Al-Murshid Al-Mu`een, Ibn Ashir Abd Al-Wahid

Al-Murshid al-Mueen is a widely recognised primary text for learning Islam in North Africa. In it the author, Abd al-Wahid ibn Ashir, summarises in verse the three sciences of Islam, Iman and Ihsan: Maliki fiqh, Ashari aqida and Junaidi tasawwuf. This is its first complete translation into English. Dr. Asadullah Yate is also the translator of Shaykh Ahmad bin al-Bashir al-Qalawi ash-Shinqitis (1216 AH/1802 CE- 1276 AH/1853 CE) Mufid al-Ibad, a very full commentary on al-Murshid al-Mueen, which is published by Diwan Press in English as Islam in the School of Madina.

It is usually approached after learning al-Mukhtasar al-Akhdari. From the Murshid, the student then proceeds to the Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani.