Abu Ishaq Al Heweny - Change of Direction

Change of Direction

Before the university years, Abu Ishaq wasn't that interested in the study of religious law known as Sharia, it was not until he traveled to Cairo during the last year of high school to stay at his brother's house in (1975). During his stay he used to go to Friday Prayer and listen to the sermons of Abd al-Hamid Kishk in the Mosque Len Hayat. On one occasion while he was walking he found a man selling books on the sidewalk, Abu Ishaq saw a book called The Prophet Muhammad's Prayer From The beginning To The Endwritten by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Abu Ishaq took a look at the book and he became interested in buying it but he couldn't afford the cost of the book at that time, luckily he was able to find a summary of the book and he bought it instead. After reading the summary, Abu Ishaq found that the majority of the people including himself praying in a different way, and not the way described in the book. So he decided to buy the full original copy of the book. After he bought and read the book, Abu Ishaq liked the way that the book was written, especially the introduction of the book and it's strong reliance on Hadeeth. Eventhough Abu Ishaq was not very knowledgeble at the time. This small event had instilled in Abu Ishaq a greater desire to study Islam further and more specifically the field of Hadeeth.