Shedding Light on the Dawn

About the author

Asim Yusuf: Asim Yusuf hafidhahullah, who writes under the pen-name Talib al-Habib, is a Consultant Psychiatrist recognized as an authority on Islamic Psychology, regularly invited to deliver lectures and seminars on the intersection of Islamic spirituality and mental health. He serves on the advisory panel of the Centre for Islam and Medicine and advises a number of community initiatives and charitable organizations. He is the founder and director of three educational programs: the Path to Salvation Diploma in Classical Islamic Studies, the Sacred Texts Syllabus, and the Islamic Ethics and Global Citizenship Initiative. He has authored four books on diverse aspects of Islam, with a particular focus on classical spirituality, and has received twenty years of rigorous theological training at the hands of leading scholars of Islamic law and spirituality. He holds formal ijazaat authorizing him to instruct students in Islamic thought, granted by over thirty scholars from four continents.