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The Necessity for Continuous Renewal (Tajdeed)

October 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

The Necessity for Continuous Renewal- Tajdeed Lecture by Shaykh Rashid to Sidi Shiker Symposium, Marrakesh, Morocco,10-11 July, 2009 Bismillaahi-r-Rahmaani-r-Raheem Allahumma inna nasalaka mujibati rahmatika Wa’aza’ima magfiratika, wa salamata min kulli Itmin, wal-ganimata min kulli birrin, wal-fawza bil-jannati min-a nnar. O Allah, we ask You for words that will make certain Your Mercy, actions that will make certain Your Forgiveness, freedom from every  Read More →

Q/A w/ Shaykh Rashid

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The Shaykh replies…

March 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Asking questions of the Shaykh is a carefully considered process. One wants to open oneself to the reply, to hear the personal response in the answer. We all benefit from the question and the reply.  Neither are to be taken lightly. If you would like to ask a question  Read More →

Around the Fire

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The Dervish in the Oak Glade

May 9, 2009 · 2 Comments 

 Once there was an aspiring dervish.  While wandering, he came upon an oak glade.  He stayed and prayed and meditated, once a week going out for food.  Year after year he aspired, and did his practices.  But no response came, and sometimes he thought that his prayers couldn’t  Read More →

Shuyukh

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The Shajara (Lineage Tree)

December 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

The Shajarahs (Lineage Trees) of the Mujaddidi, Naqshbandi, Qadiri, Chishti, and Shadhili Orders. Document of the lines of teachers through whom Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid’s predeccessors trace their spiritual descent from the Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him). [Read the full story]  Read More →

Invited Perspectives

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by Imam Zaid Shakir.  “This is my response to the Fort Hood tragedy and events both associated with it and ensuing from it. I begin by expressing my deepest condolences to the families of all of the dead and wounded. There is no legitimate reason for their deaths, just as I firmly believe there is no legitimate reason for the deaths of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghani civilians who have perished as a result of those two conflicts.  Read More →

Islam in the Modern World

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