affectionately. intimately. yours.
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المدينة
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The Ratib of Imam al-Haddad
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“If you are not like them, then emulate them:
For in emulation of the noble lies success.”— Al-Suhrawardi (via majdimam) -
It could take you months and even years on out to spiritually progress to the right path and just one tiny bump on that path can throw you off course and take you back to where you started. The struggle is picking yourself back up and having the courage to walk that long path back to guidance.
on traveling the path.
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![winter is [almost] here. (Taken with Instagram at Opanas / О’Панас)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mar8xoMByW1qf1dopo1_500.jpg)
winter is [almost] here. (Taken with Instagram at Opanas / О’Панас)
#hamdillah `ala salamah al-wusul. #mawlid now streaming again live from #tarim. (Taken with Instagram)
ready for today’s dars, isA. #shafiifiqh #mukhtasarallatif #seekersguidance (Taken with Instagram at Wisma)
found a heartwarming note from a beautiful sister i met in kharabsheh, amman, summer of 2010. – View on Path.
the rest of the lot to be sent back to mom and dad’s in the far east. #uprooting #urbannomad #tcklife #books (Taken with Instagram at Wisma)
a selection of books i hope to have shipped to my next destination, isA. – View on Path.
whether it’s lounging by the pool in bali or sightseeing in tbilisi, these are my two favorite things i never leave home without. #khulasa #misbaha (Taken with Instagram)
can’t wait till classes start again. shafii fiqh students should check out www.seekersguidance.org for an excellent line-up this term. leading shafi’i scholar sh. amjad rashid (hA) is even teaching this time. see you in class, isA! (Taken with Instagram)
Sayyidi al-Habib `Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him) was asked:
“How can killing and oppression take place in lands where there are numerous pious people? Do the pious not protect such areas from these tribulations?”
He replied: “Does not the existence of these pious people not make it incumbent on the habitants of those lands to realise their sanctity and follow their example? How can we live in lands where these people exist and then forget them and be heedless of them and go against their teachings and methodology? Some of us even insult them. We have neglected the Sacred Law; we have neglected their legacy; we do not read their biographies or attempt to emulate them; we do not love them or have veneration for them.
What has happened recently is a result of these things that have happened previously. We have replaced the stories of the pious with the stories of the heedless and those that call us to evil. We have left the pious and their places and headed for the places of heedlessness and disobedience. Then we ask: “How can these things happen in our lands?”
We have to ask: “How did what came before happen?” The punishment we are now receiving is nothing compared to what we deserve. Had it not been for Allah’s kindness things would be much worse.
So let us return to the way of the pious and look at how they constantly returned to Allah. Let us pledge our love for them and allegiance to them for the sake of Allah. By them Allah will then remove these tribulations and calamities.”
Ustadh Amin Buxton (Allah preserve him and his teachers, and benefit us by them)
![“In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. I advise you [to] maintain recitation of Qur`an with reflection; persisting in invocations with presence of heart; maintaining the witr, duha and rawatib; read the works of the salaf; work together with your brethren in good works and calling to Allah; and preserve the manners of eating, drinking and sleeping; strengthening the heart’s connection to the Messenger of Allah and your righteous forbears; show mercy to creation and benefit the Muslims, and may Allah keep you under His care.” – View on Path.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ri44YSJc1qf1dopo1_500.jpg)
“In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. I advise you [to] maintain recitation of Qur`an with reflection; persisting in invocations with presence of heart; maintaining the witr, duha and rawatib; read the works of the salaf; work together with your brethren in good works and calling to Allah; and preserve the manners of eating, drinking and sleeping; strengthening the heart’s connection to the Messenger of Allah and your righteous forbears; show mercy to creation and benefit the Muslims, and may Allah keep you under His care.” – View on Path.
