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Al-Murshid al-Mu een is a widely recognised primary text for learning Islam in North Africa. In it the author, Abd al-Wahid ibn Ashir, summarises in verse the three sciences of Islam, Iman and Ihsan: Maliki fiqh, Ash ari aqida and Junaidi tasawwuf. This is its first complete translation into English. Dr. Asadullah Yate is also the translator of Shaykh Ahmad bin al-Bashir al-Qalawi ash-Shinqiti s (1216 AH 1802 CE- 1276 AH 1853 CE) Mufid al- Ibad, a very full commentary on al-Murshid al-Mu een, which is published by Diwan Press in English as Islam in the School of Madina .