Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Be Good to Your Friends and Meet Their Needs – Shaykh Yayha Rhodus

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Before continuing with Futuwwa or “spiritual chivalry”, in this third podcast, Shaykh Yahya reminds us of the immense blessing of performing the five daily prayers. He also partially translates a beautiful poem by Habib ‘Ali al-Habashi (may Allah have mercy upon him and benefit us by him) and mentions the blessing of reciting the poetry of the friends of Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala. The podcast ends with a discussion of the virtue of being good to your friends and meeting their needs, as mentioned in Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book Kitab al-Futuwwa..

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