Accepting One’s Choices: Sufic Islam

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ACCEPTING ONE’S CHOICES:
SUFIC ISLAM, A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE
By Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid

Bismillâh, Alhamdulillâh Allâhumma salli wa sallim alâ sayyidinâ Muhammadin, wa alâ âlihi wa sahbih

Introduction: Sufic Islam’s Potential to Heal Cultural/Ethnic Conflicts

Fourteen hundred and twenty years ago (by the Islamic calendar), two tribes of Read more

The Oneness of Allah and the Oneness of His Community

“The Oneness of Allah and the Oneness of His Community” by
Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid

Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem, Bismillâh, Alhamdulillâh
Allâhumma salli wa sallim alâ sayyidinâ Muhammadin, wa alâ âlihi wa sahbih

Qul Hu-wallaahu ‘Ahad, ‘Allaahus-Samad Lam yalid, wa lam yuulad,
Wa lam yakun la-Hu kufuwan ‘Ahad.
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A Role Model for Leaders

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The Prophet Muhammad (salla-llaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
A Role Model for Leaders in the Modern and Post-Modern World and Beyond
by
Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid

Bismillâhi-r-Rahmâni-r-Raheem, Bismillâh, Alhamdulillâh
Allâhumma salli wa sallim alâ sayyidinâ Muhammadin, wa alâ âlihi wa sahbih

There are no greater challenges today than to love Read more

The Prophet Muhammad (sal) as a Hero

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Allâhumma salli wa sallim alâ sayyidinâ Muhammadin, wa alâ âlihi wa sahbih

In discussing the Prophet Mohammed (salla-llaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) as “the mercy to all the worlds,” one frequently hears comments about the Prophet as an ideal role model. But the concept of “role model” is rarely Read more

The Walnut and the Watermelon

 One very bright, sunny afternoon, Mullah Nasruddin was sitting in the shade of a walnut tree, admiring the view. The Mullah sat with his back to the broad trunk of the walnut tree, and was pleased how much shade the big tree gave him from the scorching hot sun. Sitting in the cool of the large shady tree was very relaxing.

 Near to the tree, Mullah Nasruddin looked at a field of watermelons growing. The watermelons were large and ripe, with beautiful shiny green stripy skins which gleamed in the sunshine. They looked delicious and thirst-quenching to eat on such a hot day. Read more

Ibn Abbad of Ronda

Article by Dr. Abdel Hadi Honerkamp

Ibn ‘Abbad (732/1332 – 792/1390) was a Sufi mentor who lived in what has been called the “Classical Period” of Sufism, generally considered to be between 1200 and 1500 CE. He has always been held in high esteem within the circles of Muslim scholars, and early hagiographic sources describe him as a Maliki jurist and an early exemplar of the Shadhili Sufi Read more

The Failings of the Western Ethic

Evolutionary Ethics & an Invitation to a New/Old Perspective.

“Sufism provides an experiential introduction to qualities such as compassion, patience, and tolerance as tools for adjusting personal and collective patterns of behavior.  It enables individuals and groups to manifest their deepest and most sublime human character in the service of Allah (subhanhu wa t’ala) and of Allah’s creation.

The Qur’an and sunnah provide an essential, flexible and relevant framework for evolutionary ethics in today’s world.  In an ethical environment, everything is oriented first towards the community and the sustainability of that community.  But this orientation can only be arrived at and maintained by making commitments and utilizing appropriate mechanisms for expresssing one’s own understanding of ibadah and building one’s character as an individual Muslim and mumin. Read more

Applied Sufism

Classical Teachings for the Contemporary Seeker

Applied Sufism frames the teachings of Sufism in the form of a response to those seeking a whole and integral path, a unity of form and meaning, and intimate knowledge of God. The intimate portrayal of conscience afforded the reader in the exposition of Read more

A Global Guide to Islamic Art

A comprehensive online guide to the finest collections of Islamic Art around the world.

“For most Muslims, the highest form of visual art-and for some, the only spiritually meaningful one-is calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. Calligraphy gained its preeminence from the Qur’an, God’s revelation to the Prophet Muhammad in Read more

Turning Toward the Heart

Turning Toward the Heart, Awakening to the Sufi Way, Forty Questions and Answers with  Shaykh al-Tariqat Hazrat Azad Rasool

Excerpt from:  “Question 35: Awakening the Heart

What does it mean for the heart to become “awakend” or “enlightened”?

……As the salik devotes more time to muraqabah (meditation), the heart continues Read more

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