Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Shah Naqshband: Part 2 I read and discuss the life and teachings of Shaykh Muhammad Bahauddin Shah Naqshband from the book, “The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, pages 167-177. May Allah ﷻ bless our shaykhs and…Read more Friday Reflections 03.09.2021
Awliya
Patience Is The Door To Paradise
If you wish to reach where Awliya Allah reached, you have to be patient on bala, affliction. That is the door to Paradise, because when Allah ﷻ sends afflictions and you continue on your path without looking here and there, you reach that door. Do not fight with people for certain issues. If someone wants…Read more Patience Is The Door To Paradise
Tribute by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani ❤️
From the book "Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition" (2003)Shah Bahauddin Naqshband (q) was born on 14 Muharram, 717 Hijri/1317 CE, in the village of Qasr al-’Arifan near Bukhara. Allah granted him miraculous powers in his childhood. He had been taught about the secret of this tariqat by his first teacher, Sayyid Muhammad Baba…Read more Tribute by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani ❤️
Friday Reflections 27.08.2021
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the life and teachings of Shaykh Muhammad Bahauddin Shah Naqshband from the book, “The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, pages 159-167. May Allah ﷻ bless our shaykhs and raise their stations in…Read more Friday Reflections 27.08.2021
Friday Reflections 20.08.2021
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the life and teachings of Shaykh Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani from the book, “The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, pages 125-135. May Allah ﷻ bless our shaykhs and raise their stations in the…Read more Friday Reflections 20.08.2021
Hold The Hand Of Awliya’ullah
Awliyaullah (Friends of Allah) are like the circumference of a circle. The circle is composed of points. On its circumference there are countless points. Yet the circle’s center consists of but a single point, and from that point each saint receives light and power. The radii of the circle extend to every point on the…Read more Hold The Hand Of Awliya’ullah
Friday Reflections 16.07.2021
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak. 🙏🏻 Congratulations to all the graduating University of Birmingham students. Wishing you every success in the next chapters of your lives and careers. In this week's Friday Reflections I read and discuss the sohbet, "The Importance of Finding An Inheritor Of The Prophet For Understanding The Quran", from the book…Read more Friday Reflections 16.07.2021
Friday Reflections 25.06.2021
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak. 🙏🏻 In this week's Friday Reflections I read and discuss the sohbet "We'll Never Walk Alone" about Mawlana Shaykh Nazim's last few years, from the book, Holy Legacy (2014) by Shaykh Bahauddin Adil, pages 40-57. May Allah ﷻ bless us all and guide our hearts in the ways of love,…Read more Friday Reflections 25.06.2021
Saints of Allah (08.02.2021)
Sohbet by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil ق “In the sight of Allah ﷻ, there are certain precious and valuable people whom He loves. They are the Awliya, Saints of Allah ﷻ. Awliya could be anybody, they do not necessarily have to show Karāmāt (miraculous deeds). The Awliya are those whom Allah ﷻ loves, His beloved…Read more Saints of Allah (08.02.2021)
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