Ramadan - The Doors of Mercy | Imam Abdul Latif Finch (USA) | Sunday 15th July 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We pray this email reaches all in a state of well-being .
For the first time in Lancashire, Unity Foundation are excited and proud to host a highly esteemed speaker from California, Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch who will deliver a special presentation…
The Doors of Mercy
The Spiritual and Physical Virtues of Ramadan
‘’Whoever fasts during Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah’s rewards, then all his past
Sins will be forgiven’’ - (Sahih al-Bukhari)
Special Guest Speaker
Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch
Student of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf & Imam Zaid Shakir
Join us for an evening of Spiritual inspiration and enrichment!
Date: Sunday 15th July, 2012
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Venue: Recycling Lives Centre
Essex Street, Deepdale
FREE EVENT | ALL WELCOME | QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION | NOT TO BE MISSED!
Please confirm your place by emailing: email@example.com or text/call: 07794949217 to avoid disappointment
We hope to see you soon inshallah.
Please keep us in your prayers.
Biography of Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch
Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch is an American Muslim Lecturer, Teacher, and Da’ee. After converting to Islam, he began seeking sacred knowledge and eventually in 2002 moved his family to the San Francisco Bay Area to study and be amongst the first students of the Zaytuna Institute (now Zaytuna College) where he earned his ijazaa in Islamic Sciences including; Quranic Sciences, Hadith, Maliki and Shafi’i Jurisprudence, Usul Fiqh, Seerah, Logic, and Arabic Grammar and Morphology under the tutelage of noted scholars; Shaykh Hamza Yusef, Shaykh Salik bin Siddina, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Abdur Rahman Taahir, Qari Umar Bellahi, Shaykh Abdullah Ali, and Shaykh Yahya Rhodus.
Since graduating in 2008, Muhammad Abdul Latif has continued his studies under Dr. Umar Farooq Abdullah, Shaikh Abdallah Bin Bayyah. He was appointed as a Muqaddam of the Tariqa Tijaani by Shaykh Mahi Cisse. Under the guidance of Imam Zaid Shakir, Muhammad Abdul Latif co-founded the Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland, California where he served as the Imam till 2012. In addition he became a program developer for Deen Intensive Foundation, Seekers Guidance and assisted Zaytuna College 's Summer Arabic Intensive program.
Muhammad Abdul Latif is currently residing in Berkeley, California where he is pursuing a Master's degree in Philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, a member of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
He has recently translated Maqamaat Al Deen Ath Thalaath (The Three Levels of Deen) by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse, awaiting publication and regularly contributes to both the Faydah Institute and Floodplains.
He also regularly teaches classes in Berkeley with a speciality in the Hikams of Ibn Ata’Illah and has given talks in Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Burkina Faso