Dhahir and Batin

Fourth in the series of Five Sundays on Tasawwuf (2009-2010) presented in Charlottesville on April 25th, both Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid and Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee focus on The Dhaahir and the Baatin.

“Everything Allah (swt) has created apparently has two aspects, the Dhahir (outer) and the Batin (inner).   But in 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

The Necessity for Continuous Renewal (Tajdeed)

The Necessity for Continuous Renewal- Tajdeed

Lecture by Shaykh Rashid to Sidi Shiker Symposium, Marrakesh, Morocco,10-11 July, 2009

Bismillaahi-r-Rahmaani-r-Raheem
Allahumma inna nasalaka mujibati rahmatika
Wa’aza’ima magfiratika, wa salamata min kulli
Itmin, wal-ganimata min kulli birrin, wal-fawza bil-jannati min-a nnar.
O Allah, we ask You for words Read more

The Healing Light of the Prophet Muhammad (sal)

The Healing Light of the Prophet Muhammad (sal)

Bismillaahi-r-Rahmaani-r-RaheemOh Allah, we ask You for words which will make certain Your Mercy, actions which will make certain Your Forgiveness, freedom from every offence, a supply of every virtue, entering Jannah and safety from the Naar.

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Lecture at Islamic Center in Richmond

Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid was invited to speak at the Islamic Center in Richmond, Virginia, on March15, 2009.

  

THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD: THE UNIFYING VOICE OF ISLAM

Bismillâh, Alhamdulillâh

Praise be to Allah, the Turner of the hearts and sight. 

O Allah, fix our hearts on the best 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

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