Favourite Speakers?

With the Name of Allaah…
Okay, this is my attempt to get some feedback from all of you…
The question: Who are your favourite Shuyukh/ Speakers?
I wanted to post some lecture notes but wanted some feedback about what sort of content people would be interested in. Looking forward to see some feedback…
Wassalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullaah

Among the Benefits of Dhikr

With the Name of Allaah…
I have a suspicion that these have been taken from Ibn ul-Qayyim’s The Invocation of God, which according to many of my teachers is an *absolute* must read for anyone interested in Islamic spirituality. Check it out at… (from our friends @ ITS :)) http://www.its.org.uk/tftih.html# 

 Sustenance for both the heart and soul
Drives away Shaytan
Pleases Al-Rahman
Dispels worry from the [...]

Two Wolves

With the Name of Allaah…
One evening after salaah, an old man told his grandson about a battle that was going on inside himself.  He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves, one of whom is so evil, full of anger, envy, jealousy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.  [...]

All successful people

“All successful people have the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like to do them either necessarily, but their disliking is subordinated (mujaahadah) to the strength of their purpose (‘uboodiyyah).” [Albert E. Gray]

Zuhd is no great thing…

“Zuhd is no great thing. I was an ascetic for three days: on the first day, I abstained from the world; on the second from the hereafter; and on the third from all else besides God.”
- Bayazid Bestami (d. 252 AH)

Repel the thought…

With the Name of Allaah… 

Repel the thought, for if you don’t, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don’t it will become a desire. So fight against that (desire), for if you don’t, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don’t repel that, it will become an action. [...]

On Tawbah

With the Name of Allaah…
The following is taken from a lecture given by Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui (hafidhahu Allaah). It can be purchased from: www.zawiyah.net
Tawbah is… … a burst of pain inside my heart… a burst of hayaa’ from Allaah… a burst of longing for a better relationship with Allaah… a momentum inside of my heart away [...]

The Innermost Jihad

The task is to rouse and tame the wild horse
before the coming of the dark;
To drag him from his lair,
evading his teeth,
creating a friend from a foe;
To catch him by the forelock and curb his whims,
until he is tethered fast.
This is the metamorphosis of the mindless beast,
who will become in time a noble steed
in the [...]

Rumi: My Favourite Selections

With the name of Allaah…
 Any Rumi fans? 
“Fiery Lust is not diminished by indulging it,
but inevitably by leaving it ungratified.
As long as you are laying logs on the fire,
the fire will burn.
When you withhold the wood, the fire dies,
And Allah carries the water.” 

 “All your suffering comes from desiring things that cannot be had.  
Stop desiring and [...]

An Actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

Sorta funny, sorta not = ). Click on it to see the whole image.