The Sublime Truths of the Shadhili Path by Imam Al-Suyuti

In this concise yet potent treatise, the great polymath and hadith master Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911 AH) offers a powerful affirmation of the spiritual legitimacy, doctrinal soundness, and elevated rank of the Shādhilī path. Tāyīd al-Ḥaqīqa al-ʿĀliyya wa Tashyīd al-Ṭarīqa al-Shādhiliyya—translated here for the first time into English—defends the Sufi path against distortion and suspicion, and affirms its rootedness in the Qur’an, Sunnah, and the way of the early righteous.

Drawing upon a vast reservoir of scriptural evidence and scholarly consensus, al-Suyūṭī responds to critics of Sufism and clarifies the reality (ḥaqīqa) that lies at the heart of the Shādhilī tradition. This work is both a defense and a declaration: of love for God, following the Prophet ﷺ, and walking the path of inner purification under the guidance of realized saints.

Essential for students of Islamic spirituality, theology, and history, this translation offers a rare glimpse into how one of Islam’s most prolific scholars championed the inner path—grounded not in speculation or excess, but in knowledge, discipline, and divine presence.

This is the translation of Imam al-Suyuti’s risala ‘Tayid al-Haqiqa al-Aliya wa Tashyid al-Tariqa Shadhiliya’ – on the Shadhili Tariqa. Imam al-Suyuti who was a Shadhili himself writes writes in erudition about tasawuff and its place as an essential traditional Islamic science. An essential read – the book is further enhanced by notes by Shaykh Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili took the Path from Shaykh ‘Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish, who took it from Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Madani, and so on back one by one to al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first qutb. The reason why the shaykhs of the Path of Sufi initiation have to be listed in this way is because it is a matter of transmission, and transmission requires a chain. Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili would be visited by scholars, such as Sultan al-‘Ulama Shaykh ‘Izz al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Salam and Shaykh Taqi al-Din ibn Daqiq al-‘Id.

• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
• ISBN ‏ : ‎ 978-1909460041
  
• Weight: 350g