The Diwan: of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib

The Diwan - Bughyat al-Murideen as-Saaireen wa Tuhfat as-Salikeen al-Arifeen -The Desire of Journeying Murids and the Gift to Wayfaring GnosticsThe Diwan of the Shaykh and Gnostic of Allah Sayyidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani is here made available in the first ever complete Arabic-English edition of the full Diwan. It is 21.6cm by 14cm (5.5 by 8.5 inches) 500 pages and in a sturdy casebound binding. It comprises the authors own sublime introduction to the Shadhili Darqawi path his noble Wird and collection of qasidas extra qasidas written in commentary on the Diwan by the author himself and some of his most eminent students some qasidas from the Diwans of Shaykh al-Fayturi and from the current head of the order Shaykh Muhammad Murtada al-Boumas-houli as well as the latters preface.The Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib has long been famous among the Sufis for its balance between poems expressing direct spiritual experience and those in instruction on travelling the path.Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib may Allah be pleased with him was born circa 1290/1871 in Fez. He received a traditional education in fiqh and the sciences of Islam Iman and Ihsan. He was Maliki in fiqh Ashari in aqida and Darqawi-Shadhili in tariqa. Describing himself he said: Allah may He be exalted said: As for the blessing of your Lord - declare it. So let Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Amghari al-Hasani by lineage dwelling in Fez the poor slave of his Master yet enriched by Him with other-than-Him declare in speaking of Allahs blessing that idhn (authorisation) has come to him from Allah and the Messenger of Allah and all the awliya of Allah and that Allah has singled him out with sciences and secrets which only the unique man of Muhammad possesses.He died may Allah have mercy on him in 1391/1972 while on the way to Hajj and is buried in his zawiya in Meknes.