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.
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