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Archive for April, 2009

Remembering Shahab Sahib (ra)

Posted in Books, Saints, Shahabiyat on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Found this post about Hz Shahab (ra) today. It gives some background and has some pictures from the Shahab Nama. If you’ve wanted background information about Shahab sahib, you’re in luck. Take a look here.

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Gateway to Divine Mercy

Posted in Ibn Arabi, Islam, Saints, Sufism on April 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This spells out the specific calling of this great wali of Allah (swt).

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Death Anniversary of Hz Allama (ra)

Posted in Culture, Iqbaliat, Islam, Music on April 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I was reminded by a fellow enthusiast that it being the 21st of April, it is Allama sahib’s death anniversary today. At the moment I’m not in a position to offer anything original but I thought I should do something to mark the day. So here is Ustad Nusrat singing his famous poem “khudi ka [...]

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Qad Kafani Ilmu Rabbi by Imam al-Haddad(ra)

Posted in Culture, Islam, Music, Poetry on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The famous qasida of the great Imam Abdullah al-Haddad(ra) of Hadramawt.

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Ya Tayba with Words

Posted in Culture, Islam, Music, Poetry on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s the popular Arabic poem with the words and English translation. My apologies to those that made specific requests for lyrics/downloads etc to be sent to them.

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Sayyidna Shaykh Abdal Qadir Jilani (ra) Pt 3

Posted in Books, Islam, Saints, Sufism on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Final part of the reminder of  the great Shaykh’s teachings:
The Shaykh (may God be pleased with him) said: Proper behavior [husn al-adab] is called for in two instances: in the renunciation of this world and in the acceptance of it. You must not go into seclusion with ignorance for company. Do not make a practice [...]

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Sayyidna Shaykh Abdal Qadir Jilani (ra) pt 2

Posted in Books, Islam, Saints, Shariah, Sufism on April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It was in the schoolhouse, in the late evening of Tuesday, the 19th of Shawwal, A.H. 545, that the Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him) said:
The pious pretender [mura'i] wears clean clothes, but his heart is filthy. He abstains from permissible things, and is too lazy to earn a livelihood. He eats off [...]

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Sayyidna Shaykh Abdal Qadir Jilani (ra)

Posted in History, Islam, Saints, Scholars, Sufism on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Sayyidna Shaykh Abdal Qadir (ra) is amongst the greatest awliya that this ummah has produced. In fact it would probably not be incorrect to say that he is perhaps the only global saint revered by muslims from East to West. He passed away on the 11th Rabi’ as-Sani in 561AH/1166AD. Many gatherings are held around [...]

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Wean Yourself!

Posted in Books, Islam, Rumi, Sufism on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“Wean Yourself”
Little by little, wean yourself.
This is the gist of what I have to say.
From an embryo, whose nourishment
comes in the blood,
move to an infant drinking milk,
to a child on solid food,
to a searcher after wisdom
to a hunter of more invisible game.
Think how it is to have a conversation with an embryo.
You might say, “The [...]

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Signs For Seekers

Posted in Hikam, Islam, Saints, Sufism on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A sign of compliance with passion (hawa’) is haste in supererogatory good deeds (nawafil) and sluggishness is fulfilling obligations (wajibat).
A sign of the heart’s death is the absence of sadness over acts of obedience that you have neglected and the abandonment of regret over mistakes that you have made.
Among the signs of success at the [...]

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