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Selam alaykum all! Someone has brought to my attention that it has been over 40 days since my last post. And this has been the longest stint that I have withheld a post from this blog since 2005. But as it were, I just don’t have much to say. Before I had a shaykh, I [...]
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Over 40 Days Since My Last Post
Posted in Journal, Life, Thoughts, tagged Blogging, Faith, Holy, Nights, Worship on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yursil: ‘Being Spiritually Ambitious’
Posted in Blogs, Life, Religion, Thoughts, tagged Ambition, Blogger, Islam, Muslim, Rank, Spirituality, Success on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I had the opportunity to discuss one popular Muslim blogger’s most recent post prior to its publishing. And at the time, when he shared the idea for the post, I thought it would be one of the most important blog topics of Rabi al-Thani 1429. And after reading the post, I realized just [...]
He Who Knows Himself, Knows His Lord
Posted in Life, Religion, Sufism, Thoughts, tagged Christian, Experience, Women, Working on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was an interesting day, it began for me a bit reluctantly because I left the window open and it was much colder in my bedroom than normal. But eventually, I prepared myself and quickly raced out of the bedroom to prepare for fajr, the morning prayers. When I left my apartment to catch the [...]
Foolish Speech
Posted in Life, Religion, Thoughts, tagged Heedlessness, Speech on April 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
These days I find the sohbet of my shaykh to be more important than I could have ever imagined. As the days and nights pass I am appreciating, more and more, the sentiments of the Qawwali, Ilahi, the traditional sufi poets and their diwan devoted to their beloved murshid. And as I continue to trip [...]
The Holy Nights
Posted in Life, Religion, Thoughts, tagged Islam, Muhammad, Muslims, Sunnah on March 15, 2008 | 8 Comments »
If I were to ask you what are the five Holy Nights, what would come to your mind? Perhaps nothing or perhaps something. The fact of the matter is that the Holy Days and Nights are not discussed very often among religious people in America. But for Muslims in America there are evenings that should [...]








