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Al-Cordoby
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Ghazali's Beginning of Guidance (Bidayat al-Hidaya) By Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf (1/3) Imam al-Ghazali’s Bidayah al-Hidayah is a highly motivational manual
detailing the fundamentals of acquiring guidance through
God-consciousness (taqwa). Imam al-Ghazali argues that just as there is an end to this noble
objective there is also a beginning to it, which must be made firm for
one to achieve success. He then goes on to expound the fundamentals of
this “beginning.” While being concise and to-the-point the manual is laid out in the form
of a detailed daily timetable providing the reader strong inspiration
and much heart-rending counsel. The three sections of this book are on obedience, refraining from
disobedience, and the etiquette of companionship with the Creator and
with creation. One of Imam al-Ghazali’s final works, it embodies a lifetime of
learning, experience, and spirituality and can be taken as an
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Al-Cordoby
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To BE DRESSED in the ATTRIBUTES of ALLAH It has been said that the spiritual path of Islam known as tasawwuf, or
Sufism in English, has been described as progressively becoming "dressed
in the Attributes of God." What this means is that only by increasingly cultivating our capacity
for love, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, patience, forbearance,
humility, light and beauty can we draw nearer unto the Divine Presence
of the Eternal. The superficial observance of forms and rituals is not enough to truly
awaken and reach to Truth, but to truly benefit from the spiritual
practices enjoined upon humanity, one must make sincere effort to purify
the heart of all negativity and darkness. If we fail to cultivate the spiritual excellence we are called to, we
risk losing both in this life and the next. Yet by developing the
character of a believer by sincerely and truly following the Prophetic
Path, we can attain to the grace and divine pleasure of God, and be
granted true success in this world and the hereafter... Edited by Al-Cordoby - 04 November 2018 at 6:47am |
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Al-Cordoby
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Contentment Must Be Part of Our Core Important reflections by Dr. Tim Winter (5 minutes) |
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Al-Cordoby
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Life Is Filled With Difficulty and Ease An interesting reflection by Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui (8 minutes) |
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Al-Cordoby
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Are You Worthy? While we may not realize it, one of the greatest subconscious blocks we
have that prevent us from experiencing joy, happiness, love, health and
success in life is deep rooted fear and belief that we are inherently
unworthy and undeserving. Sadly, this mistake belief based in the idea of conditional love, is in
fact counter to a true and healthy belief in the greatness and glory of
God, who created human beings inherently worthy of love, abundance and
prosperity. In fact, it is the goal of Iblis (Satan) to misguide us into believing
we are unworthy of God's love and support, and to thus inadvertently
lead us into agreement with him and rebellion towards divine order. It is extremely important to heal and correct this mistaken belief to
not only experience joy, peace, happiness and love, but also to thus
move towards the Divine Presence of God. We must remember that we are inherently worthy not for any reason other
than the fact that we have a loving, benevolent and divine God who
created us out of love, mercy and compassion. We are worthy because He
is Great. Allahu Haq. Allahu Akbar. (15 minutes) |
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Islam is Positivity Although it has become common to equate religion with the mere
identification with a cultural bloc, Islam was during the time of the
Prophet ﷺ first and foremost defined by spiritual excellence, which can
be described as personal and cultural excellence as manifest in one's
character.
Prior to the establishing of rules and regulations, the Prophet Muhammad
ﷺ spent nearly a decade simply in purifying the hearts and souls of his
companions, and leading them to the truth and reality of Islam, namely,
human beings of moral and spiritual excellence based in selflessness,
light, love, compassion and goodness.
To be a Muslim by definition asks and requires of us to be, first and
foremost, people of excellence, beauty and light. These internal
qualities of grace are the very manifestation of Islam, and without
inner humility and piety, external forms can only lead to hypocrisy. (19 minutes) |
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When Was The Last Time? When was the last time you reconnected with the natural environment? While we may not realize the inherent detriment of being exclusively
confined to man-made environments, it is significant, and not spending
time in nature takes a devastating toll on our health and wellness. We are created from and are a part of the earth, and being disconnected
from mother earth leads to an imbalanced constitution and an imbalanced
life. In this brief video, brother Ihsan shares a reminder to make the conscious effort to
spend time in God's beautiful creation and maintain your connection with
the earth, which will lead to a more grounded and balanced life in
addition to alleviating the stress, anxiety, fear and worry that arises
from the man-made world which leads to separation and disconnection. (8 minutes) |
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Live Free: Okay - How? Wisdom has become so cool that we are now, more than ever before, being
increasingly inundated with a barrage of marketing messages seeking to
give us life advice. Yet it is not wise to get our guidance for life and living from products
and their advertising which are essentially designed to appeal to the
lower self while sounding legitimate and intelligent.
In this video, I share some insights on this phenomena and how you can
be more aware of the subtle influence slogans, memes and marketing may
have on your consciousness and upon the development of your loved ones. To truly learn how to live free, we must remember that real freedom is
freedom from the self and from the lower world, and that only by
discipline and restraint, not the wanton and unbridled satiation of base
desires, hunger and thirst, can a human being ever truly be free. (11 minutes) |
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Your 4 Enemies Life in the world and upon this plane will ever be fraught with
challenge, hardship and difficulty. This then often results in the
creation of conflict. Yet who are our true enemies? In this video, I share with you who your true enemies are based upon the
prophetic path that is meant to lead to liberation, freedom, safety,
security, peace and prosperity. By learning how to recognize the true enemies of our happiness and
success, we can learn to overcome and transcend them. Thus do we reclaim
our divine purpose and attain to divine pleasure... (18 minutes) |
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Rise: Standing Up After Your Fall Standing up is not just a posture of prayer, but a way of life that
stands as a metaphor to assist us to meet our own challenges and
set-backs. Listen as our teachers engage more deeply with the questions
and doubts often raised in our minds. This session seeks to provide
Qur’anic guidance for exploring the counter-intuitive messages of how we
grow spiritually amidst personal and collective setbacks. This inspiring talk is by Sheikh Yahya Rhodes: (22 minutes) |
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Rajab 2019 (1440 Hijri) Begins Thursday Night The blessed and sacred month of Rajab begins Thursday evening, March 7,
2019 (1440 Hijri). Rajab is a particularly special lunar month during
which believers are encouraged to take advantage of with supererogatory
worship including additional prayers, dhikr, meditation and fasting. This particular year is even more blessed in that the first day of Rajab
is a Friday, which is considered the holiest day of the week, and that
the first night of Rajab (which precedes its day) is also Laylatul
Raghaib, the night in which the light of the Prophet ﷺ was passed from
his father to his mother. (6 minutes) |
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Stop Projecting Projecting unfounded feelings on people and the world around me only makes me suffer. An important reminder by Sheikh Mokhtar (9 minutes) |
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Breaking Spiritual Silence An important reminder by Sheikh Mokhtar Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and
adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of
wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant
growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow;
then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe
punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the
worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion. (Surah Hadid, 57:20) We are often reminded in the Qur'an that the world around us is filled
with distractions that can keep us from realizing the true potential of
our humanity. The modern world's incessant concentration on material and
social pursuits has granted many of us with lots of possessions and
ideas, yet we still feel empty inside. Even as Muslims' identity appears
galvanized in a response to an endlessly news cycle, Islamophobia and
injustice, this reactive activism to those challenges in itself often
paralyzes and distracts us from the pressing issues of the soul that are
humanity's greatest need. In this session we will seek to examine how
we can shed the weight from our hearts and unlock our spiritual
potential. (34 minutes) |
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How Much Should I Meditate Each Day? A spiritual master was once asked by a disciple, "How many times a day
need I meditate?" The master replied, "At least once each day, unless
you don't have time. In which case, you must meditate at least twice
each day." Time is relative, and the belief that time is scarce, in addition to the
rush that accompanies this belief, only results in the progressive lack
of time and the loss of blessings. In this video, brother Ihsan explains some of the principles and reasons why to
meditate at least once each day, unless you don't have enough time to do
so, in which case you should meditate at least twice each day 🙂 Topics covered include:
• How long should one meditate daily. • The importance of slowing down and developing the capacity for
transcendence. • The importance of meditation in Islam. • How Islamic meditation deepens and makes real al-Islam. • The awakening of the heart and heart-based consciousness. • How technology contributes to rush and the loss of blessings in time. • How to overcome ghaflah, the state of unconsciousness and hypnotic
rhythm. • Best times for meditation and spiritual practice. • The veil of identifying with a cultural bloc. • The equality of all human beings and that which differentiates them. • The importance of taqwa, or God-consciousness. • The 5 Pillars of Islam as the foundational structure of religion, yet
not its totality. • The reality of jihad as the holy and sacred struggle within oneself. • The spiritual key to awakening human potential. • The blessings of the lunar months of Rajab, Shaban and Ramadan. (17 minutes) |
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