Tasawwuf in Islam: The Traditional Approach of the Sufis

The idea of spirituality in Islam has become one of the most debated, discussed issues in recent times. Covered with discussions without Scholarly guidance, the discourse has seen different conclusions develop and integrate within circles and people. This one day course, first of its kind, aims to unravel and discuss the various key issues with a qualified Jurist of Islam.

This is a series of new courses by Al Buruj Press aimed at educating people on key issues of debate and differences, the next in the series being a day course on “Music in Islam”.

Join us for this unique course to today and Al Buruj Press maintains its stance to respect all Scholarly differences found within the Qur’an and Sunnah.

• What is Tasawwuf? What is Sufism? Is it part of Islam?

• Development of Sufism

• Classical Sufism vs Modern Sufism: Trends and Transformation

• The Concept of Having a Shaykh or Spiritual Guide, is this permissible?

• What is a Tareeqa (Spiritual Path) and is adopting one necessary? Development of different Tareeqahs such as the Shadhilis, Qadiris, Chistis and others.

• Group Dhikr vs Individual Dhikr, which is correct?

• Lives of some prominent Scholars ascribed to Sufism such as Ghazali and Ahmed Sirhindi.

• Sufi Hadra ( Dhikr with Movement), Is this Permissible?

• *Position of Islamic Schools on the above including Deobandis, Brelvis and Ahl al Hadith with evidence given.*

Teacher: Shaykh Abdur Rahman Ibn Yusuf

Date: Saturday 17th September 2011

Time: 10:00am- 18:30pm

Price: £20 Including Lunch

Venue: Central London

Online Payment: www.alburujpress.com

For more information, contact our team on:

Email: alburujpress@gmail.com

Phone: 07983590489

Shaykh Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf

Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera has been studying the traditional Islamic sciences and writing scholarly works for most of his life. He completed the bulk of his studies at Darul Uloom Bury, North England, where he memorized the Qur’an by the age of fifteen and thereafter went on to complete a rigorous, six-year Shari‘a program. He graduated from this program with authentic certifications (ijaza) in numerous Islamic disciplines, including Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, and hadith (with particular emphasis on the six canonical collections of hadith (Sihah Sitta) and the Muwattas of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad. His teachers at Darul Uloom Bury included Shaykh Yusuf Motala and other students of Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi.

Shaykh Abdur-Rahman attained additional certifications in hadith from such great scholars as Shaykh Muhaddith Habib al-Rahman al-A‘zami (through his student Shaykh Mufti Zayn al-‘Abidin), Shaykh Abu ’l-Hasan ‘Ali Nadwi, and Shaykh Muhammad al-‘Awwama. May Allah continue to bless those of his teachers who are still alive and have mercy on those who have passed on to the next.

To date, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman has authored the highly popular Fiqh al-Imam: Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh (1996) and co-authored Reflections of Pearls (1995). He also published Provisions for the Seekers (1996), a translation and commentary of the Arabic work Zad al-Talibin, a collection of short hadiths compiled by Mawlana 'Ashiq Ilahi from ‘Allama Tibrizi’s Mishkat al-Masabih. This work has recently been revised and republished in an extended edition. His latest published work is Prayers for Forgiveness: Seeking Spiritual Enlightenment through Sincere Supplication (2004), a translation of Al-Istighfarat al-Munqidha min al-Nar, a collection of seventy prayers for forgiveness of Imam Hasan al-Basri. Additionally, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman has completed an unpublished translation of Imam Abu Hanifa’s Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, along with its commentary, written by ‘Allama Maghnisawi, with notes from Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari’s larger commentary