John McCain, you were a man of honour, and a warrior until the end, always championing the values in which you believed. A rare thing in politics, especially these days. R.I.P. 📿🙏🏻
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On the passing of Shaykh Sufi Abdullah Khan al-Naqshabandi
I have received news of the passing of my Murshid (Spiritual Guide) from this realm of existence to the next... Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon (Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return). May Allah grant our murshid Shaykh Sufi Muhammad Abdullah Khan al-Naqshabandi a blessed journey to the highest stations…Read more On the passing of Shaykh Sufi Abdullah Khan al-Naqshabandi
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz R.I.P.
People who have been following me for some years will know I'm not particularly a fan of Saudi Arabia. I therefore have mixed feelings on the passing of King Abdullah. Nevertheless, it is not my way to think ill of the dead... Without doubt, Saudi Arabia has many problems. How many of these the late…Read more King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz R.I.P.
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong “We have four seasons in our lives. First, springtime comes, second, summertime; the third season, autumn; the fourth one, winter. So many people may go during springtime, at the beginning or in the middle or the end. Some people come to summertime, also; at the beginning, the middle, or the end of…Read more Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani
Take Advantage Of 5 Matters Before 5 Other Matters
"Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth before you become old; your health before you fall sick; your wealth before you become poor; your free time before you become busy; your life before your death." ~ Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Narrated by ibn Abbas, from Musnad Imam Ahmad.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…
"One who truly has faith in Divine Providence, fears nothing; certainly not pastors, mullahs and other Southern Baptist types, with their dogma, fear-mongering, war-mongering, homophobia, islamophobia, anti-semitism and cultic conspiracy theories." ~ Paul Salahuddin Armstrong
When an egg is broken
"And in your own nature, and in [that of] all the animals which He scatters [over the earth] there are messages for people who are endowed with inner certainty." ~ Holy Qur'an 45:4 (M. Asad)
