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His English translation of `Umdat al-Salik, '' Reliance Of The Traveller '', (Sunna Books, 1991) is the first Islamic legal work in a European language to receive the certification of Al-Azhar , the Muslim world's oldest institution of higher learning. The book, which has become a modern classic, is a bestseller and has had numerous print runs. It is the best example in the English language of a complete orthodox Sunni work on the Shariah . He also possesses Ijaza s, or "certificates of authorisation", in Islamic jurisprudence from sheikhs in Syria and Jordan.

His other translations and works include:

  • ''Al-Maqasid : Imam Nawawi 's Manual of Islam,'' a shorter manual of Shafi'i fiqh


  • ''A Port in the Storm: A Fiqh Solution to the Qibla of North America'', a detailed and complex study of the most sound position on which direction North American Muslims should face to pray.


  • ''The Sunni Path: A Handbook of Islamic Belief''



  • '' Tariqa Notes'', a small handbook for those following the Shadhili path


He has also written numerous articles on traditional Islam is presently a regular contributor to Islamica magazine. He is currently translating Imam Nawawi's Kitab al-Adhkar Book of Remembrance of Allah'' , a compendium of some 1227 hadiths on prayers and Dhikr s of the prophetic Sunnah .

He was authorised as a sheikh in the Shadhili Tariqa by the late Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri in Damascus. He has students throughout the world and has annual retreats (suhbas) with his students where he teaches the traditional science of tasawwuf in Canada, USA, UK, Turkey, Australia, Egypt, and Pakistan.


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