saying, "So, I now dis-associate myself from all activity involving the Islamic gold dinar and silver dirham". The other major condition of a correct Zakat, he argued, is the existence of personal rule, or Amirate, since Zakat is, by Qur'anic injunction, accepted rulings and established practice, taken by the leader, not given as a voluntary sadaqa. Death As-Sufi died on 1 August 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa at the age of 91. Authorship The author of more than 20 books and several essays and articles, his books include: The Book of Strangers, (State Univ of New York Press, 1972, ) The Way of Muhammad, an existential exposition of the pillars of Islam from the perspective of Sufism (Diwan Press, 1975, ) Indications From Signs, (Diwan Press, June 1980, ) The Hundred Steps, a classic work on key steps in the path of Sufism (Portobello Press, ) Qur'anic Tawhid, (Diwan Press, 1981, ) Letter to An African Muslim, (Diwan Press, 1981, ) Kufr – An Islamic Critique, (Diwan Press, 1982, ASIN: B0007C6U32) Root Islamic Education, written on the school of the people of Madinah under the leadership of Imam Malik (Madinah Press, June 1993, ) Oedipus and Dionysus (Freiburg Verlag, 1992, ) The Sign of the Sword, an examination on the judgements on jihād in the light of classical works of fiqh, particularly al-Qawanin al-fiqhiyyah of Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi, relating it to the contemporary situation and the global dominance of world banking and usury finance. (Diwan Press, 1984, ) The Return of the Khalifate, a historical work on the Ottomans, their demise and its causes and an exposition of a route to the recovery of the khalifate (Madinah Press, 1996, ) The Technique of the Coup de Banque on the modern age since its inception in the French Revolution. (Kutubia Mayurqa, 2000, ) The New Wagnerian (Budgate Press, 2001, ) Letter to an Arab Muslim (Editorial Kutubia Mayorqa, 2001, ) Sultaniyya is a modern statement on leadership in Islam. Abdalqadir surveys Islam under the chapter headings Deen, Dawla (polity), Waqf, Trade, the Sultan – personal rule – and Tasawwuf. (Madinah Press, Cape Town, 2002, OCLC: 50875888) Commentary on Surat al-Waqi’a (Madinah Press, 2004, ) Collected Works (Budgate Press, 2005, ) The Book of Tawhid (Madinah Press, 2006, ) The Time of the Bedouin (Budgate Press, 2007, ) The Book of Hubb (Madinah Press, 2007, ) The Book of 'Amal (Madinah