Shaykh Abdal Hakim on Modernity

This is an excellent talk by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad of Cambridge University on what the Muslim response to Modernism ought to be.

The Prophetic Beauty

 

“Mine eye has not beheld one as beautiful as you

Nor has a woman ever given birth to such perfection of form”

Sayyidna Hassan Ibn Thabit (ra)

“The Prophet’s complete beauty has not been fully manifested, for if it was disclosed to us in full, our eyes would be unable to behold him. The similes, therefore, that are used to describe him are only for the sake of approximating and drawing similitudes, for the Prophet’s essence is far too exquisite and his honor is far loftier.”

Imam al-Qurtubi

See Glimpses of Prophetic Beauty for some wonderfully detailed accounts.

Salat al Azeemiyya

I wrote about the wonderful and precious  ijaza of Shaykh Saleh al-Jafari, the great saint and scholar, to all for recitation of this great prayer on the Holy Prophet (alayhi salatu wa s-salam) here. As we are in  the blessed month of Rabi al Awwal, the month in which the Messanger of God, Sayyidna Muhammad (alayhi salatu wa s-salam) was born it seemed fitting that the text of this durood sharif be shared with all that visit this blog so that they may partake of its immense blessings.

Salat al Azeemiyya (Arabic Text)

“O Allah, I ask by the Light of  Face of God, the Great

Which filled pillars of the Throne of God, the Great

and by it are upheld the worlds of God, the Great,

To send blessings upon our Master Muhammad of tremendous worth, and upon the family of the Prophet of God, the Great,
as much as the greatness of the Essence of God, the Great

In every glance and in every breath, as numerous as all that is contained within the Knowledge of God, the Great.

A prayer that is perpetual in the perpetuity of God, the Great

In glorification of your worth, O our Master Muhammad, O you of the a nature most great ,

and send peace upon him and his family just as much,

and join him with me, just as You joined the spirit with the soul,outwardly and inwardly, in wakefulness and in sleep

And make him, O Lord, a soul for my body in every aspect,
In the here and now, before the next world to come, O God the Great.”