WELCOME! You now have private access to the 2016 Suhbats with Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid listed in ascending chronological order.
(View khutbahs at Khutbahs 2016)
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| 12.31.16 Sat | Reliance on Those who Rely on Allah Swt: The Path of Good Character and Good Conduct | video | audio |
| 12.29.16 Thu | The Journey that Requires Patience and Thankfulness | video | audio |
| 12.28.16 Wed | Following the Rules of Real Freedom:Living the Spirit of Sufism and Islam | video | audio |
| 12.24.16 Sat | “Grasp what Transpires behind That which Appears”: The Goal and Process of the Spiritual Journey | video | audio |
| 12.21.16 Wed | Aspire to Have No Aspirations: Yearning to Yearn is Tawbah for the Sufi | video | audio |
| 12.17.16 Sat | The Link between Intention and Knowledge: Ways to Overcome Obstacles on the Journey | video | audio |
| 12.15.16 Thu | The State of No Thought: Practices can create a Pure State of Attention and Consciousness | video | audio |
| 12.14.16 Wed | The Value of Truth: Validating Faith with Reason and Logic | video | audio |
| 12.10.16 Sat | Loyalty to One’s Soul through Stages of Struggle on the Journey | video | audio |
| 12.08.16 Thu | “Beware of Hurting the Hearts of Sufis”- Adab: Foundation of the Spiritual Journey | video | audio |
| 12.07.16 Wed | “Beware of Hurting the Hearts of Sufis” – Adab: Made by Attention and Behavior towards Allah Swt | video | audio |
| 12.03.16 Sat | Shaykh’s Bday Celebration – Dinner Presentations and Shaykh’s Comments | video | |
| 12.03.16 Sat | Shaykh’s Bday Celebration – Dinner Presentations | video | |
| 12.03.16 Sat | Shaykh’s Bday Celebration – Masjid Readings | video | |
| 12.01.16 Thu | Self Destructiveness and the Remedy of Patience. Ta’wil on Significant Passages of Qur’an | video | audio |
| 11.30.16 Wed | The Secret of Death: Makhluq – Reading from Shaykh Abul Qadir Jilani (ra) | video | audio |
| 11.26.16 Sat | Saturday Suhbat (to be titled) | video | audio |
| 11.24.16 Thu | The Universal Soul: We are Born with Many Elements of Potentiality. Our Transformation Begins in Qalb. | video | audio |
| 11.24.16 Thu | Thanksgiving Dinner Comments | video | audio |
| 11.23.16 Wed | The Unseen World of Jahannam: Types of Hell | video | audio |
| 11.19.16 Sat | Contemplating the Purpose of This World, Its Relationship to the Hereafter, and the Search for Knowledge | video | audio |
| 11.18.16 Fri | Traveling to Self Knowledge: References from Imam al Ghazali (ra) | video | audio |
| 11.12.16 Sat | Hajjah Maria Ulfa: Lesson with Recitation | video | audio |
| 11.10.16 Thu | Refining Oneself in Order to Perceive Signs, Good and Bad | video | audio |
| 11.09.16 Wed | The Key of Adab is for Every Situation: In Attitude, Behavior, and Keeping Good Company | video | audio |
| 11.05.16 Sat | The Quest for Truth: Adab, Effort, Paying Attention to Clues. Tawakkul: A Pillar for Progress. | video | audio |
| 11.03.16 Thu | Choosing the Right Thing to Do: Empowerment of Healing, Adab of Practices, Changing Oneself | video | audio |
| 11.02.16 Wed | Because It Is the Right Thing to Do: Intentions, Assumptions, and the Nafs | video | audio |
| 10.29.16 Sat | Integral to the Human Being is Relatedness and Relationships: Carrying Messages from the Batin to the Dhahir | video | audio |
| 10.27.16 Thu | Be What You Can Be: By Asking the Right Questions Answers Have to Develop | video | audio |
| 10.26.16 Wed | The Qur’an: The Successor of the Holy Texts and the Way to that Knowledge. | video | audio |
| 10.22.16 Sat | The Light of the Sayr ul Suluk: Ta’wil of Verses from Qur’an | video | audio |
| 10.20.16 Thu | Ta’wil on a Poem by Jurjani: Eternity, Perfection, Knowledge, Truth | video | audio |
| 10.15.16 Sat | When the Destination of the Journey is Not Known: Longing, Aspiration, and Love | video | audio |
| 10.13.16 Thu | The Story of Ibn Kumayl: Three Levels of Man. Continuing the Seven Stages of Nafs | video | audio |
| 10.12.16 Wed | The Guidance and Way of Sufism: Self Discipline, Greater Jihad, Nafs Ammaara | video | audio |
| 10.08.16 Sat | Imam Ali (as): The Power of Oral Teachings. The Story of the Lure of Dunya. Ta’wil of the Story of Ibn Kumayl | video | audio |
| 10.06.16 Thu | Commitment to a Spiritual Journey: Inspiration, Necessity, and Change | video | audio |
| 10.05.16 Wed | Establish a Pattern of Accountability. Develop a Toolbox through Transmissions | video | audio |
| 10.01.16 Sat | Purification through Keeping Company with the Pure. The Ta’wil of Ba’ait. | video | audio |
| 09.29.16 Thu | Stages of Nafs: Mulhamma, Lawwama, Radiyya, Mardiyya | video | audio |
| 09.28.16 Wed | The Ta’wil of Ba’ait: Inner Purification. Transformation by Application Using the Tools of the Transmissions | video | audio |
| 09.24.16 Sat | Validation of Tawassul: Supplication to Allah Swt through Intermediaries/Wasila | video | audio |
| 09.22.16 Thu | Knowing Oneself: Dying to Oneself. Arrive through Guidance and Practices. | video | audio |
| 09.21.16 Wed | Spiritual Self-Discipline: Restraining the Lower Self. Grief: It is Not Without Benefit | video | audio |
| 09.17.16 Sat | Love of Perfection: Seeking through Knowledge, Beauty, and Excellence | video | audio |
| 09.15.16 Thu | Love and What Evokes It: The Role of Knowledge, Beauty, and Excellence | video | audio |
| 09.12.16 Mon | Eid al Adha Khutbah (go to Khutbahs2016) | ||
| 09.10.16 Sat | Love: Muhabbat and the Stage of Bewilderment and Transcendence | video | audio |
| 09.08.16 Thu | Realizing Love: The Inner and Outer Science of Spirituality | video | audio |
| 09.07.16 Wed | Non-Locality: A Basis for Understanding Tawhid/Unity | video | audio |
| 09.03.16 Sat | Bee Community: “When it sits, it does not break [the flower].” | video | audio |
| 09.01.16 Thu | The Ta’wil of Repentance: Inaba and Penitence | video | audio |
| 08.31.16 Wed | The Ta’wil of Niyyat/Intention | video | audio |
| 08.27.16 Sat | Knowledge and Knowledge of Allah Swt: What is Revealed and What is Concealed | video | audio |
| 08.25.16 Thu | Jihad al Akbar : Following the Siratul Mustaqim so as Not to Follow the Impulse of the Lower Nature | video | audio |
| 08.24.16 Wed | Jihad al Akbar: A Struggle Greater than War | video | audio |
| 08.20.16 Sat | ‘Alam al Dharr: The Goal and Purpose of Life | video | audio |
| 08.18.16 Thu | ‘Alam al Dharr: One Source, One Ray of Light, One Single Soul | video | audio |
| 08.16.16 Tue | ‘Alam al Dharr: Becoming Suffused with Light | video | audio |
| 08.09.16 Tue | ‘Alam al Dharr: Different Aspects of Light | video | audio |
| 08.06.16 Sat | Founder’s Day Dars: Foundation of Community is Service/Khidmat | video | audio |
| 08.06.16 Sat | Founder’s Day: Dinner Presentations (note: audio is a combo of masjid and dinner readings) | video | audio |
| 08.06.16 Sat | Founder’s Day: Readings in the Masjid and Presentations at Dinner (note: audio is a combo of masjid and dinner readings) | video | audio |
| 08.04.16 Wed | ‘Alam al Dharr: The World of Particles. The Covenant Made before Time. | video | audio |
| 07.30.16 Sat | Receptivity to Prayers Answered: The Blessing of Allah are Always Present | video | audio |
| 07.29.16 Fri Eve | The Concept of Intercession | video | audio |
| 07.27.16 Wed | The Finite and Infinite Plays. Technique for Muraqabah | video | audio |
| 07.23.16 Sat | The Hereafter: Building a Life in the Akhirat | video | audio |
| 07.20.16 Wed | The Development of One’s Soul: Wasila, Good Deeds, Remembrance | video | audio |
| 07.13.16 Wed | Praying for Both Lives: The Life Here and in the Life Hereafter | video | audio |
| 07.09.16 Sat | The State of At-Tazkiya: Purifying the Self | video | audio |
| 07.07.16 Thu | Tawajjuh and Muraqabah: The Difference between the Two | video | audio |
| 07.02.16 Sat | Tawajjuh: Methods, Forms, and Effacement | video | audio |
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