5 Sundays on Tasawwuf

This series of talks 5 Sundays on Tasawwuf addresses the historical and practical importance of a guide on the Sufic Path, and was presented at the Islamic Center in Charlottesville, VA over the months of October – April of 2009-2010.

Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid, in the Naqshbandi tradition and  Shaykh Read more

Imam Junayd

Imam Junayd ibn Muhammad Abu al-Qasim al-Khazzaz al-Baghdadi (d. 297 AH/  909-910 CE) 

By GF Haddad and Dr. Alan Godlas

Al-Junayd ibn Muhammad ibn al-Junayd, Abu al-Qasim al-Qawariri al-Khazzaz al-Nahawandi al-Baghdadi al-Shafi`i (d. 298). The Imam of the World in his time, shaykh of the Sufis and “Diadem of Read more

Ibn Abbad of Ronda

Article by Dr. Abdel Hadi Honerkamp

Ibn ‘Abbad (732/1332 – 792/1390) was a Sufi mentor who lived in what has been called the “Classical Period” of Sufism, generally considered to be between 1200 and 1500 CE. He has always been held in high esteem within the circles of Muslim scholars, and early hagiographic sources describe him as a Maliki jurist and an early exemplar of the Shadhili Sufi Read more