Khutbah 2010

RECENT KHUTBAHS by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid. We invite you to listen to the audio khutbahs, as well as downloading the pdf file.

	Endowment of the Divine: Nobility and Dignity through Responsibility Feb. 26, 2010
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Khutbahs 2009

 KHUTBAHS by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid from 2009. We invite you to listen to the audio khutbahs, as well as downloading the pdf file.

	A New Year: The First of Muharram December 18, 2009	pdf
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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 Read more

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 month’s suhbat regards Tarbiyya, Training the Murid in Tasawwuf.

Guest Speaker: Imam Mohamad Bashar Arafat is the founder and president of Civilizations Exchange and Cooperation Foundation (CECF). He attended Damascus University and graduated with a degree in Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Islamic Law. He studied Quranic interpretation, Read more

Success Through Sincerity

 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

5 Sundays on Tasawwuf

Join us for suhbat with the Shaykh.  This series of 5 Sunday Talks addresses the historical and practical importance of a guide on the Sufic Path. Can’t attend in person? Watch Webcast here. You are invited to the Islamic Study Center, 108 10th ST.  NW, Charlottesville, VA.   Begins at 10:30 to 6:00.

Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid, in the Naqshbandi tradition;  Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee, in the Shadhdhuli tradition.  Each session will include a na’at singer or group and a Qur’an reader. Each speaker will have at least an hour to delve into his subject, with time for questions afterwards. Lunch and dinner will be served; dhuhr, ‘asr and maghrib will be prayed in jam’at. There is no charge for the program. 

1. The Necessity and Function of the Shaykh – listen to this talk
2. Suhbet or the Oral Tradition-listen to this talk
3. Ikhlas or Sincerity
4. Tarbiyya or the Training of the Mureed
5. Dhaahir & Baatin

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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 the Knowers,” he accompanied his maternal uncle Sari al-Saqati, al-Harith al-Muhasibi, and others. 

He is referred to by the sufis as sayyid-ut taifa i.e. the leader of the group. He lived and died in the city of Baghdad. He laid the groundwork for “sober” mysticism in contrast to that of “God-intoxicated” Sufis like al-Hallaj, Bayazid Bistami and Abu Sa`eed Abul-Khayr. 

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Suhbat 2010

RECENT LECTURES  by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid and his guests.  We invite you to listen to these as well as download their accompanying pdf file and watch them in video.  Click “read more” to see all Lecture audio files.  Click here for Khutbahs,  Suhbat 2009, Suhbat  2008, Suhbat 2007.

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Subhat 2009

RECENT audio files of LECTURES by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid and his guests.  We invite you to listen to these as well as download their accompanying pdf file.  Click “read more” to see all Lecture audio files.  Click here for Khutbahs, Suhbat 2009, Suhbat 2008, Suhbat 2007.

Suhbat and the Oral Tradition December 6,

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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 Study Center in Charlottesville, VA. Suhbat and the Oral Tradition   by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid           pdf

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