Shaykh abdalqadir

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Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi (aka Ian Dallas) [1] is a Shaikh of Instruction (see Shaykh of Sufism) of the Shadilliya-Darqawi Tariqa . a pupil of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn al-Habib [2] of Morocco.

The name Murabitun was adopted in the 1980s by Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi for his students. He is a Muslim convert formerly known as Ian Dallas, previously a playwright and actor[3] from Scotland who accepted Islam in 1963 with the Imam of the Qayrawiyyin mosque in Fez. Today, Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi leads a community of Muslims throughout the world adhering to the Maliki school of rulings . His adherents lead the most successful da'wah movement in Latin America and are as widespread in Muslim countries, such as Malaysia, Nigeria and in increasing numbers in Africa, as they are in Europe and the West.

[edit] Translations undertaken by his students

He has authorised translations of classic works of Islam, beginning with the widely-respected

• The Noble Qur'an: a new rendering of its meanings in English by Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley (Bookwork, Norwich, UK, ISBN 0-9538639-3-X)
• The Muwatta [4] by Aisha Bewley and Ya'qub Johnson (Bookwork, Norwich, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-9538639-1-3)
• ash-Shifa by Qadi Iyad (published as "Muhammad the Messenger of Allah by Madinah Press, 1992, ISBN 1-874216-00-2)
• The Rasa'il of Shaykh Moulay Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (published as the Darqawi Way by Diwan Press Norwich, UK, 1980, ISBN 0-906512-06-9), and a large number of other works on Islam and Sufism.
• The Foundations of Islam (available here as a PDF [5]) By Qadi 'Iyad. A basic Maliki manual on the five pillars of Islam from the distinguished Qadi of Andalus.

[edit] Authorship

He is himself the author of a large number of works including:

• Root Islamic Education,[6] written on the school of the people of Madinah under the leadership of Imam Malik (Madina Press, June 1993, ISBN 1-874216-05-3)
• The Way of Muhammad,[7] an existential exposition of the pillars of Islam from the perspective of Sufism (Diwan Press, 1975, ASIN: B0000D74TC)
• The Hundred Steps, a classic work on key steps in the path of Sufism (Portobello Press, ISBN 1-874216-04-5)
• The Technique of the Coup de Banque (available in PDF here [8]) on the modern age since its inception in the French Revolution.
• The Return of the Khalifate, a historical work on the Ottomans, their demise and its causes and an exposition of a route to the recovery of the khalifate (Madinah Press, 1996, ISBN 1-874216-21-5)
• Sultaniyya (available in PDf here:[9]) is the definitive modern statement on leadership in Islam. Shaykh Abdalqadir surveys Islam under the chapter headings Deen, Dawla (polity), Waqf, Trade, the Sultan — personal rule — and Tasawwuf.

[edit] External links

• Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi's Official Website
• The Recovery of True Islamic Fiqh: An introduction to the work of Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi by Abdalhaqq Bewley.