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali notableWork Kashf al-Kurba fi Wasf Hal Ahl al-Ghurba