Our master ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Alawi al-Haddad (may Allah be pleased with him and benefit us by him) said, in his book ‘Religious Counsels’: These qualities are obligatory for every believer to embody and acquire… Referring to a prior statement just before this: That the believer should be: in a state of reverential awe humble in […]

* Courtesy of Cambridge Muslim College Shaykh Yahya Rhodus draws a beautiful parallel between the human heart and soil.  We are experiencing over-cultivation and depletion of minerals in our soil that bares real fruits that lack any sort of nutrients.  Our hearts, similarly, have experienced a drought, and as a consequence this has manifested within […]

This is the fourth part of a series, click here for the previous article. In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate No matter how much a student develops, the etiquette with his teacher is of the utmost importance. Seventy percent of knowledge is gained through the student’s connection with his teacher – through […]

With so many plans disrupted this year and put off by Covid-19, the believer knows that nothing is ever purely evil and even the darkest of places will have at least a speck of light.  Tarim is the lighthouse. This year they’re offering their summer course online. This summer course, or dowrah, has been held […]