How To Make Naqshbandi Sufi Tea

Turkish Tea is one of the staples of the Osmanli Naks-i’bendi-Hakkani Dergah (what is a dergah?). Turkish tea is a brewed tea. It is not bagged and steeped, in fact it is loose but processed leaves, herbs and spices that are brewed for a period of about 15 minutes or more. Our shaykh, [...]

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What is Wudu’?

For a religiously valid salat (Islamic ritual prayer), a minor-ablution (wudu’) is an obligatory (fard) precondition. Without it, the salat is not complete. The Prophet Muhammad (alayhi salatu wa sallim) has said,
“The key of the salat is the wudu’” (Jami’ al-Saghir, v.2 pp156)
The Obligations of Minor-Ablution:

Washing the whole face, from the top of the [...]

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The Many Uses of Vinegar

Vinegar is a liquid substance produced from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields acetic acid, a corrosive organic chemical compound, represented as CH3COOH. Vinegar is made from the oxidation of ethanol in cider, fermented fruit juice, or nearly any other liquid containing alcohol. It has been used for food, household, miscellaneous and [...]

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How Do Muslims Pray?

Let me tell you a little secret… I have been waiting nearly six months to make a post like this. I wanted to wait until readership for Wa Salaam was at a level where it could actually be of benefit. So where do we start?
Well lets start with the basics. In Islam there are 5 [...]

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