All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
We have already issued Fatwa 81873 warning against the book “Shams Al-Ma’aarif” as it contains magic, falsehood and acts that take a person out of the fold of Islam.
As regards its author, he is a Sufi and it is said that he was born in Boonah (Annaba) in Algeria, in 520 A.H. and he died in 622 A.H.
Allaah Knows best.