An exploration of the spiritual path of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returns with renowned scholar Imam Adeyinka Muhammad Mendes guiding us through a collection of 40 hadith with commentary by 20th-century sage Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari.

Imam Mendes is director of the Garden of Knowledge Academy and founder of the Bilal Spiritual Center for Peace, the Arts, and Consciousness. An Ohio native with Yoruba, Brazilian, and African-American ancestry, he embraced Islam at seventeen and went on to study history at Morehouse College and Arabic at the Ohio State University, as well as the Islamic sciences primarily in Syria, Mauritania, Nigeria, and the United States. Imam Mendes is particularly passionate about environmental justice, women's empowerment, and uplifting African-Americans with knowledge of their vast spiritual, intellectual, and sociocultural legacy.

Watch Imam Mendes' Deep Sunnah class past recordings here: youtube.com/wasatseattle