Abdalqadir as-Sufi
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Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Stewart Dallas; 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Scottish Muslim leader and author. He was
Early life
Ian Dallas was born in Scotland in 1930 of a Highland family. He was a descendant of the literary critic and writer E. S. Dallas. He travelled extensively to Greece, France and Italy.[3] In 1963 he acted in Federico Fellini's film 8½ as "Il partner della telepata".[4]
Conversion
As-Sufi
Teaching
Abdalqadir as-Sufi advocated adherence to the Maliki school of Islamic law, which he considered the original legal school of Islam, the tradition of the people of Medina[6] as recorded by Malik ibn Anas, since he considered this the primal formulation of Islamic society and a necessity for the re-establishment of Islam in the current age.[7]
Abdalqadir was responsible for the establishment of the Ihsan Mosque in Norwich, Norfolk, England,[8] and the Jumu'a Mosque of Cape Town.[9]
Abdalqadir as-Sufi taught that
In 2006, he issued a
Murabitun World Movement
In February 2014 he distanced himself from the
Death
As-Sufi died on 1 August 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa at the age of 91.[19][20]
Authorship
The author of more than 20 books and several essays and articles,[21] As-Sufi's books include:
- The Book of Strangers, (ISBN 978-0-88706-990-1)
- The Way of Muhammad,OCLC 16373203)
- Indications From Signs, (Diwan Press, June 1980, ISBN 978-0-906512-12-8)
- The Hundred Steps (Portobello Press, ISBN 978-1-874216-04-9)
- Qur'anic Tawhid, (Diwan Press, 1981, ISBN 978-0-906512-14-2)
- Letter to An African Muslim, (Diwan Press, 1981, ISBN 0-906512-13-1)
- Kufr – An Islamic Critique, (Diwan Press, 1982, ASIN: B0007C6U32)
- Root Islamic Education,ISBN 978-1-874216-05-6)
- Oedipus and Dionysus (Freiburg Verlag, 1992, ISBN 1-874216-02-9)
- The Sign of the Sword, an examination on the judgements on jihād in the light of classical works of fiqh, particularly al-Qawanin al-fiqhiyyah of ISBN 978-1-871207-26-2)
- The Return of the Khalifate, a historical work on the ISBN 978-1-874216-21-6)
- The Technique of the Coup de BanqueISBN 84-930515-6-X)
- The New Wagnerian (Budgate Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-620-46755-1)
- Letter to an Arab Muslim (Editorial Kutubia Mayorqa, 2001, ISBN 84-930515-9-4)
- Sultaniyya[25] is a modern statement on leadership in Islam. Abdalqadir surveys Islam under the chapter headings Deen, Dawla (polity), Waqf, Trade, the Sultan – personal rule – and Tasawwuf. (Madinah Press, Cape Town, 2002, OCLC: 50875888)
- Commentary on Surat al-Waqi’a (Madinah Press, 2004, ISBN 0-620-31921-6)
- Collected Works (Budgate Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-620-34379-4)
- The Book of Tawhid (Madinah Press, 2006, ISBN 0-620-36126-3)
- The Time of the Bedouin (Budgate Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0620465120)
- The Book of Hubb (Madinah Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-620-39911-1)
- The Book of 'Amal (Madinah Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-620-40463-1)
- The Book of Safar (Madinah Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-620-44110-0)
- Political Renewal (The End of the Political Class/The House of Commons and Monarchy) (Budgate Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-620-44573-3)
- The Muslim Prince (Madinah Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-620-43455-3)
- The Interim is Mine (Budgate Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0620486187)
- Three Plays (Budgate Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-620-469463)
- Ten Symphonies of Gorka König (Budgate Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0620465137)
- Discourses (Madinah Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0620469302)
- The Engines of the Broken World (Budgate Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0620532501)
- Commentaries (Madinah Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0620523820)
Translations undertaken by his students
- The Noble Qur'an: a New Rendering of its Meanings in English, by Abdalhaqq and ISBN 1-874216-36-3)
- The Muwatta of Imam MalikISBN 0-7103-0361-0)
- Ash-Shifa by Qadi Iyad (published as Muhammad – Messenger of Allah) translated by Aisha Bewley (Madinah Press, 1992, ISBN 978-1-874216-00-1)
- The Letters of Shaykh Moulay ISBN 0-906512-06-9).
- The Foundations of IslamISBN 979-95486-3-2)
- The Seals of WisdomISBN 978-0-9651209-3-7)
- Sufis and Sufism: A DefenceISBN 0-620-31920-8)
- A Madinan View: on the Sunnah, courtesy, wisdom, battles and history by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani translated by Abdassamad Clarke (Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd, London 1999, ISBN 1-897940-84-X)
Gallery
Notes
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Barney (20 February 2010). "Radical Muslim leader has past in swinging London". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ a b From 'The Collected Works' by Ian Dallas
- ^ IMDB Filmography
- ^ "Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Filâlî". Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Aisha Bewley's Islamic Home Page". Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Root Islamic Education". Bewley.virtualave.net. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Ihsan Mosque, Norwich, UK". Muslimsofnorwich.org.uk. 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ The Jumu'a Mosque of Cape Town Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, South Africa
- ^ Fatwa on Suicide as a Tactic, [Madinah Press] 2004.
- ^ Radical Muslim leader has past in swinging London, The Telegraph 21 February 2010.
- ^ Political Renewal, [Budgate Press] 2009.
- ^ "Lifting the Veil on the Veil Issue By Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi". Shaykhabdalqadir.com. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "The End of an Age by Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi". Shaykhabdalqadir.com. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Fatwa Concerning the Deliberations of Pope Benedict XVI in Germany by Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi". 21 September 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ Grewal, Zareena "Islam Is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority" December 2013
- ^ Media, Shakyh Dr Abdalqadir as-Sufi (11 February 2014). "The Islamic Dinar - A Way-stage Passed".
- ^ Refer to the following articles on his website, Ta Sin Mim – Today Archived 18 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, A Ramadan Message to His Majesty King Abdullah Archived 18 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hussain, Shaik Zakeer (2 August 2021). "Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dr Abdalqadir As-Sufi Passes Away". The Cognate. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Abdalqadir as-Sufi obituary". The Times. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Profile on The Muslim 500
- ^ "The Way of Muhammad". Bewley.virtualave.net. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Root Islamic Education". Bewley.virtualave.net. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "The Technique of the Coup de Banque" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2007. (336 KB)
- ^ "Sultaniyya" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. (33.7 MB)
- ^ "The Muwatta of Imam Malik". Bewley.virtualave.net. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "The Foundations of Islam" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2006. (715 KB)
- ^ "The Seals of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam)". Bewley.virtualave.net. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ This rebuttal by two prominent ulema of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fes was written in response to the slander against Sayyid Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Makki in a book called Kitab al-Hiwar,
References
- The Collected Works by Ian Dallas, Budgate Press, 2005, ISBN 0-620-34379-6
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