Love: Preparing the Chamber of the Heart for the Beloved

LOVE:Preparing the Chamber of the Heart for the Beloved

was presented by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid on the 4th Sunday, March 27th, 2011 in the 5 Sundays Series (2010-2011) at the Islamic Study Center in Charlottesville, VA.

“The journey of the soul is a journey toward love, of love, and Read more

Weight-ing for Justice: Seeking the Balance

“I have been speaking about civil society, in the outer, about social justice and social order as necessary for a peaceful society.  But what about taking all these principles and turning them inward-not only using them as a template of the civil society, but seeing that it is also the Read more

Nights of Light Lecture Series

In his presentation,” Shaykh Rashid explains, “From the sacredness of submission in sawm, to the sanctifying upliftment of suhbat, to the subtleties of dhaahir and baatin, and today, to discussing the dynamics of the Isra Miraaj (to be followed by Nisfu-Shabaan and Laylatu-l-Qadr), we are on Read more

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 and Read more

The Shaykh replies…

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

Seek knowledge from the Cradle to the Grave

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said,”Verily the men of knowledge are the inheritors of the prophets”

We invite you to browse through the readings  made available by The Circle Group.  Many are lectures given to public audiences in educational institutes and organizations in the U.S. and abroad.  We welcome Read more