My story

Sheikh Deniz Tezcan (Abu Hurayra Daniyal b. Kaashif b. Kamal b. Kaashif b. Ahmet al-Hollandi al-Naqshbandi al-Hanbali), born and residing in the Netherlands, is an actively involved Imam, Theologian and consultant to natural and legal persons. He is the author of several books on Islam. On this website, Deniz writes pieces on Tafsir (exegesis and interpretation of the Noble Quran), publishes his given Khutbahs as well as answers to questions posed by his students and other interested parties.

Sheikh Deniz has spent many years taking intensive private lessons from various imams and Islamic scholars at local and international mosques. During these lessons, he took classes in Fiqh, Hadith, Tafsir, Aqeedah and Kalam from various scholars in addition to instrumental sciences. The Sheikh has received oral and written permissions (Idjaza) from various scholars from Istanbul and Cairo to conduct Islamic courses and spread knowledge.

Sheikh Deniz specializes in:

• Fiqh al-Hanbali

• Islamic finance law

• Mustalah al-Hadith

• Genuine Tasawwuf (Naqshbandi & Qadiri Turuq)

Books studied

This is not a complete list, work in progress

• Aqeedah

  • Usool as-Sunnah by Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal

  • Lumah al-Itiqad by Imam ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi

  • Dham at-Tawil by Imam ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi

  • Siraat al-Mustaqeem by Imam ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi

  • Aqida al-Tahawiyya by Abu Jafar at-Tahawi

  • Aqidah Al-Waasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islaam ibn Taymiyya

  • Fuyudaat al-Rabbaaniyyah by Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

  • Qala-id al-Iqyan by Shaykh ibn Balban

  • Al-Rad ala l-Zanadiqa wal-Jahmiya by Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal

• Fiqh

  • al-Kaafi by Imam ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi

  • al-Mughni by Imam ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi

  • Dalil al-Talib by Mari b. Yusuf al-Karmi

  • Rawd al-Murbi' Sharh Zad al-Mustaqni by Mansur Ibn Yunus Al-Buhuti

  • Al-Iqna' li Talib al-Intifa' by Imam al-Hajjawi

  • Sharh Muntaha al-Iraadat by Mansur Ibn Yunus Al-Buhuti

  • Umdat ut-Talib li Nayl al-Maarib by Mansur Ibn Yunus Al-Buhuti

  • Bidayaah al-Abid by Shaykh al-Ba'li

• Hadith

  • al-Sihah al-Sitta

  • Fath al-Bari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari by Imam ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

  • Al-Sharh al-Kabir 'ala Kitab al-Mawqidhah fi Mustalah by Shams al-Din Al-Dhahabi

  • Risalah al-Imam Abi Dawood by Imam Abu Dawood

• Tasawwuf

  • Sirr al-Asrar by Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

  • Ghunyah lil-Taalibi Tariq al-Haqq by Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

  • Madaarij al-Saalikeen by Imam ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya

  • Risale-i Kudsiyye by Shaykh Mahmud al-Ufi

  • Risale-i Halidiyye by Shaykh Khalid al-Baghdadi

  • Rabıta, Tevessül Ve Teberruk by Shaykh Mahmud al-Ufi

• Other

  • Al-Radd Ala man Ittaba Ghayr al-Madhahib al-Arba by Imam ibn Rajab