Category: Shaikh Muhammad al-Muhammad

D) Presentation To make it easier for the reader to follow the sources of the book, we have used footnotes to identify the sources of information and for marginal notes. In the case of our Shaikh’s sermon, we identified sermons we have quoted by their respective dates. In the case of quoting from books, we mentioned the author’s name, the book’s title, and the page number. We have added to this information the number of the ḥadīth when quoting from a compilation of Prophetic traditions. We have compiled at the back of the book all of our written sources, including…

C) Contents We have classified the subjects and ordered the chapters in a way that makes it possible for the book to introduce the biography of our Master and Sufism at the same time, following events in their chronological order as much as possible. We have compiled in this biography information about the various stages of his life and his diverse activities. This should give the reader a reasonably complete picture of his life, with its many challenges, sufferings, and achievements; with events that brought happiness and others that filled the heart with sadness. This biography has not confined itself…

B) Methodology This book presents the biography of Shaikh Muḥammad al-Muḥammad al-Kasnazān in a unique way. It recounts it in the context of explaining the Sufi method to get close to Allah, and it expounds Sufism, which represents the spiritual side of Islam, in the course of narrating the biography of our honourable Shaikh. In other words, the book explains Sufism through presenting our Shaikh’s biography and, at the same time, recounts this blessed biography via introducing Sufism. This follows the didactic Qur’anic method of recounting narratives that presents biographies not only as histories, but also as lessons and motivational…

A) Sources I have compiled the material of this biography from a variety of sources. I have taken the thought and opinions of our Shaikh directly from him. I have confined my sources in this case to his general lectures that I was fortunate enough to attend or obtain video or audio recordings of; his speeches and conversations in private sessions that he was generous enough to give me the opportunity to attend; and his published writings. When quoting from his lectures, I have converted the wording from the Iraqi dialect to standard Arabic and edited them, while carefully preserving…

Shaikh Muḥammad Al-Muḥammad Al-Kasnazān Al-Ḥusaynī A Life in the Footsteps of the Best of Lives            Buy the book from Amazon This Book This is the blessed biography of a prominent personality of Islam and a leading light in the sphere of Sufism and knowledge of Allah. Sayyid Shaikh Muhammad al-Muhammad al-Kasnazan al-Husayni is the Master of Tariqa ‘Aliyya Qadiriyya Kasnazaniyya, one of the largest Sufi Tariqas with followers throughout the world. Tariqa Kasnazaniyya, as the name is usually abbreviated, traces its roots to the source of all Sufi ways, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Our Shaikh is a descendant…