A Glimpse of the Zawq of Pir Naseeruddin Naseer (ra)

This was a man of many colours and this is one of them.

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Sayyidna Shaykh Abdal Qadir Jilani (ra)

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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Pir Syed Naseeruddin Naseer Also Passes

Golra ka aik aur chand gharoob ho gya!
Pir Syed Naseeruddin Naseer (ra) departed from this world on Friday 13th. He is said to have been preparing for the Friday prayer. Apart from being a scion of the celebrated saadat of Golra Sharif he was also an accomplished poet and scholar. In the ultra conservative world [...]

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The Passing Of Shaykh Ahmad Habbal (RA)

Shaykh Ahmad Habbal ar-Rifai has passed away in Damascus this week. The passing of such men is a great loss for the ummah and indeed for the whole world whether people know it or not. Shaykh Ahmad was one the greatest awliya of our times and one of the oldest shaykhs in Shaam being well [...]

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A New Find-Cambridge Khutbas

Many people have probably heard of the famous Khutbas of Madras by Syed Sulaiman Nadwi or the Khutbas of Allahabad by Allama Iqbal but have you heard of the Cambridge Khutbas by our very own Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad? Perhaps just like everyting else I’ve discovered these later than everybody but I thought I’d share [...]

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Eid Khutbah by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

An Eid Khutbah that is relevant! May God bless and protect this man. He has been the means of much good here in the West.

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Three New Websites on Shaykh al-Akbar (RA)

The Shaykh al-Akbar Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi (ra) has been one of the most influential sufis in history. His teachings have always been a source of attraction for the most keenest minds as well as seeping into diverse muslim cultures through more popular forms such as poetry. However in more recent times these teachings have also [...]

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The “My Shaykh” Veil

Can your shaykh be a veil too? Of course he can. It is not only “bad” things that are veils, “good” things can be veils too. In fact the masters of this path have stressed that “good” things are often greater veils. Amongst the latter is “my shaykh is better than all others” or “…..THE [...]

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The Advice of Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq (RA)

al-Nasiha (The Advice) by Sidi Ahmad Zarruq
Know (may Allah give you and us success, and rectify
our worldly and other worldly lives and grant us
adherence to way of the truth in our journeys and
in our sojourns) that:
Repentance is a key. And Taqwa [awareness and fear of
Allah] is vast. And Uprightness (Istiqama) is the
source of rectification. Furthermore [...]

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The Hikam of Imam Ibn Ata’illah(RA)

The Kitab al-Hikam ( Book of Wisdom) of Sidi Ahmad Ibn Ata’illah (ra) is one of the classic texts of sufism. In form it is a collection of aphoristic statements in beautiful Arabic. However it is an ocean of meanings whose outer simplicity often veils one from the depth and profundity of its teachings. Masters [...]

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