Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Haddad

How to convince my father for an early marriage?

I’ve met an extraordinary choice for a zawj. I’d love to marry him when I’m 21. This man has helped me a lot in my taqwa, deen. I’m also humbled by how pious his family is and they have treated me very kindly. It’s very hard to convince my father but… Continue reading

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About the authenticity of dua related to Sayyidina Abu Bakr

My question is this dua made by Sayyidina Abu Bakr R.A. and is there source which could verify this? Continue reading

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Pain of death

One night when I was trying to sleep, I saw someone ( a dark shadow of a man) sitting on my right. Suddenly I started feeling something from my toes, it was as if something was coming up in my body.
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Dream: Mawlana & Baya

Shaykh Nazim was wearing a long green robe. He know my name already and was smiling at me. I was listening to his sohbat. He asked, ‘Can there be Islamic belief without science’ and I said ‘no’. Continue reading

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Atheist objection to God being an unembodied consciousness

An atheist rejects God by saying: “the idea of an unembodied consciousness is flatly contradicted by everything we know about consciousness… Continue reading

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Permission for doing business

My friend who is also a mureed and I are from [private]; we intend to start a business venture in kitchenware (still to be finalised) and we seek your permission and blessings; this will be our first business…. Continue reading

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Prayer Request: Old religious connections

I converted in 200_, and the road has been bumpy many ups and downs as I learn. However I still feel the pull to my previous religion Tibetan Buddhism, which I realised, after great thought and meditation was not the… Continue reading

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Dream: Fish intercepting your body

Me, my mum & family (some we not speaking to due to issues) are together talking standing in still, clear water reaching our waist. We were all clothed. My mum was next to me when a trout swims… Continue reading

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Hajj Advice

Below I will lay out different Hajj stages, although no specific zikr/wird can be found in the prophetic tradition each stage people have said its good to do some zikr to keep focused… Continue reading

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Desperately need advice

I live separately from husband whose gave me talaq. He has teaching… came just talking & smoking, he say he able to “open” hidayah because he is given by Allah such a way… Continue reading

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