Abdul Qadir al-Jilani

Friday Reflections 27.11.2020

Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Reading is good and beneficial to our hearts and souls, especially reading the works of scholars and saints. We may even find things written long ago that apply even more today then when first written. This week I read and discuss The Thirty-Third Discourse in The Removal of Cares (Jalā…Read more Friday Reflections 27.11.2020

Friday Reflections 14.08.2020

Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. This week I discuss a question about Hadra and Sufism, and close with a reading of The Thirteen Letter of Fifteen Letters by Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani which concerns the significance of the Quranic verse, “Allah is the Light of the heavens and earth” (24:35). Don't let the bidah brigade make…Read more Friday Reflections 14.08.2020

Friday Reflections 07.08.2020

Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. This week I read and discuss The First Letter of Fifteen Letters by Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani which concerns the initial stage of attraction by the Truth (jadhbat al-Haqq). An interesting point about this letter, and indeed all the letters in the book, are the extensive references to the Holy Quran.…Read more Friday Reflections 07.08.2020