Shi‘a Sects (Kitab Firaq al-Shi‘a) mums Abi 'Umayr

Abi 'Umayr

He has been engaged in these activities across the United States and Canada for more than 15 years and promotes interfaith dialogue and supports community outreach initiatives

it has emerged as one of the important classics in its field and an indispensable tool for researchers on Islam

From his blessed birth

Later he was appointed as the principal of The Islamic College in London which has both seminary and university degrees on its educational programs

Shi‘a Sects (Kitab Firaq al-Shi‘a) mums Abi 'UmayrExperts on Islam consider Kitab Firaq al Shia a seminal work for two main reasons: First, it is the earliestwork on the subject that has survived in its entirety. Second, it is the earliest textbook that provides an Imami Shia perspective on the differences among, and origins of, the Islamic sects including a full exposition of various sects within Shiism. Since the German scholar, Helmut Ritter, published the first Arabic edition of the book in 1931,