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As-Sunnah Foundation of America^[1] (ASFA)^[2] is an educational organization that works for the unity of the Islamic faith in the United States, founded and chaired by Hisham Kabbani. Founded in 1997, together with the Islamic Supreme Council of America (ISCA), the ASFA has close connections to Kabbani's Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order.^[3] The ASFA is said be a main organization of Nakshbandi Sufi order in America.^[4]

Kabbani's sunnah.org website is mentioned in the article "Sufi Charisma on the Internet" by Garbi Schmidt (2004).^[5]

Affiliation

As-Sunnah foundation of America is affiliated to Islamic Supreme Council of America(ICSA).^[6]

Aims

As-Sunnah Foundation has its offices in Indonesia, Pakistan, England, Germany and Malaysia and its headquarters in United States.^[7]

The website of this organization aims to provide non-chargeable Islamic education, information on various Islamic events, publications, Q&A, prayer resources and fatwa.^[8]

Publications

ASFA has published a number of traditionalist books, primarily authored by founder, Shaykh Kabbani, or translated from traditional sources by protégé, Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad. Published titles include:

Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, Salafi Movement Unveiled, ASFA, 2000.
Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine, ISBN 1-871031-48-6, ASFA, 1998.^[9]
Jamal Effendi al-`Iraqi al-Zahawi, The Doctrine of Ahl as-Sunna Versus the "Salafi" Movement, translated with notes by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, ASFA, 1996. ^{[dubious – discuss]}
Imam al-Bayhaqi, Allah's Names and Attributes (Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat), translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
al-Maliki, As-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi, The Prophets in Barzakh; The Hadith of Isra' and Mi'raj, The Immense Merits of Al-Sham; The Vision of Allah, translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
Imam 'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam, Beliefs of the People of Islam (Aqa'id Ahl al-Islam), translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
Ibn Khafif, Correct Islamic Doctrine (Al-'Aqida al-Sahiha), Islamic Doctrine (Al-'Aqida Ahl al-Islam), translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, Islamic Beliefs and Doctrine According to Ahl as-Sunna - A Repudiation of "Salafi" Innovations, ASFA, 1996.^{[dubious – discuss]}
Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, Innovation and True Belief: the Celebration of Mawlid According to the Qur'an and Sunna and the Scholars of Islam, ASFA, 1995.
al-Mani, Dr. Isa Humayri, MAWLID Its Permissibility, Its Necessity, Its Reality: Fatwa of Dubai Regarding Celebration of Mawlid an-Nabi, ASFA, 1997.
Al-`allama Al-Shaykh Abdul Rahman Al-Sufuri Al-Shafi`i, Nuzhat Al-Majalis Wa Muntakhab Al-Nafa'is - Talks about Sincerity, Doctrine, Remembrance of God, and on the Night of Power, translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA 1998.

References

^ Tharoor, Ishaan (15 November 2014). "Muslims discovered America before Columbus, claims Turkey's Erdogan". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ The Minaret: The Islamic Magazine. Islamic Center of Southern California. 1997.
^ Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States, Jocelyne Cesari (ed.), Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States, vol. 1, Greenwood Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-313-33626-3, p. 457.
^ Curtis, Edward E. (2010). Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-3040-8.
^ D. Westerlund (ed.), Sufism in Europe and North America, Sufism in Europe and North America, London–New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004, p. 123. "Kabbani gives several examples of what he sees as the characteristics of the opposition between radical Islam and traditional Islam. Traditional Islam is described as peace-loving, moderate, a basis for unity and based on a democratic idea of the umma. Radical Islam, on the other hand, is violent, dictatorial, a source of fragmentation and destructive for the umma. Traditional Islam is apolitical and tolerant as long as the faithful are allowed to practise their religious duties, while radical Islam is engaged in politics solely to gain power and authority. Traditional Islam is characterised by knowledge and linked to a lineage of Muslim scholars who have a profound knowledge about the religious message, while radical Islam is characterised by a lack of knowledge, dilettantism and wrongful guidance."
^ Al-Bayhaqi, Imam (12 December 1999). Allah's Names and Attributes. ISCA. ISBN 978-1-930409-03-3.
^ Storey, John Woodrow; Utter, Glenn H. (2002). Religion and Politics: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-218-9.
^ "Islam-Islam and Middle East". www.ou.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
^ Kabbani, Muhammad Hisham (1998). Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine: Beliefs. As-Sunna Foundation of America. ISBN 978-1-871031-48-5.

Sufism in Europe and North America, Sufism in Europe and North America Edited by DAVID WESTERLUND (London–New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004), p. 123.

External links

website on Sunnah

[1] Tharoor, Ishaan (15 November 2014). "Muslims discovered America before Columbus, claims Turkey's Erdogan". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[2] The Minaret: The Islamic Magazine. Islamic Center of Southern California. 1997.

[3] Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States, Jocelyne Cesari (ed.), Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States, vol. 1, Greenwood Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-313-33626-3, p. 457.

[4] Curtis, Edward E. (2010). Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-3040-8.

[5] D. Westerlund (ed.), Sufism in Europe and North America, Sufism in Europe and North America, London–New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004, p. 123. "Kabbani gives several examples of what he sees as the characteristics of the opposition between radical Islam and traditional Islam. Traditional Islam is described as peace-loving, moderate, a basis for unity and based on a democratic idea of the umma. Radical Islam, on the other hand, is violent, dictatorial, a source of fragmentation and destructive for the umma. Traditional Islam is apolitical and tolerant as long as the faithful are allowed to practise their religious duties, while radical Islam is engaged in politics solely to gain power and authority. Traditional Islam is characterised by knowledge and linked to a lineage of Muslim scholars who have a profound knowledge about the religious message, while radical Islam is characterised by a lack of knowledge, dilettantism and wrongful guidance."

[6] Al-Bayhaqi, Imam (12 December 1999). Allah's Names and Attributes. ISCA. ISBN 978-1-930409-03-3.

[7] Storey, John Woodrow; Utter, Glenn H. (2002). Religion and Politics: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-218-9.

[8] "Islam-Islam and Middle East". www.ou.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-21.

[9] Kabbani, Muhammad Hisham (1998). Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine: Beliefs. As-Sunna Foundation of America. ISBN 978-1-871031-48-5.

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-As-Sunnah Foundation of America (ASFA)<br />
+{{Organization|date=July 2023}}
-Founder and president: [[Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani]]<br />
+{{Infobox Religious group
-Founded 1994.<br />
+| group = As-Sunnah Foundation of America
-Publisher of Islamic texts and the sunnah.org website
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+| image_caption =  Sheikh Hisham Kabbani founder of As-Sunnah foundation of America
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+'''As-Sunnah Foundation of America'''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tharoor|first=Ishaan|date=15 November 2014|title=Muslims discovered America before Columbus, claims Turkey's Erdogan|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/11/15/muslims-discovered-america-before-columbus-claims-turkeys-erdogan/%3foutputType=amp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114225442/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/11/15/muslims-discovered-america-before-columbus-claims-turkeys-erdogan/?outputType=amp|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2021|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> (ASFA)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cILxAAAAMAAJ&q=As+Sunnah+foundation+America|title=The Minaret: The Islamic Magazine|date=1997|publisher=Islamic Center of Southern California.|language=en}}</ref> is an educational organization that works for the unity of the [[Islam]]ic faith in the [[United States]], founded and chaired by [[Hisham Kabbani]].
+Founded in 1997, together with the [[Islamic Supreme Council of America]] (ISCA), the ASFA has close connections to Kabbani's [[Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order]].<ref>Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States, Jocelyne Cesari (ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States'',  vol. 1, Greenwood Press, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-313-33626-3}}, p. 457.</ref> The ASFA is said be a main organization of Nakshbandi Sufi order in America.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Curtis|first=Edward E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owZCMZpYamMC&dq=As+Sunnah+foundation+of+America&pg=PA145|title=Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History|date=2010|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-3040-8|language=en}}</ref>
+Kabbani's sunnah.org website is mentioned in the article "Sufi Charisma on the Internet" by Garbi Schmidt (2004).<ref>
-The organization's intent, according to its website, is to assemble "a group of scholars and professors to teach, write, and translate from traditional sources of Islamic knowledge by authentic scholars of the various schools of ''[[fiqh]]'' (''madhahib'') and ''`[[aqida]]''.<ref>[http://www.sunnah.org/about/Default.htm]</ref><br />
+D. Westerlund (ed.), ''Sufism in Europe and North America, Sufism in Europe and North America'', London–New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004, p. 123.
+"Kabbani gives several examples of what he sees as the characteristics of the opposition between radical Islam and traditional Islam. Traditional Islam is described as peace-loving, moderate, a basis for unity and based on a democratic idea of the umma. Radical Islam, on the other hand, is violent, dictatorial, a source of fragmentation and destructive for the umma. Traditional Islam is apolitical and tolerant as long as the faithful are allowed to practise their religious duties, while radical Islam is engaged in politics solely to gain power and authority. Traditional Islam is characterised by knowledge and linked to a lineage of Muslim scholars who have a profound knowledge about the religious message, while radical Islam is characterised by a lack of knowledge, dilettantism and wrongful guidance."</ref>
-ASFA's intention is to emphasize the well-known Islamic principle that as long as a believer follows any School of Thought (fiqh), he or she remains within the boundaries of the community (Ummah) of the Prophet Muhammad , provided he or she accepts the way of the Sunnah and Shari'ah. <br />
+== Affiliation ==
-ASFA has published a number of traditionalist books, primarily authored by founder, Shaykh Kabbani, or translated from traditional sources by protege, Dr. Gabriel Fouad Haddad. Published titles include:<br />
+As-Sunnah foundation of America is affiliated to Islamic Supreme Council of America(ICSA).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Al-Bayhaqi|first=Imam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PM7wz92Tq6oC&dq=As-Sunnah+foundation+America&pg=PP8|title=Allah's Names and Attributes|date=12 December 1999|publisher=ISCA|isbn=978-1-930409-03-3|language=en}}</ref>
-* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Salafi Movement Unveiled''', ASFA, 2000.<br />
-* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine''', ISBN: 1-871031-48-6, ASFA, 1996.<br />
-* Jamal Effendi al-`Iraqi al-Zahawi, '''The Doctrine of Ahl as-Sunna Versus the "Salafi" Movement''', translated with notes by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, ASFA, 1996.<br />
-* Imam al-Bayhaqi, '''Allah's Names and Attributes (Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat)''', translated by Dr. Gabriel Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
-* al-Maliki, As-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi, '''The Prophets in Barzakh; The Hadith of Isra' and Mi'raj, The Immense Merits of Al-Sham; The Vision of Allah''', translated by Dr. Gabriel Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.<br />
-* Imam 'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam, '''Beliefs of the People of Islam (Aqa'id Ahl al-Islam)''', translated by Dr. Gabriel Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998. <br />
-* Ibn Khafif, '''Correct Islamic Doctrine (Al-'Aqida al-Sahiha), Islamic Doctrine (Al-'Aqida Ahl al-Islam)''', translated by Dr. Gabriel Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.<br />
-* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Islamic Beliefs and Doctrine According to Ahl as-Sunna - A Repudiation of "Salafi" Innovations''', ASFA, 1996. <br />
-* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Innovation and True Belief: the Celebration of Mawlid According to the Qur'an and Sunna and the Scholars of Islam,''' ASFA, 1995.<br />
-* al-Mani, Dr. Isa Humayri, '''MAWLID Its Permissibility, Its Necessity, Its Reality: Fatwa of Dubai Regarding Celebration of Mawlid an-Nabi''', ASFA, 1997.<br />
-* Al-`allama Al-Shaykh Abdul Rahman Al-Sufuri Al-Shafi`i, '''Nuzhat Al-Majalis Wa Muntakhab Al-Nafa'is
-- Talks about Sincerity, Doctrine, Remembrance of God, and on the Night of Power''',translated by Dr. Gabriel Fouad Haddad,  ASFA 1998.<br />
+== Aims ==
-Analyzing the website of As-Sunnah Foundation, Garbi Schmidt writes:<br />
+As-Sunnah Foundation has its offices in {{flag|Indonesia}}, {{flag|Pakistan}}, {{flag|England}}, {{flag|Germany}} and {{flag|Malaysia}} and its headquarters in {{flag|United States}}.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Storey|first1=John Woodrow|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UilvmsrrvyQC&dq=As-Sunnah+foundation+America&pg=PA140|title=Religion and Politics: A Reference Handbook|last2=Utter|first2=Glenn H.|date=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-218-9|language=en}}</ref>
-"Kabbani gives several examples of what he sees as the characterists of the opposition between radical Islam and traditional Islam. Traditional Islam is described as peace-loving, moderate, a basis for unity and based on a democratic idea of the umma. Radical Islam, on the other hand, is violent, dictatorial, a source of fragmentation and destructive for the umma. Traditional Islam is apolitical and tolerant as long as the faithful are alloweed to practise their religious duties, while radical Islam is engaged in politics solely to gain power and authority. Traditional Islam is characterised by knolwedge and linked to a lineage of Muslim scholars who have a profound knowledge about the religious message, while radical Islam is characterised by a lack of knowledge, dilettantism and wrongful guidance."<sup>1</sup><br />
+The website of this organization aims to provide non-chargeable Islamic education, information on various Islamic events, publications, Q&A, prayer resources and fatwa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Islam-Islam and Middle East|url=https://www.ou.edu/mideast/category/islam.htm|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.ou.edu}}</ref>
+==Publications==
+ASFA has published a number of traditionalist books, primarily authored by founder, Shaykh Kabbani, or translated from traditional sources by protégé, Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad. Published titles include:
+* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Salafi Movement Unveiled''', ASFA, 2000.
+* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine''', {{ISBN|1-871031-48-6}}, ASFA, 1998.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kabbani|first=Muhammad Hisham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOUkAQAAIAAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine: Beliefs|date=1998|publisher=As-Sunna Foundation of America|isbn=978-1-871031-48-5|language=en}}</ref>
+* Jamal Effendi al-`Iraqi al-Zahawi, '''The Doctrine of Ahl as-Sunna Versus the "Salafi" Movement''', translated with notes by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, ASFA, 1996. {{Dubious|date=May 2010}}<!--ASFA was founded in 1997-->
+* Imam al-Bayhaqi, '''Allah's Names and Attributes ([[Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat]])''', translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
+* al-Maliki, As-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi, '''The Prophets in Barzakh; The Hadith of Isra' and Mi'raj, The Immense Merits of Al-Sham; The Vision of Allah''', translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
+* Imam 'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam, '''Beliefs of the People of Islam (Aqa'id Ahl al-Islam)''', translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
+* Ibn Khafif, '''Correct Islamic Doctrine (Al-'Aqida al-Sahiha), Islamic Doctrine (Al-'Aqida Ahl al-Islam)''', translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad, ASFA, 1998.
+* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Islamic Beliefs and Doctrine According to Ahl as-Sunna - A Repudiation of "Salafi" Innovations''', ASFA, 1996.{{Dubious|date=May 2010}}<!--ASFA was founded in 1997-->
+* Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham, '''Innovation and True Belief: the Celebration of Mawlid According to the Qur'an and Sunna and the Scholars of Islam,''' ASFA, 1995.
+* al-Mani, Dr. Isa Humayri, '''MAWLID Its Permissibility, Its Necessity, Its Reality: Fatwa of Dubai Regarding Celebration of Mawlid an-Nabi''', ASFA, 1997.
+* Al-`allama Al-Shaykh Abdul Rahman Al-Sufuri Al-Shafi`i, '''Nuzhat Al-Majalis Wa Muntakhab Al-Nafa'is - Talks about Sincerity, Doctrine, Remembrance of God, and on the Night of Power''', translated by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad,  ASFA 1998.
+== See also ==
+* [[Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order of America]]
+* [[Islamic Supreme Council of America]]
+* [[Sufi Muslim Council]]
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
+* ''Sufism in Europe and North America'', Sufism in Europe and North America Edited by DAVID WESTERLUND (London–New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004), p.&nbsp;123.
-== See also ==
+==External links==
+{{wikt}}
-*[[Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order of America]]
+* [http://sunnah.org/ website on Sunnah]
-*[[Islamic Supreme Council of America]]
-*[[Sufi Muslim Council]]
+{{Authority control}}
-<sup>1</sup>'''Sufism in Europe and North America''', Sufism in Europe and North America Edited by DAVID WESTERLUND (London–New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004), p. 123.
+{{DEFAULTSORT:As-Sunnah Foundation Of America}}
+{{organization|date=July 2023}}
+[[Category:Islamic charities based in the United States]]
+[[Category:Islamic organizations established in 1997]]