The Heart of Tarim

The story of a Faqīr Muhammad Faheem Ridhwaan's journey;

from Salafī to Sūfī —
from dalālah to hudā,
from bid‘ah to Sunnah,
from harshness toward Muslims to a heart filled with love for them.

The Faqīr, Muhammad Faheem Ridhwaan, reflects on his transformative path to Tarīm and Dār al-Muṣṭafā, as a student and admirer of the noble Bā ʿAlawī Masters.

The work explores the profound concepts, understandings, and spiritual realities taught by the Habā’ib—the very teachings that have shaped Tarīm into a luminous, almost utopian Muslim society for centuries. From Hadramawt, these inheritors of Prophetic character carried Islam across the world with humility, service, and refined adab. The author has included a special section dealing with innovation in Islam.

For indeed, all the Sufi ṭuruq are but rays of the same Nūr.

A compilation of short impactful notes and insights on Tarim, Dar Al Mustafa and the Sada Ba Alawiyya, this book delves into why Sufism from a Bā Alawi perspective and why Sufism and a return to traditional asānīd are a necessary cure for the Ummah today!