What follows is a summary of several lectures delivered by Sayyidi al-?abib `Umar bin Hafi? (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him) on the topic of the Isra’ (Night Journey) and Mi`raj (Ascension). There are some additions for extra clarity. We are approaching the night on which the Islamic world traditionally celebrates the […]
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Ira Lapidus explores the origins and evolution of Muslim societies. The book, revised and updated, is divided into three parts. The first covers the formative era of Islamic civilization. The second traces the diffusion of worldwide Islamic societies, while the third explores their reaction to European imperialism, and emergence as independent states. The concluding chapters
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COUNSELS ON TRAVELLING You must hold fast to all the acts of devotion which you perform regularly when you are not travelling. Do not make light of leaving any of them. You should make up any acts of devotion which you are unable to perform due to travelling when you are able to do so,
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Please find below a great video especially for the younger generation on how to pray Salah. A Guide to Salah
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Beautiful nasheed sung by Tarim Munshid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lByW-UMuPPM Lyrics can be found below: الله يا رحمن يارحيم =يا ملك عطاءه فخيم قدوس قدس بالصفاء روحي =وافتح علينا أكبر الفتوح سلام يا مؤمن آمن روعتي = مهيمن عزيز إرفع رتبتي جبار يا متكبر يا خالق = يا بارئ إني بفضلك واثق مصورغفار ياقهار =وهاب غيثك دائما مدرار
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The owners of one of the UK’s first halal organic farms are calling on British Muslims to become more aware about where their meat comes from. Willowbrook Farm in Hampton Gay, Oxfordshire, spans 45 acres (18 hectares) of land. Everything produced, from the goose eggs to the grass-fed lamb, is organic. The Radwan family decided
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“In Sharh Usul al-Bazdawi of al-allama al-Akmal: ‘the majority of our colleagues (among the Hanafis) and the majority of the Shafi’is have said that matters which admit of permissibility or prohibition in the Sharia before its transmission remain permissible, and that is the basic presumption regarding them… so they deemed permissibility the basis, and prohibition
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Answered by Sayyidi al-Ḥabīb `Umar bin Hafīẓ (may Allāh preserve him and benefit us by him). What is the most beautiful gift that someone can give to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the month of Rabi` al-Awwal? In reality we are unable to benefit him in any way but what pleases him is for
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What follows are extracts from a talk given by Sayyidī al-Ḥabīb `Umar bin Hafīẓ (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him) in the mawlid in Dar al-Mustafa 2nd Rabī` al-Awwal 1345/ 2nd January 2014. “Ādam and all the other Prophets will be under my banner on the Day of Judgement.” Where will you
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Sayyidi al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him) reminds us that the linguistic meaning of Hajj is seeking or intending. Thus the people of Allah are constantly performing Hajj because they are constantly seeking Allah. Just as their whole year is Ramadan, likewise their whole year is Hajj. Just as those performing Hajj respond
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We thank Allah for the blessing of Ramaḍān and for all that He has enabled us to do in this blessed month. Ahead of us is the last of the odd nights, the 29th night, in which Laylat al-Qadr is sought. It may also be the last night of Ramaḍān. The Messenger of Allah said
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On the 17th Ramadan we commemorate the Battle of Badr, which took place on that day in the second year of the Hijrah. It is one of the most important events in the history of the Ummah, and Allah describes it as the Day of Discrimination. Sayyidi al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him)
Three Grades It should be known that there are three grades of fasting: ordinary, special and extra-special. Ordinary fasting means abstaining from food, drink and sexual satisfaction. Special Fasting means keeping one’s ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet — and all other organs — free from sin. Extra-special Fasting means fasting of the heart from
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Increasing our Love and Yearning for the Prophet ﷺ through Fasting Answered by Sayyidi al-Ḥabīb `Umar bin Hafīẓ (may Allāh preserve him and benefit us by him). How can we increase in our love and yearning for the Prophet ﷺ through fasting? We do this by: Being aware that we are following him in our
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It is the practice of many of the pious people of the Ummah to recite Surah Ya Sin three times on the 15th night of Sha’ban. The first time they read it with the intention of being blessed with a long life spent in obedience to Allah, the second time with the intention that calamities
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