The Diwan

Imam 'Abdallah al-Haddad, may Allah be pleased with him, is widely believed to have been the spiritual "renewer" of the twelfth Islamic century. A direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his sanctity and direct experience of God are clearly reflected in his writings. 

He compiled a number of books and litanies, the most famous being the Ratib and al-Wird al-Latif, and spiritual poetry.

The Diwan is the compilation of these spiritual poetries written by the imam. It is said that he placed his knowledge and his secrets in his diwan. He said that ‘the one who has the Diwan needs no other book’.

His poetry reached such a degree of acceptance that one of his verses was inscribed on the wall of the enclosure in which lies the grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

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