Blogging! As some of you know, I am a musician of sorts, coming from a long line of musicians in my family. So I’ve started to make records again and will eventually write, arrange, produce and record a number of songs and some specifically for the readers of this blog.
I’ve been blogging for some time [...]
Archive for the ‘Thoughts’ Category
Loving the Prophet, Blogging and Music
Posted in Blogs, Family, Life, Music, Thoughts, tagged Children, God, Musician, Songs, Traditions on April 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
An American Spiritual Tradition
Posted in Blogs, Religion, Sufism, Thoughts, tagged America, Lifestyle, Marc Manley, Naqshbandi, Osmanli Naksibendi on March 16, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Marc Manley wrote an interesting blog post a few weeks back, where he asked the question,
“[N]ow that Islam has arrived on America’s shores, what will its spiritual tradition look like?”
For me, there is a very easy answer: The Osmanli Naks-i’bendi Sufi Association. There is not much more to it. Really, for me its that simple. [...]
Which One is A Holy Gathering?
Posted in Religion, Thoughts, tagged Education, Islam, Islamic Schools, Learning, Naqshbandi, Osmanli Naksibendi on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gathering A
Gathering B
I keep getting these emails from a certain school in Queens. They are having classes at a reduced rate, mashaAllah! A few years back I invested in these and other classes for myself and my family. If you are wondering the results well, lets just say that I would not be [...]
Being A Better Muslim; A Better Mu’min; A Better Man Pt. 1
Posted in Family, Life, Religion, Sufism, Thoughts, tagged Career, Children, Family, Lifestyle, Parents, Responsibility, Work on September 8, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Ramadan kerim; Ramadan mubarak all. Its good to be writing again and it is only because of a simple yet profound realization that I find myself with the inspiration to write anything at all. That realization coming through so many ways but they all begin with a sohbet. The sohbet of our Shaykh, Abdul Kerim [...]
The Prince and the Handmaid
Posted in Life, Thoughts, tagged Goldsmith, Handmaid, Heaven, Prince, Rumi on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ramadan kerim everyone! Yesterday, I was talking to a family member on the phone and they were continuously saying inshaAllah, inshaAllah; God willing, to almost everything we spoke about. Overtime our conversation came to a close, but when I got off the phone the phrase, inshaAllah played over and over again in my mind. And [...]








