FORA.tv – Michael Pollan on Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual Michael Pollan, one of the best-known names in food-related issues, offers a guide about health and food. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual is a set of memorable ideas for eating wisely. Many of them are drawn from a variety of ethnic or cultural traditions. Whether […]
In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful Hamdun al-Qassar, one of the great early Muslims, said, “If a friend among your friends errs, make seventy excuses for them. If your hearts are unable to do this, then know that the shortcoming is in your own selves.” [Imam Bayhaqi, Shu`ab al-Iman, 7.522] Imam Ghazali […]
YouTube – Seeking Allah in All One’s Actions – Multiplying and Recording Intentions – Faraz Rabbani Allah Most High has called His servants to seek Him in all they do, and the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) has explained that, “Each person shall have whatever they intended.” From this and other Prophetic […]
Man’s Indebtedness to Allah (exalted be He) by Sayyid Naquib al-Attas The following excerpt is from “Prolegemona to the Metaphysics of Islam: An Exposition of the Fundamental Elements of the Worldview of Islam” by Sayyid Naquib al-Attas. In it, he challenges the modern portrayal of man as a rational agent with independent creative capabilities and […]
My Father Was Smarter Than I Thought By: Faraz Rabbani While growing up, fathers can seem rather annoying to their children. My father didn’t really seem to do all that much, but expected all these seemingly unreasonable things from me. Why, I’d wonder, why? Now, with children of my own, my father seems a much […]
Facebook | LIVE Webcast with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Muhammad Ninowy at MSA West Zone Conference MSA National will be broadcasting one main session LIVE from the MSA West Zone Conference! Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 Time: 9pm-11pm, Eastern Standard Time (6pm local Pacific Time) Location: Chemistry 194, UC Davis Campus Web Address: https://www.livestream.com/mcontributor […]
Facebook | Free Public Lecture: Shaykh Yahya Rhodus Qurba Academy in conjunction with ISNA Canada and Lote Tree Learning & Resource Centre is excited to announce that Shaykh Yahya Rhodus will be holding a free public lecture this Fri night at 7pm at ISNA Canada. The talk is titled The Prophet : Knowing The Best […]
YouTube – Sending blessings (salawat) on the Prophet Muhammad – End of Majlis (Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan 2010) Faraz Rabbani, Sh. Sa’ad al-Attas, Sh. Ahmad Tijani Ben Omar, Ustadz Yusuf Mansur, Kiyai Saifuddin Amsir and others at Masjid al-Madinah (Jakarta, Indonesia). January 2010
Raising Pious Children & Loving the Messenger (peace be upon him) – Lote Tree Learning & Resource Centre Raising Pious Children & Loving the Messenger (peace be upon him) – Lote Tree Learning & Resource Centre with Sh. Faraz Rabbani, Sh. Sa’ad al-Attas, Sh. Tanvir Hussain, and Sh. Zahid Ally March 6 & 7, 2010 […]
In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful. May Allah’s blessings and peace be upon His Beloved Messenger, his companions and folk. Imam Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (Allah have mercy on him) (d.1132 Hijri) said, ‘The aim and spirit of spiritual routines (awrad) is presence with Allah. Aim for it; you will reach it […]
