Mufid al-\'Ibad, of which this book is a translation, is a summation of all the previous commentaries on the work of Ibn \'Ashir on Ash\'ari \'aqida, Maliki fiqh and Junaydi tasawwuf and is augmented not infrequently by the author\'s own subtle understanding of the finer aspects of the \'amal of the people of Madina.
Shaykh Ahmad bin al-Bashir Al-Qalawi Ash-Shinqiti (1216 AH/1802 CE- 1276 AH/1853 CE), whose lineage can be traced to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, came from a family and tribe in present day Mau.
Mufid al-\'Ibad, of which this book is a translation, is a summation of all the previous commentaries on the work of Ibn \'Ashir on Ash\'ari \'aqida, Maliki fiqh and Junaydi tasawwuf and is augmented not infrequently by the author\'s own subtle understanding of the finer aspects of the \'amal of the people of Madina
