The Diwan – The Wird and the Qasidas
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The Diwan of the Shaykh and Gnostic of Allah Sayyidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani
This edition contains only the Word of the Shaykh and his Qasidas as well as the Diwan of Shaykh al-Fayturi, i.e. those that are ordinarily sung in gatherings of dhikr.
The Diwan is known in Arabic as Bughyat al-Murideen as-Saa’ireen wa Tuhfat as-Salikeen al-‘Arifeen –The Desire of Journeying Murids and the Gift to Wayfaring Gnostics
The Diwan of the Shaykh and Gnostic of Allah Sayyidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani, (1290/1871 – 1391/1972), is a masterful transmission of the essential teachings of the tasawwuf based squarely on the Book and the Sunnah, in a clear and accessible classical Arabic, and in this edition accompanied by an uncluttered English translation.
The Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib has long been famous among the Sufis for its balance between poems expressing direct spiritual experience and those in instruction on traveling the path.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib, may Allah be pleased with him, was born circa 1290/1871 in Fez. He received a traditional education in fiqh and the sciences of Islam, Iman, and Ihsan. He was Maliki in fiqh, Ash’ari in ‘aqida and Darqawi-Shadhili in tariqa. Describing himself, he said:
“Allah, may He be exalted said: ‘As for the blessing of your Lord – declare it.’ So let Muhammad ibn al-Habib, al-Amghari al-Hasani by lineage, dwelling in Fez, the poor slave of his Master, yet enriched by Him with other-than-Him, declare, in speaking of Allah’s blessing, that idhn (authorisation) has come to him from Allah and the Messenger of Allah and all the awliya’ of Allah, and that Allah has singled him out with sciences and secrets which only the unique man of Muhammad possesses.”
He died, may Allah have mercy on him, in 1391/1972 while on the way to Hajj, and is buried in his zawiya in Meknes.
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Muhammad ibn al-Habib: Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani, 1876 to 1972 CE, was a Moroccan scholar and spiritual master of the Shadhili-Darqawi path. Born in Fez of sharifian descent, his lineage tracing back to ʿAli and Hasan, he memorized the Qurʾan and trained in the Islamic sciences, including Maliki fiqh and the texts of the Maliki school such as the Mukhtasar of Khalil, studying with scholars connected to the Qarawiyyin. Authorized to guide in the Shadhili-Darqawi tariqa, he taught the essentials of the religion across Morocco and Algeria, and through his successors, among them Abdalqadir as-Sufi and Abdalhaqq Bewley, his way reached Britain, France, and America. He is best remembered for his Diwan of Sufi qasidas, his wird and litanies still recited among his followers, and for his Ramadan discourses of Qurʾanic tafsir, recorded shortly before his death and later translated. He died near Blida, Algeria, en route to hajj in January 1972, and was reburied in his zawiya in Meknes, where his order endures.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781908892249
Publisher
Diwan Press
Author
Muhammad ibn al-Habib
Pages
250
Year Published
2019
Size
W-5.5 in | H-8.5 in | D-0.69 in
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