Category: Lessons by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed

Romance in Islam

Romance in Islam

The IBA Iqra Society invited Sheikh Kamaluddin Ahmed’s wife ‘Alimah Sobia Ahmed’ on the 22nd of November, 2010 to deliver a lecture on the topic Romance in Islam. The following is an edited version of the notes prepared by Maliha Abidi during the lecture. It also includes some points from a lecture delivered by Alimah Sobia Qasim (a student of […]

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A Litmus test: Do we truly love Allah swt?

A Litmus test: Do we truly love Allah swt?

A questioner once questioned Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db on his CII Radio talk: Q: ‘How can we know that we truly love Allah swt?’ Paraphrasing his beautiful response: “We know that Allah swt loves us,when we find ourselves in such a state that we are obedient to Allah swt’s Commandments i.e. we are pleased with what pleases Allah swt and […]

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8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student

8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِين “And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.” (51:55) * The script within square brackets are Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed[db]’s personal comments on the text of the letter. Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah wrote a letter to one of his students and this student was a graduate from the Madrassa (Islamic Institution of Learning) that Imam Al-Ghazali was teaching […]

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