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TAGGED WITH:: poverty, wealth, zuhd
/by Yousuf PatelRich Muslim, Poor Muslim – Which Would You Rather Be? Acquiring money and building wealth can be a confusing topic for Muslims. On one hand, when we read the Seerah and learn of the extreme frugality and hardships borne by the Sahaba it seems as if our luxurious, consumer-fed lives are opulent in comparison. But […]
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TAGGED WITH:: habib umar bin hafiz, rajab
/by Yousuf PatelThere are a number of ways to get the most out of Rajab. Some of the most important are as follows: 1. Seeking forgiveness in abundance and making sincere repentance; 2. Making a sincere resolve to seek to approach Allah through performing acts of obedience and avoiding acts of disobedience; 3. Assessing your state, rectifying […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Events, Featured Articles, Featured Home, history, Scholars, Travelling Shaykh Shoayb Ahmed
TAGGED WITH:: biographies of saints, biographies of scholars, Indian Scholarship, Nadwa
/by Yousuf PatelIn this series, Shaykh Shoayb Ahmed of South Africa will take us on a journey through the lives and biographies of some of the most celebrated and well known scholars of the twentieth and twenty – first century. These historical accounts will provide us with refreshing insights and lessons, and motivate us to follow in […]
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TAGGED WITH:: Ahl Al Bayt, Habib 'Umar, Lady Fatima Zahra, love
/by Yousuf PatelA poem by Habib Umar bin Hafiz on the love for Lady Fatima al-Zahra (May Allah be pleased with her): بِفَـاطِــمَـةْ قَـدْ صَــفَـا حَــاِلـي وَ نـِـلْـتُ الْـمَـرَ امْ بِــضْـعَــةْ مُـحَــمَّـدْ حَــبِـيْبُ اللهِ خَــيْـرُ ا لأَ نــَامْ By Fatima my state has been purified and I’ve attained all that I seek. A piece of Muhammad, Allah’s […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Beneficial Knowledge, Featured Articles, Featured Home, Good Character, Guidance, Prophetic Guidance, Seeking, Tasawwuf, Worship Shaykh Abdurrahim Reasat, Shaykh Dr. Mahmoud Masri
TAGGED WITH:: activism, clarity, Good actions, Mahmood Masri, sincerity, Truthfulness
/by Ahmed D.There’s a story in ‘al-Risala al-Qushayriyya’ of a young man who regularly attended a gathering (majlis), when he heard a shaykh discussing sincerity: how is it, how should it be when performing actions, etc. The young man found this heavy upon himself, and from that day forward he made a firm intention that he would […]
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TAGGED WITH:: master class, time management, tushar
/by Yousuf PatelAs-salamu ‘alaikum First of all, thank you for all the interest in my articles these last few months. It has been a true honour to have so many of you subscribe to my mailing list. I am so happy to finally announce the first training of 2020. My professional courses are corporate in quality, typically […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Featured Articles, Featured Home, history, poetry, Uncategorized Shaykh Abdurrahim Reasat
TAGGED WITH:: ibrahim ibn adham, poetry, saints, zuhd
/by Ahmed D.I’ve left all people, entirely, for your love. I’ve orphaned my dependants so I can see you. If, for love, You diced me up into many pieces, My deep-feeling heart would yearn for none besides You. Pardon (this) weak (slave) who has hastened to You. He has come full of hope in Your […]
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TAGGED WITH:: organization and planning, planning, time management
/by Yousuf PatelIf I lost my memory and could only remember ONE productivity technique from the many learned over the years, then do you know which I’d choose? PRE-PLANNING. Out of the thousands of pounds invested in the last few years and the dozens of time management books I’ve experimented with, the practice of pre-planning is undoubtedly […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Featured Articles, Featured Home, Knowledge, Untold Stories Shaykh Shoayb Ahmed
TAGGED WITH:: ahdal, biographies of saints, biographies of scholars, Knowledge, zabid
/by Yousuf PatelIn this series, Shaykh Shoayb Ahmed of South Africa will take us on a journey through the lives and biographies of some of the most celebrated and well known scholars of the twentieth and twenty – first century. These historical accounts will provide us with refreshing insights and lessons, and motivate us to follow in […]
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TAGGED WITH:: faith, identity, liberalism, sila initiative, taqwa
/by Yousuf Patel* Courtesy of The Sila Initiative وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الإِنسَانِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَى بِجَانِبِهِ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَؤُوسًا “When We bestow Our favors unto man he turns away and becomes remote. But when evil befalls he gives himself up to despair.” [17:8] Among the many thousands of spiritual disciples of Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (d. 1943), […]
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