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Unauthentic books
proudtobemuslim
05/03/01 at 06:26:12
Thought some of you (bhaloo?) may like to know about this: Letter to the Editor [of Al-Jumuah Magazine],                             The book review of Natural Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet in                         your Al Jumuah volume 11, Issue 3, Rabi'ul Awwal 1420, failed to mention a                         very serious defect in the translation. The author, Muhammad Al-Akili,                         notorious for a translation work on Dreams (Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of                         Dreams) filled with statements of shirk and kufr and falsely attributed to Ibn                         Seereen (See the introduction to my book Dream Interpretation According to                         Qur'aan and Sunnah), consistently mistranslates ruqya (incantation) throughout                         the book (Medicine of the Prophet) as “amulets”!! For example, p.119 he                         states “… Anas reported that God's Messenger (pbuh) gave permission                         for people to carry an amulet (ruqya) to avert the possible malevolence of                         the evil eye, this subsequent fever, and from eczema (namla).” and on page                         124 he states, “ Someone asked: “What about regularly carrying an amulet                         – would he benefit from that?” God's Messenger (pbuh) replied:                         “Amulets are beneficial against the evil eye, fever and venomous                         stings.” Consequently, this book should not be circulated by anyone                         conscious of the implications of such mistranslations without reservation and                         Al Jumuah should print a clearly worded warning to readers who trusted their                         judgement in their book reviews.                                                           Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips                                                            May 7th, 2000 Ajman, U.A.E. Also: bn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams is not only unauthentic, it is misleading                         and cannot be relied upon by sincere Muslims for guidance. It is of little more                         value to Muslims than the Oneirocritica, the most famous book of dream                         interpretation compiled by the 2nd Century CE pagan Greek soothsayer                         Artemidorus Daldianus.                         This brief review has been extracted from the the introduction of Dream                         Interpretation According to the Qur'aan and Sunnah                                                           Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips                                                               July 1996 Sharjah, U.A.E.                                       Wassalam-u-Alaikum, Uzer

Re: Unauthentic books
bhaloo
05/04/01 at 10:18:47
slm I actually don't have Muhammad Al-Akili's translation of Ibn Qayyim's book, "Medicine of the Prophet".  I have Penelope Johnston's translation of the book.
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