Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Title	Shaykh
Born	1954 (age 62–63) United States
Ethnicity	American
Era	Modern era
Region	Jordan
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni Islam
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Sharia, Hadith, Tafsir, Sufism
Sufi order	Shadhili

Nuh Ha Mim Keller (born 1954) is an Islamic scholar, teacher and author who lives in Amman. He is a translator of a number of Islamic books, a specialist in Islamic law, as well as being authorised by Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri as a Sheikh in the Shadhili Order.

Keller studied philosophy and Arabic at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles. Keller converted to Islam from Christianity in 1977. He then began a prolonged study of the Islamic sciences with prominent scholars in Syria and Jordan and was authorised as a Shaykh in 1995. Currently, Keller lives in Amman, Jordan.

His English translation of Umdat al-Salik, Reliance of the Traveller, (Sunna Books, 1991) is a Shafi'i manual of Shariah. It is the first Islamic legal work in a European language to receive the certification of Al-Azhar University. This translation has led to this work becoming influential among Western Muslims.

His other works include:

In addition to the above, he has produced the following books in Arabic:

He has also written numerous articles and is a regular contributor to Islamica Magazine and the website masud.co.uk.

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