I first came across this text when I was still a teenager, when it had first been translated then by Sayyida A`isha at-Turjumaan Bewley from Arabic into English. It was thus the first book that I had read on the science of Divine Unity. Some years later I received ijaaza in this text from my spiritual master, Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin ibn Adam al-Khateeb, may Allah be merciful to him and provide us with his baraka once who said about this text: “Shehu Uthman ibn Fuduye` composed this text during the beginning of his affair when he discovered that most of the people were ignorant of the science of the foundations of the religion. Thus , he composed the Kitaab Usuul ‘d-Deen in order to establish the common among the Muslims firmly upon what will suffice them with in this discipline. Thus, it is a fundamental text regarding the doctrine of beliefs of the common people and the beginner.” However, subsumed in this text is the nourishment and drink of those who have attained spiritual arrival and the knowers of Allah. I made the intention last in November of 2010, with the assistance of Allah ta`ala willing to compose a commentary upon the blessed book called Quut’l-`Aarifeen Fee Sharh `Ala Kitaab Usuul’d-Deen (the Nourishment of the Knowers of Allah Regarding a Commentary Upon the Book ‘the Foundation of the Religion’). Al-hamdulillahi almost one year later, I was able to complete this commentary, extracting the hidden mysteries, and treasures which Shehu Uthman ibn Fuduye` deposited in this concise text on the science of tawheed.
So, here we at the SIIASI (Sankore` Institute of Islamic-African Studies International) present to you the Kitaab Usuul ‘d-Deen along with its commentary: Quut’l-`Aarifeen Fee Sharh `Ala Kitaab Usuul’d-Deen (the Nourishment of the Knowers of Allah Regarding a Commentary Upon the Book ‘the Foundation of the Religion’). We present it so that it can be of benefit Allah willing for those whom He wills from His servants; and there is no power or might besides Allah the Exalted the Mighty. This text by the Light of the age, the renewer of the religion, the Imam of the awliyya, the Sword of Truth, the Amir’l-Mu’mineen Shehu Uthman ibn Fuduye`, may Allah ta`ala engulf him in His mercy Amen and benefit us by his baraka on the Day of Judgment; is indispensable for those desiring to know the fundamental doctrines of belief o f Islam, about which one will be questioned about on the Day of Judgment.
Shaykh Muhammad Shareef
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