ADVICE: Seeking the Pleasure of Allah and His Messenger - Habib Umar

ADVICE: Seeking the Pleasure of Allah and His Messenger - Habib Umar
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Please benefit from and share the following Rabi’ al-Awwal advice recently delivered by Sayyidi Habib Umar and translated by Ustadh Amin Buxton (Allah preserve and increase him and his teachers).
May Allah Most High bless us with remembrance of Him and His [...]

Video: “The Irony of Democracy” - Zaytuna Faculty Lecture by Imam Zaid Shakir

“The Irony of Democracy”, a Zaytuna Faculty Lecture by Imam Zaid Shakir

The Irony of Democracy, can it be resolved? A Zaytuna Faculty Lecture by Imam Zaid Shakir.
The Zaytuna Faculty Lecture Series presents lectures by Zaytuna College faculty members exploring a variety of contemporary topics.http://www.zaytunacollege.org/

Video: Pearls from the Infinite Sea (Tafsir) with Shaykh Samer Nass

Pearls from the Infinite Sea (Tafsir) - Shaykh Samer Nass

Complete Playlist (10 parts)
CMC Retreat organized by the Chicago Mawlid Committee in Chicago, IL in January 2012.
Imam Busiri said in his Burdat al-Madeeh:
It [the Quran] has meanings like the waves of the sea in perpetuity
And greater than the jewels of the sea in perfection and value.
Its [...]

Video: Purification of the Heart - Hamza Yusuf | Kinetic Typography

Video: Purification of the Heart - Hamza Yusuf | Kinetic Typography

This video illustrates part of the introduction for a series of lectures by the brilliant Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf, entitled Purification of the Heart.

Habib Ali al-Jifri transmits the Hadith of Love - continually transmitted with love back to the Prophet - RIS Canada 2011

Habib Ali al-Jifri transmits the Hadith of Love - continually transmitted with love back to the Prophet - RIS Canada 2011
At the wonderful Reviving the Islamic Spirit (Canada 2011) conference, Habib Ali al-Jifri transmitted the hadith of love. This is a hadith transmitted contiguously with each narrator telling the one they’re narrating it to the [...]

Be Aware of your Breaths - Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah

Be Aware of your Breaths - Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah

Transcribed by Sr. Shagufta Pasta
This is what living in breaths is about. It’s about being present in yourself, being present in the time that you are, in the place that you are. And not to live in another world of what I’m going to do this [...]

Poem: Prayers On The Prophet: Part Two - Novid Shaid

Prayers On The Prophet: Part Two
A Humble Homage To Ad Dalaailul Khayraat: Part Two
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By Novid Shaid, 2011
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For Shaykh Ahmed Babikr and the Saturday Night Dalaail
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In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Kind
Verily Allah and His Holy Angels on high
Send prayers upon our Prophet, most noble and divine
So invoke peace and blessings which forever multiply
O [...]

Servant-Leadership by Imam Afroz Ali [VIDEO]

SeekersHub had recently organized a session with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus, and Imam Afroz Ali on “Walking the Way of Service: The Prophetic Model of Leadership & Activism”.
This is Imam Afroz’s talk from the session, on “Servant-Leadership”.

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Discovering the treasure that is Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Discovering the treasure that is Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Written by Sister Shagufta Pasta
In one of our sessions with Shaykh Faraz at the University of Toronto studying Imam Haddad’s Poem of Counsel, we were recommended to read Syed Muhammad al-Attas’s book “Islam and Secularism.” The pdf I had was a little difficult to read, but during the [...]

Gallup Forum 2011 Video: The Challenges and Opportunities of Regional Transformation - Dr. Aref Ali Nayed, Rami Khouri, Essara Abdul Fattah, Dalia Mogahed and others

The Challenges and Opportunities of Regional Transformation - Dr. Aref Ali Nayed and others at GALLUP FORUM 2011

Dr. Aref Ali Nayed is a panelist and the 2011 GALLUP FORUM panel discussion “The Challenges and Opportunities of Regional Transformation.” The discussion took was held at Qasr Al Sarab, Adu Dhabi, UAE on Thursday December 8th 2011. [...]