Exemplars For Our Time is a collection of short, photographic essays aimed at introducing a new generation of young people to some of the greatest living Muslim sages of the 20th and 21st centuries. In traditional Islamic societies, living sages are the embodiment of spirituality and enlightenment, serving as inspirational role models for their communities. […]
Read More ‘Exemplars for Our Time’ with Shaykh Hamza YusufSupplications, or du’as, are a powerful communication between a servant and their Creator. They reflect our reliance on Allah and our recognition of His infinite mercy and power. Deepening Faith Through Supplications The 28 supplications mentioned in Key Supplications from the Quran by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani encompass various aspects of our lives and guide us […]
Read More The Quranic Supplications Series E-BookArchery as an example of art relates to the mind so it’s about bringing balance to the human mind, actually in and of itself. It’s what sharpens the human intellect—archery! In and of itself. Likewise wrestling relates to anger that is inside the human being. It’s how you temper anger. Third of them, the riding […]
Read More SACRED ARTS—Horse-riding, Wrestling, Swimming & Archery—Compliance with the Command of Allah—the Perfect and Most High.
—Conformity with Him—He the Perfect—in sending salaat upon him
—Conformity with the Angels in it.
—Attaining ten salawaat from Allah
—That he is raised by ten levels.
—That he has ten good deeds written for him.
—That ten sins are erased from him.
—That it is to be hoped that his supplication will be responded to if he precedes it with that.
—It is a means to attain his (ﷺ) Intercession,
—It is a means for forgiveness of sins.
—It is a cause for Allah to suffice the servant with regard to whatever concerns him.
—It is a means for the person to gain nearness to him (ﷺ) on the Day of Resurrection…
—It is a cause for the fulfillment of your needs…
“A concise, useful, and accurate manual of core knowledge that every Muslim should know … much needed in our time of great ignorance from within and without the Muslim community.”
Read More Being Muslim: A Practical Guide by Shaykh Hamza YusufIf you look upon a dictionary merely as a spelling book or guide to pronunciation, you will use it accordingly, which is to say not well. If you realize that it contains a wealth of historical information, crystallized in the growth and development of language, you will pay attention, not merely to the variety of meanings listed under each word, but also to their order and relation.
Read More How to Use a Dictionary by Shaykh Hamza YusufImam Al-Ghazali is like that, too. He is a mountain, and the more you know him and get closer to him, the bigger the mountain appears. If you try to ascend it, it is harder and you are sapped of energy and if you could ever get to the top, you are panting and completely out of breath.
Read More Jewels and Pearls of the Qur’an by Shaykh Hamza YusufExclusive dialogue between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, Dr. Timothy Winter/Abdal Hakim Murad, Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Dr. Recep Senturk, Dr. Osman Bakar, Shaykh Dr. Hamza Yusuf and Dr. Chandra Muzaffar.
Read More Islam, Society and Ethical RevivalReal success is achieved by walking in the footsteps of the Beloved Messenger of God ﷺJust as everyone was chanting we love you Muhammad Ali, people from all over the world saying we love you Muhammad, the name Muhammad is on every tongue and Allah says “We are going to elevate your remembrance”. And so […]
Read More Location CONFIRMED ● Khabib Nurmagomedov ● Inspirational 20221. You realise the power of Lordship over you
2: You realise your abject servanthood and your complete state of resignation and brokenness before the will and power of Allah
3: Sincerity to Allah
4. You return to Allah and are suddenly fervent in your desire of your Lord
5. It leads to a humbled state before God
6. You are forbearing to the One who has afflicted you.
7. You can actually forgive them
8. To be patient during the tribulation
9. To actually be happy, glad about what is happening because of these benefits
10. To be grateful for it because of what are contained in there of the benefits
11. The purification that these calamities have towards your wrongs and your sins
12. Allah enables you to show to people that are in tribulation and to help them
13. Tribulations give you the blessing of having true knowledge of the extent of blessing
14. What Allah has prepared from the blessings of the reward of the akhirah based on these varying ranks
15. What is hidden inside in the folds of these calamities are blessings
16. Tribulations prevent you from arrogance and from evil, pride, tyranny
17. Contentment
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