Tarbiyya -Training the Murid

Fourth Sunday in the series of Five Sundays on Tasawwuf in Charlottesville on Feb 28th. Both Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid and Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee will continue speaking in this series of talks which addresses the role of the Shaykh as spiritual guide and the responsibility of the student or Murid. This ...

Suhbat or The Oral Tradition

Second talk in this series of 5 Sundays talks, first Sundays November through March, address the historical and practical importance of a guide on the Sufic Path. For more info about this series of talks. Second talk- Suhbat and the Oral Tradition, Dec 6, 2009 at the Islamic ...

The Rewards of Self-Lessness and Sacrifice

The reason for this pilgrimage season is an affirmation of trust and faith as exemplified in the life of the Prophet Ibrahim (as) and his trust in Allah (swt), as well as Ismail's (as) trust in both Allah (swt) and his

The Necessity and Function of the Shaykh

This series of 5 Sundays talks, first Sundays November through March, address the historical and practical importance of a guide on the Sufic Path. For more info about this series of talks. First talk- “The Necessity and Function of the Shaykh“, November 8, 2009 at the Islamic Study ...

Renewing and Refining our Self and Our Community

Allah (swt) says in the Holy Qur'an, "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you even as it was prescribed for those before you that you may ward off evil." (2:183) The Prophet (sal) said, "Let it not be that the day you fast and the ...

Ramadhan Retreat 2009

My Dear Friends, Students, brothers and sisters: Asalaamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahe wa Barakatuh This years Ramadan Retreat was designed, insh’Allah to focus on the great blessings of the month of Ramadan as a means to grasp the subtleties of perception (ayn ul Lataif) available to the sincere ...

Dr. Sulayman Nyang speaks at Ramadhan Retreat

Listen to the dars by Sulayman Nyang on the historical narrative of Muslims in America today called "Movement from Footnote to Main Text". Dr. Sulyman Nyang presents an historical yet relevant perspective of Muslims in society during the 2009 Ramadan Retreat at the ...

Akhlaq: Achieving and Sustaining a Noble Character

Please enjoy this 7 part series from Shaykh Rashid given at the Introduction of the Ramadhan Retreat to friends, family and guests. Part 1 of 7 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTnWvlrOMFk Part 2 of 7 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pr5MQzKjms Part 3 of 7 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxN-3DAQaFs Part 4 of 7 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1MoR-e6B4Y Part 5 of ...

Pointers to The Way

During the Ramadan Retreat at the khanaqah of Shaykh Ahmed Abdu-r-Rashid, Ibrahim Hakim gives a talk on excerpts of the classical Sufi text of Ibn Ata'llah Iskandari's (ra) "The Hikam" focused on the subject of suhbat. Shaykh Rashid gives comments following the talk. Part 1 of 7 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9aQskX-7bg Part 2 ...

Featured Article

Success Through Sincerity

February 17, 2010 · 1 Comment

Iklhas or Sincerity is the third in a series of talks on Tasawwuf and the Importance of a Guide. “Success Through Sincerity” is a dars by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid, given on January 24th, 2010 at the zawiyya of Shaykh Nooruddeen. Read More →

Q/A w/ Shaykh Rashid

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

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

Khwajah Bahauddin Naqshband

February 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

“Although for the last eight hundred years Sufism has been characterized by Sufi orders (tariqah) under the guidance of Sufi shaykhs, during the formative period (from the eighth to the eleventh centuries C.E.) the orders did not yet exist… The second major period of Sufism’s history [Read the full story] Read More →

Invited Perspectives

Responding to the Fort Hood Tragedy

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 →

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