Shaykh Abu Aaliyah (Surkheel Sharif) is an imam, author, translator, and Director of The Jawziyyah Institute. Abu Aaliyah has studied the Islamic sciences (theology, law, and spirituality) with a number of scholars, and has been involved in Islamic teaching both in the UK and abroad since the late 1980s. He has authored a number of books including The Golden Rule of Differing and The Exquisite Pearl, and has translated several books from Arabic to English. He has an MA in Islamic Studies, serves as an imam for Eman Foundation in London, and has appeared on radio and TV. Some of his lectures, articles, essays and videos can be found at thehumblei.com, www.facebook.com/Jawziyyah and www.twitter.com/Abu_Aaliyah. Abu Aaliyah lives in London with his wife and four grown children.