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Assalamu alaikum,

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani’s new website has been launched!  Check it out, inshaAllah!

SeekersGuidance.com – LIVE! – Registration now open for Ramadan and Fall Courses

May Allah ta’ala grant Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and SeekersGuidance much success. Ameen.

Ma’salama

Sufyan Yunus

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Assalamu alaikum,

This is a clip of Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (may Allah preserve and elevate him) talking about being open minded and dealing with others with mercy and love.

Ma’salama.

Sufyan Yunus

Bismillah,

Assalamu alaikum.

Here are some audio from Al-Madina Institute’s Umrah 2008 Trip.  The audios are from Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (may Allah preserve and elevate him), Habib Mohsen Najjar (may Allah preserve him), and anasheed and dhikr with the munshid from Syria.

Please click [here] to listen to the audios.

Ma’salama.

Sufyan Yunus

Bismillah,

Assalamu alaikum.

Bismillah,

Assalamu alaikum,

This a truly beautiful hadith found in Shaykh Gibril Haddad’s (may Allah preserve him) website.  Please click [here] to read it.

Ma’salama

Sufyan Yunus

Bismillah,

Assalamu alaikum,

Here is a video of Ya Nabi Salam ‘Alayka performed by the nasheed group Shaam during the Gateway to Divine Mercy in the UK:

Here is the same version during the mawlid with Habib ‘Umar ibn Hafidh (may Allah elevate him):

Note: To download the entire audio and Arabic text of the mawlid of Habib ‘Umar, please visit Sidi Khalil Moore’s blog, Reflect on This.

Ma’salama

Sufyan Yunus

Bismillah,

Assalamu alaikum.

Marifah.net recently uploaded a very beneficial and educational translation of a text written by Shaykh al-Habib Zayn bin Sumayt (may Allah preserve him) dealing with what seem to be controversial topics nowadays such as tawassul, istighatha, visiting graves of Prophets and Saints, and much more.  Please click [here] to read the translation.

Ma’salama.

Sufyan Yunus

Bismillah,

Assalamu alaikum,

A fellow murid sent us this advice of Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (may Allah preserve and elevate him) on the stages and interactions with the Qur’an:

After you understand the greatness of the Qur’an, then understand the greatness of the One who revealed the Qur’an.

Realise that by reading the book of Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala), you are striving to get close to Him, thank Him for allowing you this opportunity to read His Book.

Then you have to go to huzoor ul qalb, wa tarkin nafs, meaning “you’re present and you leave the talk of the self”.

When you are with the Qur’an, be present, clear your mind and synchronize yourself with the Qur’an, that will then take you to tadabur, that you understand what is being said and that will lead you to tattafahum, the understanding of what is being asked of you!

That will then take you to tata’hassuf, which is that when you read ya ayuhalazeena aamanu (oh you who beleive), you realise that Allah is talking to you.

Once you realise that , it will take you to hashya & taraqee.

The first door in Taraqee is shyness…When you are shy before Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala), you have so many things to ask him for, but dont know how to ask.

Some of the ‘Arifeen (those who are close to allah and know him) say that it opens the eye of your heart, it gives you the realization that you are being observed by Allah in this very moment.

This will put you in that status where you are interacting with the Qur’an, as if you are in the atmospheres of revelation.

The next stage is when the noor of the Qur’an comes into your heart, it shines and enlightens you, and some of the ‘Arifeen say that the love of Allah and His Prophet will enter every vein, every vessel and nerve in your body, so it flows through you.

Imam Zayn al-Abideen was hearing the adhan once, and when the mueddhin said the Prophet’s name, and “I bear witness that Muhammad (salla Allahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam) is the messenger of Allah”, Imam Zayn al-Abideen said at that point “my skin witnesses, my bones witness, my blood witnesses, my hair witnesses and my whole body witnesses lailalah illalah Muhamad Rasoolullah.”

May Allah Ta’ala grant us the tawfiq to enter these stages and interactions with al-Qur’an al-Karim so that every aspect of our mind, body, and soul is encompassed with the love of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and His Beloved, our Master Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his noble family). Ameen.

Ma’salama

Sufyan Yunus

Bismillah

Assalamu alaikum,

When asked to define what Sufism was, one of the great Sufi masters, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated:

“Sufism is to fulfill the Command (of Allah) and avoid the Prohibited Matter, outwardly and inwardly, in a manner that will please Him, and not please you.”

قال سيدي أحمد بن محمد التجاني – رضي الله تعالى عنه

اعلم أن التصوف هو امتثال الأمر واجتناب النهي في الظاهر والباطن من حيث يرضى لا من حيث ترضى . أ.هـ

جواهر المعاني ص 84 طبعة الحلبي

Source: Moroccan Sufism

Ma’salama

Sufyan Yunus

Bismillah.

Assalamu alaikum.

Alhamdulilah, we are pleased to inform you that our beloved teacher, Shaykh Muhammad Bin Yahya (Hafithahu Allah) will InshaAllah be honouring us in the UK with their noble presence once again from Saturday 21st June to Monday 7th July 2008.

InshaAllah, over the next few days, the full schedule will be finalised and all specific details will be made available on http://www.ihsanpath.com, please keep visiting the site and help us spread the dawah.

For now, we can inform you of the details so far;

Tuesday 24th June – Burton
Wednesday 25th June – Leeds
Friday 27th June – Jummah Khutba – Bradford
Friday 27th June – Evening Lecture – East London
Saturday 28th June – Oldham
Sunday 29th June – Gateway to divine mercy conference – Manchester
Monday 30th June – Dewsbury
Tuesday 1st July – Sheffield
Wednesday 2nd July – Derby
Thursday 3rd July – Peterborough
Friday 4th July – Jummah Khutba – Peterborough
Friday 4th July – Evening Lecture – Ghamkol Sharif, Birmingham
Saturday 5th July – Snowdown, North Wales, Ulfa Aid Retreat
Saturday 5th July – Evening Lecture – Birmingham
Sunday 6th July – Luton

For more specific details, please keep visiting http://www.ihsanpath.com

Biography of the shaykh : http://www.alhaqq.net/Ninowy.html

-IhsanPath Team

For more details of the schedule, please click [here].

Ma’salama

Sufyan Yunus