Martin Lings

Martin Lings
Abū Bakr Sirāj al-Dīn
Lings in 2001
Title	Shaykh
Personal life
Born	(1909-01-24)24 January 1909 Burnage, Manchester, England
Died	12 May 2005(2005-05-12) (aged 96) Westerham, Kent, England
Era	Modern era
Notable work(s)	Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
Alma mater	Clifton College Magdalen College, Oxford School of Oriental and African Studies
Occupation	Islamic scholar, author, Shakespearean scholar
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Tariqa	Shadhili
Creed	Sunni
Movement	Traditionalist School

Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon^[1] and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare, he is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, first published in 1983 and still in print.