Nuh Ha Mim basement
Nuh Ha Mim Keller (* 1954 ) is an American Sufi - Sheikh of the Tariqa Schadhiliyya . He comes from the northwest of the USA and studied philosophy and Arabic language at the University of Chicago and UCLA . The original Catholic who eventually converted to Islam later became a scholar of Islamic law ( fiqh ). He studied at al-Azhar University in Cairo ( Egypt ) and also in other Islamic institutions. He lives today (as of 2005) in Amman ( Jordan ).
He is the author of a number of books and has translated various important Arabic works into English, including Umdat al-Salik from the 14th century by Naqib al-Misri ("Reliance of the Traveler", a classic handbook of Islamic jurisprudence according to the legal school of Shafiites ; Keller's translation was authorized by the high Sunni teaching authority, al-Azhar University in Cairo)
He also published a critical edition of Dala'il al-Khayrat , for which he commissioned the well-known calligrapher Osman Taha .
He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( Engl. A Common Word Between Us and You ), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (Engl. "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... ") (October 13, 2007).
Individual evidence
- ^ Reliance of the Traveler and Tools for the Worshipper. A classic manual of islamic sacred law by Ahmad Ibn Naqib Al-Misri (died 1368 AD) ( Memento of the original dated May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.4 MB). Another edition, including the original Arabic text, can be found here ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
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SURNAME | Basement, Nuh Ha Mim |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Sufi Sheikh of the Tariqa Schadhiliyya |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |