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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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Tazkiya – Spiritual Purification

Tazkiya – Spiritual Purification

Allah swt has mentioned the word ‘Tazkiya at many different places in the Qur’an-e-karim قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا [91:9-10] قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّى وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى [87:14-15] وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ [2:174] This word tazkiya means to become pure. There are two ways a person can become pure – either a person is pure or they are purified; […]

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The Importance of Qualified Scholarship

The Importance of Qualified Scholarship

Highlights from the talk, ‘Importance of Qualified Scholarship’ [to download mp3, right-click & save target/link as] RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم‎ , when he came to this earth as the final Prophet, the final Messenger, he صلى الله عليه وسلم‎ brought two things and left behind two things. If we hold firm to those two things, if we grasp those two […]

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