Sufism (Tasawwuf)



Spiritual Issues.


Blanked out

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Taher Siddiqui

Respected Sheikh,
As i am doing Marqaba daily,i am feeling blanked out. I don’t fall asleep in marqaba,but i feel my knowledge is being erased and i need to start learning things again. I feel like illitrate day by day, as if i know nothing about Islam and i long to gain knowledge. Please advise me what i need to do :( Continue reading →

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Renew Baya

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Taher Siddiqui

I would like to Renew my Baya Shaykh. Please forgive my shortcomings and bad manners. Continue reading →

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Maulana’s instruction to stay home in the evenings

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

Q: I am a revert murid (45 years old), unmarried and living and working in a small city in England with almost no Muslims. I have no Muslim friends here and the nearest Dhikr is 40 miles away. Continue reading →

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Seeing Laylat al Qadr.

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: What does it mean if some human being has seen Laylat ul Qadr for real and not in a dream, please? Jazak Allah bi Khayr. Continue reading →

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Salat an Najat

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

Q: What is Salat an Najat and when and how do you pray this particular prayer? Continue reading →

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Opening a zikr center

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: I read that we can organise congregationnal zikr at home as we want though, I would like to know how to do if we want to go further so that people in Bengkulu may attend sohbas and have real congregationnal activities? Continue reading →

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Marqaba

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Imam Kamau Ayyubi

1)Can we talk to our sheikh in marqaba, in our mind when we are visualizing our sheikh.
2)Can we meet our beloved Prophet SallallahuAlaihi Wasallam in marqaba? Or is it something dfficult to achieve…. Continue reading →

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Does wife need permission to fast?
Est-ce que l’épouse doit demander la permission pour jeûner?

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: Does a wife have to ask permission from her husband to keep nafl fasts, for example voluntary fasting in Muharram? Taking into account the fasting is short in the winter months and we are both at work all day and do not see each other, so it does not affect marital relations.[fr]Est-ce qu’une épouse doit demander la permission à son mari pour observer des jeûnes nafl, par exemple, le jeûne volontaire du mois de Muharram?[/fr] Continue reading →

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Awrad during menstruations

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Hajjah Naziha Adil

Question: Assalâmu ‘alaykoum wa rahmatullâhi wa barakâtuhu A’udhu billâhi minach-chaïtânir-rajîm, Bismillâhir-rahmânir-rahîm, Ya shaikh, I often hear “No shame fid-din“, but it is a bit difficult for me to ask you this question. I am not able to make my awrad … Continue reading →

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About love

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Hajjah Naziha Adil

Question: As Salaamu Alaikum, I recently attended a yoga chanting event and I really felt that my heart was able to open and so much positive energy and love, joy an inner satisfaction (as best as I am able to … Continue reading →

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