Sacred knowledge and following through with sincere action has always been an eternal, internal struggle of the learned. People at times forget that the Shaykh is an individual who struggles each and every day of their life to worship Allah competently and in fulfillment of the Divine Grace of sacred knowledge that they have been afforded by Ar-Rahman. Read More »
There is nothing in the Qur’ān and Sunnah which is not clear and does not have an answer. It is the lack of understanding that leads to the inability to know the answer, or the unwillingness of a person to seek (knowledge), nor ponder, nor review (knowledge); this is what keeps the matter unclear to him. Read More »
I don’t know about you, but life can be a real roller coaster. Some days, I wake up and think, “This is going to be a good day, insha'Allah.” The kids are listening without talking back, food tastes particularly good, people seem unusually positive and supportive, time for worship is plentiful and beneficial, life is good. Then, the downward spiral of the roller coaster begins. Suddenly the storm clouds come out and crisis sets in. Read More »
The Islamic concept of sincerity we hear repeated like a broken record at each and every Islamic function. As one of my teachers so eloquently puts it, “What we find repeated the most is that which we need to be reminded of the most.” This seemingly unattainable quality is one that I often found difficult to grasp in utter totality...that is until I watched Batman: the Dark Knight. Read More »
“For twenty years I waged Jihad against myself. I struggled, all throughout to remain standing in prayer at night. For those twenty years I never tasted the sweetness of the night prayer. It was only after that that I found comfort and sweetness.” Read More »
Sacred knowledge and following through with sincere action has always been an eternal, internal struggle of the learned. People at times forget that the Shaykh is an individual who struggles each and every day of their life to worship Allah competently and in fulfillment of the Divine Grace of sacred knowledge that they have been afforded by Ar-Rahman. Read More »
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