Nuh Ha Mim basement

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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

  1. ^ 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shafiifiqh.com 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. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.islamicbulletin.org
  2. ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Basement, Nuh Ha Mim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Sufi Sheikh of the Tariqa Schadhiliyya
DATE OF BIRTH 1954