the doctrines of the ahl al – Sunnah wa al – Jama ‘ah, and the attributes of God. His works on tasawwuf include the translation of al – Ghazali’s Bidayah al – Hidayah, eschatology, principles of tasawwuf and the tariqah of Shatariyyah and Sammaniyyah. Not all of his works have been recovered such as al – Qurb ila Allah, work on tasawwuf.