Sohbet on the times of prayer (salah/namaz) and how these indicate how we benefit from being more tuned in to ourselves and natural cycles, this being a path to achieving harmony in ourselves, our families, and our communities. Correction: I said in Ramadan we stop fasting at Sehri, when I obviously meant we stop eating…Read more Sohbet 03.09.2020
Islam
Imam Hussain
Imam Hussain courageously stood with only 72 people, and then alone, upholding Islam, liberty, justice, and human rights. When he was mercilessly slaughtered, Yazid thought he'd won. Oh how mistaken he was... Yazid died 3 years later. Today, Hussain’s standard flies high in Karbala and in the hearts of people around the world. Nor is…Read more Imam Hussain
Ashura 2020
Allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala ali sayyidina Muhammadin wa barik wa sallim. Oh Allah, send blessings and peace on our master Muhammad, and the family of our master Muhammad. 📿💓🤲🏻🌹💐
Friday Reflections 28.08.2020
Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. This week I read part of the sohbet “Shaitan’s Mission” by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani in the book, “Through the Eye of the Needle” (2007). I then reflect on some points and the fact that our focus is all wrong today. Instead of focussing on what holds importance and true…Read more Friday Reflections 28.08.2020
Sohbet 27.08.2020
Sohbet on the lessons to be learned from the events of Karbala, and some thoughts on how we should be inspired by them and how these lessons should inform our lives today, whether on a small or large scale depending on individual influence and capacities. May Allah bless Imam Hussain, on whom be peace, and…Read more Sohbet 27.08.2020
What Causes Fights & Quarrels?
“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you…Read more What Causes Fights & Quarrels?
For evil to bend its knees…
“I had to force myself to bend my knees. And waves of shame and embarrassment would force me back up. For evil to bend its knees, admitting its guilt, to implore the forgiveness of God, is the hardest thing in the world. It's easy for me to see and to say that now. But then,…Read more For evil to bend its knees…
Friday Reflections 21.08.2020
Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. Happy New Year! 🎉 Reading from Muhammad ﷺ The Messenger of Islam, His Life and Prophecy, by Hajjah Amina Adil, we remember and reflect upon the Hijra migration of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his companions to Medina and the great courage, loyalty, and devotion of Imam Ali, on whom be peace.…Read more Friday Reflections 21.08.2020
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 