Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi: books and summaries

Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (1147-1223 CE) was a Hanbali jurist and ascetic born near Jerusalem who settled in Damascus. His legal encyclopedia al-Mughni is a landmark of Islamic law, and he also wrote short works on spirituality and character.

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Book summaries by Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi

No Sin Is Too Big

Ibn Qudama al-MaqdisiKitab al-Tawwabin

True stories of repentance collected by Ibn Qudamah, from the man who killed a hundred to Ka’b ibn Malik’s fifty days, showing that no sin is too great for Allah’s forgiveness.

12 chapters · 38 min

The Friendships That Will Shine on Pulpits of Light

Imam Ibn Qudamah al-MaqdisiKitab al-Mutahabbin fi Allah

A collection of hadith and narrations on loving one another for the sake of Allah, showing how sincere friendship tastes the sweetness of faith and earns a place under the shade of the Throne.

12 chapters · 32 min

Beating Obsessive Doubts

Ibn Qudamah al-MaqdisiDhamm al-Muwaswisin

Ibn Qudamah's short, practical treatise against obsessive doubts in worship: why waswasa is not piety, and how following the Prophet's simple way in intention, recitation, wudu and purity sets the heart free.

13 chapters · 29 min