Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “O my father! Do as you are commanded. You will find me, God willing, among those who are patient.”~ Ishmael (AS), Holy Quran 37:102 In this week's sohbet, I discuss Love and Sacrifice, what is Love, different types of Love and how Eid al-Adha is really a celebration of the Love that…Read more Sufi Meditation 11.07.2022
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Eid Mubarak 🎉
May Allah ﷻ accept your prayers and good deeds on this and every year. I pray you and your loved ones are well, healthy and safe. Amin. 🤲🏻 Wishing everyone a very happy and blessed Eid al-Adha! 🙏🏻🎉😁 Allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala ali sayyidina Muhammadin adada man yusalli alayhi. Allahumma salli ala…Read more Eid Mubarak 🎉
Friday Reflections 08.07.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read from Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah's book, “The Path of Peace: A Vision for a Peaceful World” (2022), pages 4-10, where the Shaykh discusses the importance of refocusing on a path of peaceful reconciliation to present conflicts among Muslims and in the Middle East, which would be best for…Read more Friday Reflections 08.07.2022
Sufi Meditation 04.07.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches God: what reaches Him is your piety. Thus He has made them subject to you, so that you may glorify God for having guided you. And give good news to those who do their best at whatever they do.”~ Holy Quran 22:37…Read more Sufi Meditation 04.07.2022
Friday Reflections 01.07.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the sohbet, “The Unique Path” by Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani from his book, “Banquet for the Soul” (2008), pages 46-59. May Allah ﷻ grant us that we transcend our egos, keep patience, and hold fast to the noble ways and guidance of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ…Read more Friday Reflections 01.07.2022
Wisdom Lives Forever
“As to [the evidence of the value of knowledge in] the sayings of the Companions (al-āthār), Ali ibn-abi-Talib said to Kumayl, ‘O thou perfect of knowledge! Knowledge is better than riches; for knowledge guardeth thee whereas thou guardest riches. Knowledge governs while riches are governed. Riches diminish with spending but knowledge increases therewith.’ And again.…Read more Wisdom Lives Forever
Friday Reflections 24.06.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read part of the opening section of Imam Al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum Al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), The Book of Knowledge, translated by Nabih Amin Faris (1988), pages 2-10, and discuss the importance of learning within Islam. Allah ﷻ inspire us to be among those who learn, increase…Read more Friday Reflections 24.06.2022
Sufi Meditation 20.06.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet ﷺ said, “The believer is the believer's mirror, and the believer is the believer's brother who guards him against loss and protects him when he is absent.”(Abu Dawud, 4918) In this week's sohbet, I discuss the purification of the heart and how we are likened to mirrors and…Read more Sufi Meditation 20.06.2022
Polish Your Heart 💖
“Like a polished mirror can reflect Light, only a polished heart can reflect Love.” ~ Paul Salahuddin Armstrong
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 