Sufism (Tasawwuf)



Spiritual Issues.


Mark of Ali (ra)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

We come from the family of Prophet(saw), and not many people know this. However, one day a brother from the dargah came up to me and asked me directly if I am a Sayyid… Continue reading →

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Lifestyle

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Ustadh Abdul Shakur Hadi

I’m currently living in a country where I am far away from home. I have practically no family or friends around. I sometimes feel very very lonely and my only hope is that my lord is with me. Continue reading →

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To relax or not

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Taher Siddiqui

I’m usually very strict on my self not letting myself watch t.v. and do stuff on computers but lately I’ve been stressing about the thoughts that are whispered to me, waswas, and the more I stress the more they come. Meditation and other wirds aren’t helping so to relax can I watch t.v. and use the computer? Continue reading →

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I join the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order yesterday

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Taher Siddiqui

I need to contact a sheikh of the tareeqa in Cairo, Eypt.
Can you provide me with their e-mails or how to contact them? Continue reading →

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Qushayri on hunger/fasting

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I have 2 different translations of Qushayri’s Risala. In the chapter on hunger, one of them translates: ..I heard Ibn Salim say: “The proper rule of one who practices hunger is to limit one’s daily meal to the size of a cat’s ear.” … Continue reading →

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About becoming a mureed

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Taher Siddiqui

I have asked permission to be a Naqshbandi Shaykh’s mureed and I was granted permission. I haven’t started practising the dhikr’s but my question is… Continue reading →

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Conduct of the sheikh

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Imam Kamau Ayyubi

How does a mureed attain closeness to his sheikh, other than just muraqba and following what the sheikh says? And secondly, shaithan will put in vasvassas… Continue reading →

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Sins

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Ustadh Abdul Shakur Hadi

I am 21 this year and I thank Allah for giving me the opportunity to take bayyah with Mawlana Shaykh Kabbani a few months back. However, I’ve only got serious in istiqamah in my awrad recently i.e. since Syawal… Continue reading →

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Raising a Pure Baby on Fitra

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Taher Siddiqui

Can you tell me and my wife how we can keep our child in that same state of purity she has at birth? Continue reading →

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Wasting Water

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Ustadh Abdul Shakur Hadi

‘Repetition of wuzu refreshes imaan. And many other benefits. And the more wuzu done the better.’ Now I do wuzu with every namaz and some times when it’s been a while… Continue reading →

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