Shaykh Muhammad Abu Bakr Ba-Dhib continues the series on sayyid al-istighfar (the foremost way of seeking forgiveness) where he covers Imam al-Habshi’s treatise on this supplication. In this session Shaykh Ba-Dhib starts breaking down and explaining the different parts of the formula of seeking forgiveness, and bringing forth all the different points of knowledge that […]
Day 6: Express Love Our love for each other, our families, and the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, will be a saving grace for us on the Day of Judgement. The love that we give and receive not only fulfills our obligations to each other, but also our obligations to Allah. In a narration […]
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, in partnership with Muslimah Media, speaks in a 6-part series about women who are documented in the Quran. Aasiyah, wife of the Pharaoh Aasiyah is significant in many ways. Firstly, she is connected to Prophet Musa, one of the five greatest Prophets and the most-mentioned in the Quran. She played a huge […]
In this session on the Branches of Faith, Shaykh Muhammad Abu Bakr Ba-Dhib begins covers the first root for the branches of faith, which is the belief in God’s entity, attributes and actions. He covers this from Imam Zabidi’s text “‘Iqd al-Juman fi Bayan Shu’ab al-Iman” (The Necklace of Pearls in Clarifying the Branches of […]
Shaykh Muhammad Abu Bakr Ba-Dhib begins the series on sayyid al-istighfar (the foremost way of seeking forgiveness) by citing the hadith that mentions this formula. He moves on to begin Imam al-Habshi’s treatise on this supplication, where he looks at repentance, its conditions, its cause, and how to remain in a state of repentance. — […]
Day 5: Visiting Family & Keeping Up Family Ties There are countless Ayahs from the Quran, as well as Hadith, speaking about the greatness of keeping up family ties. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, had family members who were Muslim, and others who were not. He was always generous and kind to all […]
Day 4: Audit Yourself It is attributed to Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “Take yourself to account before you are taken to account.” We all know that we will be asked about every single thing we did. We all do things we are ashamed of, and sometimes the problem is that we don’t even notice them. This […]
In this introductory session on the Branches of Faith, Shaykh Muhammad Abu Bakr Ba-Dhib gives an introduction to the topic. He gives an overview of the history of the genre, the narrations regarding the branches and their number, and the great works on the Branches, before moving on on to introduce the text and its […]
Day 3: Serving Others Service: We hear that word again and again. But do we know how central it in in our faith? In Surah al-Ma’un, Allah warns us not to be like the ones who discourage the feeding of the poor, and ignores the orphan. The interesting part is that this warning comes before […]
The Nasheed Hub, an initiative of SeekersHub Global, aims to showcase the traditional Islamic art of nasheed, or Islamic devotional songs. Qad Kafani Qad Kafani Ilm Rabbi (My Lord’s Knowledge Has Sufficed Me) is a beautiful nasheed, written by the great Imam al-Haddad in the 17th century. It takes the singer to a journey from neediness […]
