Saturday, February 11, 2006

About the Writer

Ash Shaykh Al Ustadh Ashaari Ibn Muhammad is a prolific writer. Since 1977 he has written over 70 books – more then 6 books on poetry and quotations, hundreds of thousands of prose, more than 5 titles on general lectures series and thirty over books on Islam ranging from Philosophical renditions and problem solving in the Islamic society. This is really astounding when we consider his other activities. He’s a Shaykh [religious leader] of an Islamic study group based in Malaysia but with students [Mureed] from all over the world.

He guides and instructs his students – requiring him to travel across the globe, and in the process meet renowned Muslim personalities world wide – Spiritual and religious leader, Scholars, political leaders, leaders of society, businessmen, Muslim intellectuals and the like. This is an almost never- ending process. He teaches students- both part time and full time students on all braches of Islamic knowledge, almost non-stop.

And in between such strenuous and diversified activities, , he manages to produce on the average, two books annually. His books, if we care to read are wholesome, forthright, practical and methodical approaches towards the understanding Islam in totality and its purity with implementation of Islamic tenets towards the formation of ideal Islamic Society and nation based on two sources; the Al Qur’an and the Prophetic Tradition.

If we follow his writings, without prejudice and malice, we will come to appreciate his simplistic yet practical methods in understanding and devising methods to abolish problem faced by Muslim Ummah [Community] and mankind at large.

Most importantly, the books portrays the feeling, believes, mentality and characterization of Ash Shaykh Al Ustadh Ashaari Ibn Muhammad and have become manifested in the activities of his students towards realization of Islamic resurgences in Malaysia and the world.