Shaykh Ahmad Badawi Tayyib al-Asma
(Tr.) Hamza Yusuf and Asad Tarsin

"Only recently have many in the West begun to discover what ancient traditions have known for millennia: conscious spiritual practices enhance well-being, enrich experiences, imbue life with meaning, and mitigate or even eradicate stress and distractibility. Many recent studies show the benefits of being mindful. However, the preachers and proponents of such mindfulness use the term loosely to mean simply being present and aware of one's state. Rarely do they broach the question of what we should be mindful of..." — Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, in his Foreword.