His Passing
Shaykh Seraj was born in Cape Town on the 12th of November, 1955, in the…
Trainer of Hearts and Souls
Much like his own shaykh, Sayyid Muhammad b. ʿAlawī al-Mālikī, Shaykh Seraj’s activity was in…
A Scholar Formed Between Makka and the Cape
Azzawia is a unique, special tradition. Shaykh Seraj and Shaykh Ahmad were the third generation…
Radical Traditionalism: The Scholar and the Struggle
Shaykh Seraj Hendricks had been actively engaged in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa during…
A Concise Introduction to Sayyid Muhammad b. Alawi al-Maliki
On the 15th of Ramadan 1425 (29 October 2004), just before dawn, the shaykh of…
Travelling Toward and Being With Allah: إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى رَبِّي · إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي
Two Prophetic Utterances as the Grammar of Iḥsān The Two Āyāt There are two verses…
Murāqaba: The Foundation of Ascent
As we continue our discussion, we advise the reader to recall the original Note Before…
al-Sayyid Muhammad b. Alawi al-Maliki
The Noble Lineage, a Comprehensive Biography, and some of his Writings On the 15th of…
The Two Clauses of Iḥsān: On Murāqaba, Mushāhada, and the Architecture of the Spiritual Life
A Note Before Reading The terms used in what follows in this series carry meanings…