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- What are the qualities Allah SWT loves for us to show when we are afflicted with tribulation?
- How can we overcome our ego when we have wrong desires that ache if we don’t commit them?
- The ego denies the blessings of Allah SWT, but really focuses on the good that it has done. How do we defeat that trick of the ego?
- If They Were To See You
- Asking The Right Questions
- Does Allah give us many paths knowing what we will choose?
- Some of us are grown, but are still like children on the inside. What must one do with this?
- Why do we see a black spot on the forehead of the wahabis and the shining face of Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaat?
- Can anyone change Mazhab for his own benefits or is it from the ego to think like that?
- Are you speaking about collective decision making, rather than maybe making the wrong decision?
- Manners are Learned in Jamaat
- How do we protect ourselves from bad thoughts that come into our head?
- I left Islam three years ago. Is it possible Allah will forgive me if I repent?
- Is A Sheykh Needed To Understand What Kind Of Service Is Best For Us?
- Does the Sheykh need to submit his nafs to a Sheykh or is it beyond our understanding?
- Desire Of The Soul
- Are the soul and the nafs the same? If we have bad thoughts is it because the sheytan empowers the nafs?
- Who Are You Following, O Muslims?
- Strangers In This World
- What should we do when people wish us Happy New Year?
- The Prophet (AS) said there will be more than seventy branches of Islam. How can we be sure that we are in the right one?
- Why is there a need for four Mazhabs in Islam?
- We, The Millet Of Ibrahim (as)
- Sincere Love For The Kingdom Of Allah
- What Are You Intending?
- The Ehli Zikr Are Making Everyone To Remember Allah
- Should I wait until a Sheykh crosses my path while carrying on with my namaz and zikr?
- I make zikr almost 24/7, yet I still feel so lonely. How come I still feel this loneliness and pain?
- Why do Muslims now chose laziness and no discipline for learning the knowledge of Allah?
- What is the Islamic perspective on those whose bodies have been cremated?
- What is the significance of the ‘Hu, Hu’ zikr?
- More Than Cool Water
- What makes a person to make the right decisions at the right time?
- The Right Direction
- Some years ago I was asked, ‘what is your religion and what is your book?’
- If Jannat is under our mother’s feet, what is under the feet of Rasulullah (SAW)?
- Why is tazkiyah not widely taught nowadays?
- The Marifat of Knowing Your Purpose
- Why are some people born with more misfortune than others?
- Can a person only connect to the Prophet (AS) through a Sheykh or is there any other way?
- What is hubud dunya and how do I remove it?
- What is hidden shirik and how can I be safe from it?
- Can a person under the age of forty use a walking stick or cane with the intention of following the sunnat?
- Love and Be Loved
- How do we keep our hearts open when things are good in terms of this dunya?
- ‘Pray As You Have Seen Me Pray.’
- What is the relationship between anxiety and anger?
- How can we understand the essence of sabr and shukr?
- What can be done if one is negligent, and how can we stay thankful always to Allah and to the Holy Prophet (AS)?
- What is being recited before Sheykh Lokman Effendi starts to climb the mimbar e-Rasool (AS) and while he is climbing step by step on the mimbar?
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
The training of a mureed in Tarikat
BismillahirRahmanirRahim QUESTION: Sometimes the Shaykh says something about a mureed to teach that mureed for reasons only he may know. He may say it in front of others and they hear. But those things remain for years with those who … Continue reading
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Which zikr will help me to reach ALLAH (swt) the quickest?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim QUESTION: Which zikr will help me to reach ALLAH (swt) the quickest? Which zikr? I’ll tell you which zikr. You are not going to like it though. ‘O my nafs, O my nafs, O my nafs, O my nafs, … Continue reading
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The Order of the Whirling Dervishes
BismillahirRahmanirRahim The Order of the Whirling Dervishes Question: Sufism has always been closely associated with the whirling dervishes. Can you explain the role of these whirling dervishes in Islam? The so called ‘whirling dervish,’ we don’t like to use that … Continue reading
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Prophet MUHAMMAD (asws) – The Blessed Birth
The Blessed Birth When the term was fulfilled and the moment of delivery approached, the holy house, the Kaba at Mecca all at once was seen to split in two. The Quraysh were appalled by this event, and everybody searched … Continue reading
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Must a Muslim be in a Tariqa?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Must a Muslim be in a Tariqa? QUESTION: “Must a Muslim be in a Tariqa? Can a Muslim live Islam through their own efforts?” It’s like saying, someone is asking, ‘must a man go to a university to get … Continue reading
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“Why is my prayer to have a child not being answered?”
BismillahirRahmanirRahim “I have been married for a very long time but do not have any children yet. My husband and I have been praying endlessly for ALLAH to bless us with a child. Is there a reason why our prayer … Continue reading
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Show proper respect to the Holy Prophet’s (sws) Month
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Show proper respect to the Holy Prophet’s (sws) Month Alhamdulillah, astaghfirullah, astaghrullah wa atubu ilaih. We are thanking our Lord Allah subhana wa ta’ala for granting us the life, counting us from the believers and making us to reach … Continue reading
How will we know when Mahdi (a.s) has come to the world?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question : How will we know when Mahdi (a.s) has come to the world? We are definitely not going to know through CNN or through YahooNews. Those ones who are sitting and waiting and actively doing something for his … Continue reading
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More difficult days are coming ahead….Prepare yourself!
BismillahirRahmanirRahim More difficult days are coming ahead….Prepare yourself! Muslims are running away from death. They are running into the Death but they are running away from Death. The fear enters into the hearts of believers this last one hundred years. … Continue reading
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“To Sit Down and Meditate is Better Than 70 Years of Worship”
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Which of the favors of your Lord can you deny? If a man sits down and think about the favors that the Lord has granted to him with one eye, not two, not the speech, not the hearing, not the … Continue reading
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How are you going to achieve that Divine Love ?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim How are you going to achieve that Divine Love ? Question : I’ve been reading about Moulana Abdul Rehman Ibn Jami (qaddasallahu sirruh) who lives around the time of Shah Naksibendi (qaddasallahu sirruh). Moulana Jami says, ‘Love is essential … Continue reading
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