1.1 Beneficial Knowledge 16 1.2 Non-Beneficial Knowledge 19 1.3 The Division of Knowledge in the Sunnah 20 CHAPTER TWO 25 2.1 Branches of Non-Beneficial Knowledge 25 2.2 Genealogy and Astronomy 27 2.3 Delving into the Minutiae of Permissible sciences 32 2.4 Discussing al-Qadr 33 2.5 Discussing the Dhat of Allah 36 The Rationalisation of the People of Opinion Debating About the Religion The Way and Wisdom of the Salaf The ‘Inner Sciences’ Beneficial Knowledge with regards the ‘Inner Sciences’ The Foundation of Knowledge The Signs of Beneficial and non-beneficial Knowledge All Goodness lies in Traversing the Way of the Salaf Bear this Life with Patience! CHAPTER THREE The People of the Book and their Hard Hearts PLATES OF THE ORIGINAL SCRIPTS INDEX OF SECTS INDEX OF ARABIC WORDS TRANSLATORS BIBLIOGRAPHY