Khwajah Bahauddin Naqshband

“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 was when Read more

Tarbiyya -Training the Murid

Fourth in the series of Five Sundays on Tasawwuf (2009-2010) presented in Charlottesville on Feb 28th, both Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid and Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee 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 Read more

Success Through Sincerity

Iklhas or Sincerity is the third talk in the 5 Sunday Series on Tasawwuf (2009-2010) and the Importance of a Guide.  “Success Through Sincerity” is a dars by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid, given on January 24th, 2010 at the zawiya of Shaykh Nooruddeen.

OPENING DU’A

Allahumma salle ‘ala sayeddina Muhammed al fatih Read more

Imam Junayd

Imam Junayd ibn Muhammad Abu al-Qasim al-Khazzaz al-Baghdadi (d. 297 AH/  909-910 CE) 

By GF Haddad and Dr. Alan Godlas

Al-Junayd ibn Muhammad ibn al-Junayd, Abu al-Qasim al-Qawariri al-Khazzaz al-Nahawandi al-Baghdadi al-Shafi`i (d. 298). The Imam of the World in his time, shaykh of the Sufis and “Diadem of Read more