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Sh. Nuh Keller Articles
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Nuh Ha Mim Keller, American Muslim translator and specialist in Islamic Law. Born in 1954 in the north-western United States,
was educated in philosophy and Arabic at the University of Chicago and UCLA. He entered Islam in 1977 at al-Azhar in Cairo, and later studied the traditional Islamic Sciences of hadith, Shafi’i and Hanafi jurisprudence, legal methodology (usul al-fiqh), and tenets of faith (`aqidah) in Syria and Jordan, where he has lived since 1980. His English translation of `Umdat al-Salik [The Reliance of the Traveller] (1250 pp., Sunna Books, 1991) is the first Islamic legal work in a European language to receive the certification of al-Azhar, the Muslim world’s oldest institution of higher learning. He also possesses ijazas or “certifiates of authorisation” in Islamic jurisprudence from sheikhs in Syria and Jordan.
His Other translations and works include: Al-Maqasid: Imam Nawawi’s Manual of Islam; The Sunni Path: A Handbook of Islamic Belief; and Tariqa Notes (handbook for those on the Shadhilli path of tasawwuf). He is currently translating Imam Nawawi’s Kitab al-Adhkar [The Book of Rememberance of Allah], a compendium of some 1227 hadiths on prayers and dhikrs of the prophetic sunna. He is also completing a work on the issue of the Qibla which will be available soon.
Some Audio Durus [lessons] are available on the site Unto The One.
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Aqida
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Islam and Evolution: a letter to Suleman Ali
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On the validity of all religions in the thought of ibn Al-‘Arabi and Emir ‘Abd al-Qadir: a letter to `Abd al-Matin
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Literalism and the Attributes of Allah
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Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Dawud al-Dhahiri and ibn Hazm
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Re-Forming Classical Texts
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Imam Ash’ari Repudiating Asha’rism?
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Ibn Taymiya and Ibn Kathir
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Kalam and Islam
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A Letter to Christians in the Ukraine
Biography
Conversion Stories
Fiqh
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Etiquettes of Reading and Handling the Qur’an al-Kareem, al-Qurtubi
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On Keeping the Beard
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Why Does One Have to Follow a Madhhab?
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Why Muslims Follow Madhhabs?
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The Concept of Bid’a in the Islamic Shari’a
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Reliance of the Traveller
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What did you set out to do when you began translating the Reliance of the Traveller?
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Who or what is a Salafi? Is their approach valid?
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Which of the four orthodox madhhabs has the most developed fiqh for Muslims living as minorities?
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What is a Madhhab? Why is it necessary to follow one?
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Do Ibn Baz and al-Albani Have Ijazas?
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Why Does One Have to Follow a Madhhab?
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Would you advise individuals to study hadith from al-Bukhari and Muslim on their own?
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What is the meaning of qawwamuna as used in Surat al-Nisa’, verse 34?
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What is the distinction between hadith and Sunna?
History
Inter-Faith
Islam
Lecture Transcripts
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The Place of Tasawwuf in Traditional Islamic Sciences
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Literalism and the Attributes of Allah
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Why Muslims Follow Madhhabs?
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The Concept of Bid’a in the Islamic Shari’a
Miscellaneous
Qur'an
Sept 11
Sufism
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The Place of Tasawwuf in Traditional Islamic Sciences
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How would you respond to the Claim that Sufism is bid’a?
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Book of Wisdoms: al-Hikam al-‘Ata’iyya
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The Woman: a parable
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The Adab of Sunna
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The Adab of Islam
The Masud Questions
The Prophet
His Qualities
Other Articles
The Q-News Aricles
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What did you set out to do when you began translating the Reliance of the Traveller?
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How would you respond to the Claim that Sufism is bid’a?
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Who or what is a Salafi? Is their approach valid?
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Which of the four orthodox madhhabs has the most developed fiqh for Muslims living as minorities?
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Would you advise individuals to study hadith from al-Bukhari and Muslim on their own?
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What is the meaning of qawwamuna as used in Surat al-Nisa’, verse 34?
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What is the distinction between hadith and Sunna?
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