Sufis and Sufism:  A Defence 
By  Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Hayy al-'Amrawi and  Shaykh Abdu'l-Karim Murad Of the Qarawwiyyin Mosque, Fes
Introduction By   Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi 
Translated by Aisha Bewley 
Publisher: Madinah Press (2004) 
Pages: 238  Hardcover w/ dust jacket 
ISBN: 0620319208 

Description from the publisher: 

Madinah Press have just published a very important book, ‘Sufis and Sufism: a Defence’, that has been written by two of the leading ‘ulema of Morocco with the dual purpose of defending one of the Ummah’s greatest and most distinguished sons, Shaykh Dr. Muhammad ‘Alawi al-Maliki, while at the same time providing an overall defence of Sufis and Sufism, significantly including the positive opinions of Ibn Taymiyya, Al-Jawziyya and Ibn Abdulwahhab.

Contents include:

- An Open Letter to the Ummah
- The adab of debate
- The evils of Kitab al-Hiwar
- The Mawlid of the Prophet
- Seeking Mediation (Tawassul)
- What is permitted in seeking intercession with the Messenger?
- Defence of Tasawwuf (includes description of Tasawwuf and what exactly it is, talks about the sufi shaykhs and diffrent zawiyas; The Wazzani Zawiya and so forth)
- And plenty more!

"This allows us to conclude that the protection of Sufism and the Sufis will strengthen the Shariat and secure the Islamic state for its people, while to follow the deviant sect of Arabistan will lead to the enslavement of all of our people." - A quote from the book.

About the Translator: Aisha Abdurrahman at Tarjumana Bewley is one today’s most prolific translators of classical Arabic work into English. Aisha Bewley not only understands Arabic but she is also aware of the basic meanings and nature of teachings and history of Islam. Her knowledge is born of experience and direct transmission, not merely academic theory and learning by rote. For more than twenty-five years she has been concerned with making the contents of many classical works in Arabic more Accessible to English-speaking readers for the first time, including Ash-Shifa of Qadi “Iyad.