Sufi Sage of Arabia
Posted Jan 18, 2006

Sufi Sage of Arabia
from the Fons Vitae Imam al-Haddad Spiritual Masters Series

Imam Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
Translated by Mostafa Al-Badawi and Imam Abdallah al-Haddad

This unique biography of the saint Imam Abdallah al-Haddad takes readers into the fascinating world and spiritual life of 17th-and early 18th-century Yemen. The life of this great spiritual master-whose teachings and personal example continue to influence lives around the world-is examined, from his early attraction to Sufi poetry and visit to the tomb of the prophet Hud - to his rise as a Sufi master and his Hajj journey to Mecca. Complete with photographs, the biographical facts of al-Haddad’s life are interspersed with his spiritual teachings, including those on the nine stages of certainty, the five investitures of taqwa, the stages of gnosis, and supernatural events. Sufi practitioners, historians, and anthropologists will come to a deeper understanding of this timeless and enduring tradition with this fascinating record of a seminal Sufi master’s life and death.

Two paths to God exist for the people of this world, the path to salvation and the path to sanctification. For those who seek more than the minimum, who desire more than the average man, who want and yearn for intimate knowledge of their source and ultimate destiny, sanctification allows them that possibility…This book, while a biography of one of the greatest saints in Islamic history, is more than that. It is a book of alchemy itself, filled from start to finish with the science of tasawwuf, which is and has always been the heart of the Islamic tradition…Dr. Badawi was a student of a direct descendent of Shaykh Abdallah al-Haddad, Habib Ahmad Mashur al-Haddad. Those of us fortunate enough to have known him personally consider him a realized spiritual master and sanctified soul, and none can sanctify save God…This book a is a compelling testimony to the spiritual power and influence of the sanctified soul on the world. It is perhaps more importantly for us a step toward re-introducing the desperately needed path of sanctification.
-Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, scholar, Zaytuna Institute

At a time when the Muslim world is suffering from false teachings being spread by extremists, the message of al-Haddad offers a precious means of return to the high ethical and spiritual standards of classical Islam. The publication of this important book should prove a milestone on the way of furthering that blessed effort.
-T.J. Winter, Cambridge University

The Fons Vitae Imam al-Haddad Spiritual Masters series includes the following titles: The Book of Assistance (18720038018), Gifts for the Seeker (1887753579), and The Lives of Man (1887752145).

Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi is a disciple in the Sufi order of Imam al-Haddad. He is the author of the Fons Vitae Imam al-Haddad Spiritual Masters Series. Imam Abdallah al-Haddad was a Sufi master in Yemen in the 17th and 18th century.

Price: $17.95
Category: Religion/Spiritual/Islam/Sufism
Pages: 238
Book Type: Paper
Size: 6 x 9
ISBN: 188775265X
34 photographs

From Fons Vitae http://www.fonsvitae.com