Dr. Gibril Haddad was born in Beirut in 1380/1960. He embraced Islam while a
graduate student in French Literature at Columbia University in New York. He
lives in Brunei Darussalam. Since 1997 he has translated and published the
following texts:
At Al-Qur’an wal-Sunna Association (AQSA), Birmingham, UK:
Albani and His Friends: A Concise Guide to the “Salafi”
Movement. 2nd edition.
Mawlid: Celebrating the Birth of the Holy Prophet, upon
him blessings and peace.
Al-Jifri, Ḥabib Ali. Jesus Christ the Son of Mary & His
Most Blessed Mother, upon them peace.
Al-Maliki, Muḥammad ibn `Alawi. The Prophet’s Night
Journey and Heavenly Ascent.
Ibn Jahbal. Refutation of Ibn Taymiyya Who Attributes
Direction to Allah.
Al-Maliki. The Life of the Prophets in Their Graves, upon
them peace. Bilingual. (Forthcoming)
At Warda Publications, Hellenthal, Germany:
Introduction and glossary for Shaykh Muhammad Afifi’s Defending the Transgressed, a fatwa on the prohibition of the military targeting
of civilians.
At AQSA and Warda Publications:
Sunna Notes I:Hadith History and Principles. With Ibn Hajar’s
Nukhbat al-Fikar.
Sunna Notes II: The Excellent Innovation in the Qur’an and
Ḥadith. Foreword by Shaykh Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji. With Ibn Rajab’s The
Sunna of the Caliphs.
Sunna Notes III: The Binding Proof of the Sunna. Foreword by Dr. Muhammad Sa‘id al-Buti. With Ibn Hajar’s The Hadith of Gibril.
(Forthcoming)
At Maktabat al-Aḥbab, Damascus (in English and Arabic):
Afdalu al-Khalqi Sayyiduna Muhammad (On the Prophetic
Attribute “Best of Creation”).
The Excellence of Syro-Palestine – al-Shaam – and Its
People: Forty Hadiths. Forewords by Shaykh Adib Kallas, Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani,
and Shaykh Salah Fakhri.
Mawlana’s Open Door in Johore and Singapore. Qubrus al-Tarab
fi Suhbati Rajab (“The Joy of Cyprus in the Association of Rajab”):
Discourses of Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani.
Al-Rifa‘i,Yusuf Hashim. Advice to Our Brethren the
Scholars of Najd (Nasiha li-Ikhwanina ‘Ulama’ Najd). Introduction by
Muhammad Sa‘id al-Buti. With the full introduction of ‘Alawi al-Haddad’s 1802
Misbah al-Anam fi Radd Shubuhat al-Najdi al-Lati Adalla biha al-‘Awamm.
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq radya Allahu ‘anh.
At Dar Taybat al-Gharra’, Damascus (in Arabic):
Tuhfat al-Labib bi-Nusrat al-Habib ‘Ali al-Jufri
wa-Munaqashat al-Mukhalifin fil-Masa’il al-Sufiyya. Foreword by Sayyid
Yusuf al-Rifa‘i.
Al-Arba‘una fi Faddli al-Shami wa-Ahlih wal-Hijrati ila
Allahi wa-Rasulih Salla Allahu wa-Sallama ‘alayhi wa-Alih. Foreword by
Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani.
At Amal Press, Bristol:
From the Two Holy Sanctuaries: A Hajj Journal. With
illustrations.
Revision, introduction, notes, and appendices for Miryam
Poswal’s translation of al-Suyuti’s Sibahat al-Fikr fil-Jahri bil-Dhikr.
At Muslim Academic Trust (MAT), Oxford:
The Four Imams and Their Schools: Abu Hanifa, Malik, al-Shafi‘i,
Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Foreword by Sayyid Yusuf Hashim al-Rifa‘i.
At Dar al-`Atab, Indonesia:
Fayd as-Salam bi-Suhbah Shaykh Hisham.
At As-Sunna Foundation of America (ASFA):
Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam’s Doctrine of the People of Truth
(al-Mulha fi I‘tiqad Ahl al-Haqq).
Al-Bayhaqi’s Divine Names and Attributes (al-Asma’
wal-Sifat). Excerpts.
Ibn Khafif’s Correct Islamic Doctrine. With Ibn ‘Arabi’s
Doctrine of the Muslims.
Al-Maliki, Muḥammad ibn `Alawi. The Prophet’s Night
Journey and Heavenly Ascent.
The Arabic word Sunnah lexically means "road" or "practice." In the language of the Prophet {saw} and the Companions it denotes the whole of lawful practices followed in the Religion, particularly the pristine path of Prophets, whether pertaining to belief, religious and social practice, or ethics generally speaking.