Shah Shahidullah Faridi

Shah Shahidullah Faridi, born John Gilbert Lennard and raised in a wealthy English family, left his home in search of a Sufi shaykh. We are met with the Chishti Sabri Shaykh, Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah, who Faridi pledged allegiance to, later becoming his spiritual successor. He lived in Karachi for three decades until his death in Ramadan 1978.

What is Paradigms of Leadership?

Muslim history brims with detailed accounts of incredible leaders. Some are better known than others but they all demonstrated a range of beautiful leadership qualities that we can learn from today.

In Paradigms of Leadership – an ongoing Lecture Series – Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad chooses exemplary figures in Islamic history of every generation, geography and gender, drawing out particular lessons for us: both in the way they carried themselves through society and in the principles they employed in handling the urgent challenges of their day.