(Based on a lecture by Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui)
Please note, translations in parantheses are mine. I did my best to represent the Shaykh’s words to the best of my abilities, but I am certain I did not do them justice. If anything is not clear/understood/incorrect, please let me know.
Du’aa is the most powerful means to achieve what we desire of [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 19, 2007
On Du’aa as the means to everything…
May 19, 2007
Al-Hikam al-’Ataa’Iyyah – Commentary on No.3
Commentary on al-Hikam al-’Ataa’Iyya – No. 1
MMV © N. Keller
Hikma #3: The mightiest ambitions cannot breach the walls of destiny
The Sufi way exists to know the incommensurability of the Divine. To do so the self must relinquish its position as the greatest thing in existence. Belief in the inevitability of destiny anticipates this in principle [...]
May 13, 2007
The Turban Tradition in Islam
From SunniPath Q & A: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=14264&hd=7&cate=0&t=rss
Very interesting…
The turban tradition in Islam
Answered by Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
The turban tradition in Islam
ALLAHUMMA salli ‘ala sahibi al-taj, goes a famous Yemeni prayer _ “Our Lord, bless the Owner of the Crown!” The “crown” is the turban, and its owner is the Holy Prophet Muhammad, upon [...]
May 11, 2007
Thinking of studying overseas?
This is required reading: http://damascusdreams.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/the-reality-of-the-experience/
May 10, 2007
Remix: The tortoise and the hare =)
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he [...]
May 10, 2007
Turning Point…
80 years after the Hijrah a young man was born in Kufa. Following his daily routine, he was walking to the market in Kufa to engage in his business. On the way he met Shaykh As-Sha’bi who asked this young man ‘who do you go to?’. He said “I go to the market”. Shaykh As-Sha’bi [...]
May 10, 2007
We have NOT fulfilled our duties to them…
Allaah, the Exalted, said: “Give thanks to Me and your parents.” (31:14)
Mujaahid said: “If the parents grow old and end up urinating and answering the call of nature on themselves, do not feel disgusted or say ‘Uff’ to them. Rather, remove the urine and feces from them, just as they used to do when you [...]
May 2, 2007
Allaah (swt)’s Magnanimity
يا عبدي أتحبب إليك بالنعم وأنا عنك غني، وأنت تتمقت إليّ بالمعاصي وأنت إليّ فقير، لا يزال الخير منِّي إليك نازل، و لا يزال ملك كريم منك إليّ بعمل قبيح صاعد
“O my servant, I seek your love by showering upon you My favours, while I am in no need of you. And you continue incessantly [...]
