--- product_id: 3439027 title: "Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Umdat Al-Salik (English and Arabic Edition)" price: "334828CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/3439027-reliance-of-the-traveller-the-classic-manual-of-islamic-sacred store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Umdat Al-Salik (English and Arabic Edition) **Price:** 334828CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Umdat Al-Salik (English and Arabic Edition) - **How much does it cost?** 334828CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/3439027-reliance-of-the-traveller-the-classic-manual-of-islamic-sacred) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The new edition of the in-depth manual of Islamic law based on the Shafi'i school of thought, with a detalied index and commentary on specific rulings. 1,200 pages in an exceptional binding with Arabic and facing English text in two column format with occasional diagrams. 'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (Reliance of the Traveller and tools of the Worshipper) is a classic manual of fiqh. It represents the fiqh rulings according to the Shafi'I school of jurisprudence. The appendices form an integral part of the book and present original texts and translations from classic works by prominent scholars such as al-Ghazali, Ibn Qudamah, al-Nawawi, al-Qurturbi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar and other, on topics of Islamic law, faith, spirituality, Qur'anic exegesis and Hadith sciences. It has also biographical notes about every person mentioned (391 biographies) , bibliography of each work cited (136 works), and a detailed subject index (95 pages). Of the 136 works drawn upon in its commentary and appendices, 134 are in the original Arabic. The sections and paragraphs have been numbered to facilitate cross-reference. Review: Must Read on Islam. Beware America! - This is a Must read book regarding Islamic Sacred Law and every American's understanding of Islam. This IS the real deal Islamic translation written for Muslims. It is their law...period. As a Christian seeking to understand, I read the Koran, which I felt is Gods word to Islam. OK, so Muslims don't believe in Christianity or Judaism. All of our religions differ. But WE ALL worship the same wonderful and Holy God. I decided to find out for myself about the truth behind Islamic Law. You need this book to know how Islam applies law to their religion and All peoples (Islamic as well as non-Muslim people). Islam can and should exist as a peaceful and tolerant religion. However, Islamic Law is another matter. First of all, God's Law is good and Holy, but we as weak people living in a sinful world can not satisfy the entire law. People fall short of the law. That's where Christ saves us. The law shows us how to live, giving us standards for behavior. It convicts us of sin, leaving us the opportunity to ask for God's forgiveness. Then we are driven to depend on our faith in Christ for our salvation. We can never keep the law, which traps us in sin. God gives us the law to drive us to Christ and be filled with the Holy Spirit for salvation. Our own efforts will not keep the law toward salvation. I am not suggesting that ALL Muslims are bad or dangerous. I'm a Christian and am no more an Islamaphobe than Muslims are Christianophobes. This book has confirmed other things I have heard and read about Islam. Now that I have read what they have written about their laws, I am aware of the realities of Islam as facts. It is written in this book. Islam views Islam as the only true religion of believers. Jews and Christians are viewed as non-believers. Really? We all believe in the same God. Islam and Judaism follow laws, which sinful people can not follow. The law shows how to obey God. Faith in Christ does not annul God's law. On the other hand, Jihad is war against Jews and Christians and is not any other watered down explanation. Women and men in Islam have different rules of equality. Read this book and see it for yourself. The objective of Islam is to convert everyone to Islam and instill Islamic Law. Read this book to understand Islamic Law. You won't be told the whole truth otherwise. The truth is either withheld purposely, or out of ignorance of the facts. Islamic Law is an ideology threatening to replace American law, Christianity and Judasim. The Koran may be from God and is Holy worship of God. The Islamic Law is from man and is not. Islamic law can not save us. There is now one Muslim Federal Judge appointed by Obama; and two Muslim State Judges (if not more)....One in NY and one in California. My suggestion to our legal system, all judges, attorneys, politicians, citizens and anyone wondering about Islam, or involved in law within the USA...is to be familiar with this book on Islamic Law. As more Islamic judges and Supreme Court Justices become appointed, our law will change. Our country needs to be very knowledgeable to distinguish between judgements based on Islamic law vs our laws. We must be aware of the very real potential of having two sets of laws being used...one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims. Be aware of double standards, the application of improper standards, etc... Be aware of Islamic Law becoming the norm and replacing American law. It is likely to happen slowly, casually, and go unnoticed...but it will happen in any way possible to replace our laws. Americans need to get educated on Islam. You are told this is a peaceful religion (and it can be), but many of it's man made "laws" are alarmingly contrary and very old. The facts reside in this book, not my review of it. If America is not aware, it will be changed from the inside out. Beware America! In God We Trust! Review: Systemic Islamic Dogma and Doctrine - The "Reliance of the Traveller" is authentic Islamic Shari'a Sunni Law. Shiah Shari'a law is very similar. The credentials of the institutions according validity for the book are systemic-core Islamic institutions and should clearly establish this book, as we say in Judeo-Christianity, to be Kosher and the Gospel. If a Christian, Jew, Hindu or any non-Muslim westerner wishes to understand what causes Islamic behavior and Muslims to cause mayhem, violence, terrorism and to behave as they do, then read this Shari'a law book because this is the real deal. This book should be read in conjunction with the Qur'an, Sunna and aHadith. During and after reading and digesting Shari'a law from the Traveller it's obvious as to why Muslims behave toward non Muslims as they do in Muslim countries and in non Muslim countries; why women are treated as they are in the world; what Dhimmitude is and how discriminatory and supremacist Islam is; what is Justice in Islamic Law; how lesser and greater Jihad is regarded as systemic in Islam; what health, sex, business and persoanl behavior is expected to be etc., etc.. Islam is a political system along with a being a religon. Islam is a theocracy. It is totaliarian. Islam's histoiry is self evident and replete with the activities of eternal commandments as in modern day current events. It is not what westerns do or did to Muslims or Islam that creates Islamic behavior as it is today; it's systemic Islam that creates Muslims that behave as commanded to behave by the Qur'an, aHadith, Sunna and Shari'a law since Muhammed,pbwh,the Prophets time on earth. The Qur'an is eternal. Islam is not an Abrahamic faith as will be realized with reading Shari'a law. If Islam is the religon of peace; if Islam has been highjacked; if Islam has been misinterpreted for 1,400 years then this book will reveal exactly what the real Islam is and that it means what it says it means not what delusional westerners wish it to be or mean... Read and digest it along with the Qur'an and the other books above stated and you won't be able to be fooled or lied to again by moral relativists and by well meaning ignorant and naive appeaser Dhimmis. Will the real Islam please stand up? Yours in taqiyya, Lance ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #931,343 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #557 in History of Islam #13,638 in Law (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 271 Reviews | ## Images ![Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Umdat Al-Salik (English and Arabic Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61TWisPuQ5L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must Read on Islam. Beware America! *by G***Y on October 15, 2016* This is a Must read book regarding Islamic Sacred Law and every American's understanding of Islam. This IS the real deal Islamic translation written for Muslims. It is their law...period. As a Christian seeking to understand, I read the Koran, which I felt is Gods word to Islam. OK, so Muslims don't believe in Christianity or Judaism. All of our religions differ. But WE ALL worship the same wonderful and Holy God. I decided to find out for myself about the truth behind Islamic Law. You need this book to know how Islam applies law to their religion and All peoples (Islamic as well as non-Muslim people). Islam can and should exist as a peaceful and tolerant religion. However, Islamic Law is another matter. First of all, God's Law is good and Holy, but we as weak people living in a sinful world can not satisfy the entire law. People fall short of the law. That's where Christ saves us. The law shows us how to live, giving us standards for behavior. It convicts us of sin, leaving us the opportunity to ask for God's forgiveness. Then we are driven to depend on our faith in Christ for our salvation. We can never keep the law, which traps us in sin. God gives us the law to drive us to Christ and be filled with the Holy Spirit for salvation. Our own efforts will not keep the law toward salvation. I am not suggesting that ALL Muslims are bad or dangerous. I'm a Christian and am no more an Islamaphobe than Muslims are Christianophobes. This book has confirmed other things I have heard and read about Islam. Now that I have read what they have written about their laws, I am aware of the realities of Islam as facts. It is written in this book. Islam views Islam as the only true religion of believers. Jews and Christians are viewed as non-believers. Really? We all believe in the same God. Islam and Judaism follow laws, which sinful people can not follow. The law shows how to obey God. Faith in Christ does not annul God's law. On the other hand, Jihad is war against Jews and Christians and is not any other watered down explanation. Women and men in Islam have different rules of equality. Read this book and see it for yourself. The objective of Islam is to convert everyone to Islam and instill Islamic Law. Read this book to understand Islamic Law. You won't be told the whole truth otherwise. The truth is either withheld purposely, or out of ignorance of the facts. Islamic Law is an ideology threatening to replace American law, Christianity and Judasim. The Koran may be from God and is Holy worship of God. The Islamic Law is from man and is not. Islamic law can not save us. There is now one Muslim Federal Judge appointed by Obama; and two Muslim State Judges (if not more)....One in NY and one in California. My suggestion to our legal system, all judges, attorneys, politicians, citizens and anyone wondering about Islam, or involved in law within the USA...is to be familiar with this book on Islamic Law. As more Islamic judges and Supreme Court Justices become appointed, our law will change. Our country needs to be very knowledgeable to distinguish between judgements based on Islamic law vs our laws. We must be aware of the very real potential of having two sets of laws being used...one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims. Be aware of double standards, the application of improper standards, etc... Be aware of Islamic Law becoming the norm and replacing American law. It is likely to happen slowly, casually, and go unnoticed...but it will happen in any way possible to replace our laws. Americans need to get educated on Islam. You are told this is a peaceful religion (and it can be), but many of it's man made "laws" are alarmingly contrary and very old. The facts reside in this book, not my review of it. If America is not aware, it will be changed from the inside out. Beware America! In God We Trust! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Systemic Islamic Dogma and Doctrine *by S***R on August 18, 2010* The "Reliance of the Traveller" is authentic Islamic Shari'a Sunni Law. Shiah Shari'a law is very similar. The credentials of the institutions according validity for the book are systemic-core Islamic institutions and should clearly establish this book, as we say in Judeo-Christianity, to be Kosher and the Gospel. If a Christian, Jew, Hindu or any non-Muslim westerner wishes to understand what causes Islamic behavior and Muslims to cause mayhem, violence, terrorism and to behave as they do, then read this Shari'a law book because this is the real deal. This book should be read in conjunction with the Qur'an, Sunna and aHadith. During and after reading and digesting Shari'a law from the Traveller it's obvious as to why Muslims behave toward non Muslims as they do in Muslim countries and in non Muslim countries; why women are treated as they are in the world; what Dhimmitude is and how discriminatory and supremacist Islam is; what is Justice in Islamic Law; how lesser and greater Jihad is regarded as systemic in Islam; what health, sex, business and persoanl behavior is expected to be etc., etc.. Islam is a political system along with a being a religon. Islam is a theocracy. It is totaliarian. Islam's histoiry is self evident and replete with the activities of eternal commandments as in modern day current events. It is not what westerns do or did to Muslims or Islam that creates Islamic behavior as it is today; it's systemic Islam that creates Muslims that behave as commanded to behave by the Qur'an, aHadith, Sunna and Shari'a law since Muhammed,pbwh,the Prophets time on earth. The Qur'an is eternal. Islam is not an Abrahamic faith as will be realized with reading Shari'a law. If Islam is the religon of peace; if Islam has been highjacked; if Islam has been misinterpreted for 1,400 years then this book will reveal exactly what the real Islam is and that it means what it says it means not what delusional westerners wish it to be or mean... Read and digest it along with the Qur'an and the other books above stated and you won't be able to be fooled or lied to again by moral relativists and by well meaning ignorant and naive appeaser Dhimmis. Will the real Islam please stand up? Yours in taqiyya, Lance ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Too bad anti-Muslims won't read the Fiqh on making contracts, thus blaming 911 on Sunnis instead of Wahabists. *by H***P on August 11, 2015* No, I'm not a Sunni, but rather a 12ers Shia Muslim, converting to Islam from Christianity in 1999 at the age of 39. Before becoming a Muslim, I studied the Quran, Sufism, the Four Sunni Muslims, Salafism and Wahabism, and Zaidi and 12ers Shia Islam. When I gave Shahada, I began practicing the Jafari Madhab of the12er Shia Muslims, minus the offensive folk practices that developed much later and are banned by Shia jurists anyway. I liked the fact that after Karbala, when tour 3rd Imam and grandson of the Prophet was murdered by the Ummayad Caliph Yazid, whose father Muhawiya led an Insurgency against the 4th Sunni Caliph and first Shia Imam Ali Ibn Talib, the later Imams did not desire political power or riches. Yet, they were all murdered by Caliphs despite the fact that they were not a threat to the Caliphs' imperial rule. Had Karbala not happened, there would be no true Sunni or Shia Muslims today. If anything like Islam existed at all today, it would be similar to Al-Qaeda or the Taliban, and the Quran might only exist today in fragments, since the Quran is barely more than a chant book today. Imperialists like the Caliphs after the 4th and last of the rightly guided ones don't want defensive warfare within limits as Is clearly taught in the Quran, unless an anti-Muslim wants to quote only half an Agha, thus not giving the true meaning of the passage. If I tried to quote half a verse of the Bible to force the Bible to say something that it doesn't teach, I would be a liar, correct? It is the same when an anti-Muslim misquoted the Bible: he or she is a liar. Most anti-Muslims don't seem to realize the the six Sunni Authentic Hadith collections appeared after the first three Sunni schools of Jurisprudence appeared. Sunni Imams Hanif, Malik and Shafi did their legal work BEFORE the Six Sunni "Sahih" or Authentic books appeared. Yes, the Muwatta of Imam Ibn Malik appeared before the six Sahihs, but only some Muslims consider the Muwatta to be Sahih. The 6th Shia Imam Jafar As-Saddiq, for whom the Jafari Madhab, was one other teachers of Imam Hanif and Imam Malik. Imam Shafi was taught by Imam Malik and started with the Muwatta but added other traditions (hadith) and formed the Shafie School. The Reliance of the Traveller is a later Shafie School manual of Jurisprudence and is the most exhaustive Shafie Manual translated into English today. Not only that, but the Shafie School is the closest Sunni school to the Jafari School, with about 80% agreement in basic rulings. According to true Sunni and Shia schools of fiqh, when one signs a contract, he or she must honor the contract. Thus, it is a major sin for a Sunni or Shia Muslim to get a Visa and come to the USA, and then break laws. How much worse if I, a born and bred US citizen, would do such a thing? However, Al Qaeda and the Taliban are not Sunnis, but are actually Wahabists. Wahabists is a fairly modern version of controversially Ibn Tamiyyah's extremists version of the Hanbali Madhab. Ahmed Ibn Hanbal's school of Jurisprudence was the last to appear of the 4 Sunni schools still in existence, and it relies the most on traditions. Early on, followers of the Hanbal Madhab persecuted sheikhs of other Sunni schools, though I don't blame Imam Hanbal for this problem. Modern Wahabists like the Saudi Monarchy persecute Shia Muslims, yet Ahmed Ibn Hanbal's book of hadith, the Musnad, has traditions in favor of Imams of the Shia Muslims, as well as traditions of Jesus Christ from Ebionite and Nazarene sources, since those extinct Christian sects still existed at the advent of Islam and were absorbed into Islam. As a 12ers Shia and an American, I love my Sunni brothers and sisters who are truly Sunnis. They are not the ones trying to make us extinct. As for the USA, it is one of the safest places in the world for a Shia Muslim to live, with perhaps the best Constitution of any country in the world. There are many Muslim countries in the world, but only one truly Islamic country, and that one is not perfect. I'm speaking of Iran of course. I don't see any countries are truly Sunni, either. I do see countries based on Wahabism. One of them, Saudi Arabia, is said to be a friend of the USA. One of the biggest stockholders the FOX News corporation is a rich Saudi. So, of course, true Sunnism and Shi'ism doesn't get a fair shake there. ISIS massacres not only Shia Muslims and Christians, but true Sunnis who won't how the knee to the mutation of Islam that Wahabism truly is. I see some aspects of Salafism in ISIS, but it is from the more extremist elements of that movement. Salafism is another later development in the Hanbali school, but some Salafis are just as law abiding as true Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims. Others have very Wahabists tendencies. My advice to anti-Muslims who use the Reliance of the Traveller is to read all the sections of the book, not just those on Jihad. The translator, Sheikh Nuh Keller, is a Sufi. Sufi Muslim bands, with the exception of the Naqshbandi, trace their lineage back to the Prophet through the 4th Sunni Caliph and 1st Imams of the Shia Muslims, Ali Ibn Talib, who only took the Caliphate on the condition that he would be able to govern according to Quranic principles. One of those principles was that the Major Jihad was the struggle to be a good and honorable Muslim, that is, to be a good citizen, a good spouse, a good parent, a good neighbor, a good worker, etc. The Little Jihad is defensive fighting, whether that be militarily or by writing books and public speaking. Sheikh Nuh Keller may have his differences with Shia Musllims, but he is a good citizen and hates that 911 happened. Any attempt to paint true Sunnis as terrorists is bearing false witness against one neighbor. Who is your neighbor? Read the parable of the Good Samaritan in the Gospels. Who did the Jews hate the most in the early 1st Century? The Samaritans of course. Who do many fundamentalist Evangelical Christians who follow the Dispensationalist hermeneutic since 1880 only hate the most today? Muslims! Now, if you say "but we dispensationalists believe the Gospels are Old Testament and not for today", aren't you being just like the Christian and Muslim empires of threats 200 years, and even more the Wahabists of today who use the Quran mostly for chanting and follow the books of traditions that appeared AFTER the Quran and schools of Jurisprudence? I also recommend Al-Maqasid, Imam Nawawi's Manual of Islam, also translated by Sheikh Nuh Keller. 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