Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, American Muslim translator and specialist in Islamic Law and an authorised Sheikh in tasawwuf. Born in 1954 in the north-western United States , was educated in philosophy and Arabic at the University of Chicago and UCLA. He entered Islam in 1977 at al-Azhar in Cairo , and later studied the traditional Islamic Sciences of hadith, Shafi'i and Hanafi jurisprudence, legal methodology ( usul al-fiqh ), and tenets of faith ( `aqidah ) in Syria and Jordan , where he has lived since 1980. His English translation of `Umdat al-Salik [The Reliance of the Traveller] (1250 pp., Sunna Books, 1991) is the first Islamic legal work in a European language to receive the certification of al-Azhar, the Muslim world's oldest institution of higher learning. The book which has become a modern classic is a bestseller and has had numerous print runs. It is the best example in the English language of a complete orthodox Sunni work on the Shariah. He also possesses ijazas or "certificates of authorisation" in Islamic jurisprudence from sheikhs in Syria and Jordan. His other translations and works include: Al-Maqasid : Imam Nawawi's Manual of Islam; A Port in the Storm –A fiqh solution to the Qibla of North America, a detailed and complex study of the true jurisprudential position on which direction North American Muslims should face to pray. The Sunni Path: A Handbook of Islamic Belief ; Evolution theory in Islam, and Tariqa Notes (handbook for those on the Shadhili path of tasawwuf). He has written numerous articles on traditional Islam as well as current issues and is presently a regular contributor to Islamica magazine. He is currently translating Imam Nawawi's Kitab al-Adhkar [The Book of Remembrance of Allah], a compendium of some 1227 hadiths on prayers and dhikrs of the prophetic sunna. He was authorised as a Sheikh in the Shadhili Tariqa by the late Sheikh AbdarRahman Shagouri (Allah be well pleased with him) in Damascus . He has students throughout the world and has annual retreats (suhba's) with his students where he teaches the traditional science of tasawuff in Canada , USA , UK , Turkey , Egypt and Pakistan.
External links
- Book of Wisdom, Hikam No. 1 Translation and Commentary by Nuh Keller
- Book of Wisdom, Hikam No. 2 Translation and Commentary by Nuh Keller
- Book of Wisdom, Hikams No. 4 and 5 Translation and Commentary by Nuh Keller
- A number of articles and audio-lectures by Nuh Keller
- Suhba.org — Lessons in Tasawwuf by Sheikh Nuh Keller