Wa SalaamWa Salaam******************A Muslim-American Journal****************** Articles
Who Are the Ottomans?
2007-11-13 08:26:00 During the time of the Ottoman Empire, the Muslims were strong, noble and respected. It was a period where unity among Muslims was achieved. During the reign of the Ottoman Sultans, the Muslim unity that is idealized today, was actualized and developed from an authentic connection to the Prophet, Sayyidina Maulana Muhammad (may Peace and ... More About: Politics , Religion , Indians , History , Civilization
When Ottomans Sent Aid to the Irish
2007-11-13 06:36:00 What do an Ottoman medal of honor, an Irish Coat of Arms and Ireland ’s Favorite Football (soccer) team have in common? The answer is in this article, it is a surprising but brief account of significant but little known history that makes our lives just a tad bit more interesting. read more | digg story More About: History , Soccer , Blogs
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2007-11-09 07:00:00 The Consequences of No Spiritual Growth More About: Links
100,000 Views!
2007-11-08 18:03:00 Alhamdulillah! MashaAllah! This is a mile-stone, this blog has been through a number of transitions since its inception and throughout the ups and downs of the Islamic community, the blogging scene and my own personal life, readership has steadily increased, shukr ya Rabbi. I pray that this blog has been beneficial to us, to all ... More About: Society , News , Religion , Views , Blogger
Taking the Oath: An Islamic Tradition
2007-11-07 08:58:00 Taking bayat means taking an oath. It is a sunnat, however a forgotten sunnat of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (may Peace and Blessings be upon him). When the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and the Believers, his Companions went to Hajj, for the first time after the hijri/migration to Medina, they stopped before entering Mecca. The ... More About: Society , Religion , Islam , Islamic , Tradition
Technology is Robbing Our Humanity
2007-11-05 22:36:00 If people can no longer live with out technology what will happen to mankind if technology were to somehow vanish. Imagine a world where fossil fuels, biofuel and hydro-electric generators, etc. could no longer be utilized to produce energy. Imagine a world where living off of the land was absolutely necessary. Upon this event in ... More About: Society , Religion , Islam , Globalization , Technology
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2007-11-03 06:00:00 Kohl / Surmah - A forgotten Sunnah More About: Links
Believers Look With the Light of God
2007-11-02 17:56:00 On Friday 26 Safar, 1428 (March 16,2007) our sheykh, Sheykh Abdul-Kerim, Deputy to Grand Sheykh Maulana Nazim al-Hakkani the world leader for the most distinguished Osmanli Naks-i’bendi way, gave khutbe where he discusses how believers look with the nur of Allah explaining that, “Holy Prophet (sws) is saying, “Be careful from the vision of a believer ... More About: Religion , Islam , Muslim , Muhammad , Prayer
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2007-11-02 06:00:00 Imam Zaid Shakir: Who are the Fascists? Russian History, 1855-1892 Immigration Is Fodder for Clinton Rivals - New York Times More About: Links
Memetics: A Discussion with Umm Layth and Aaminah
2007-11-01 15:43:00 This blog post was originally a comment on The Other Blair Criticizes Hijab and Niqab, but I decided to make it blog post because it hit on some very real and very serious topics that should not be missed by readers on this blog. I encourage those with something beneficial for both themselves and others ... More About: Science , News , Religion , Islam , India
The Other Blair Criticizes Hijab and Niqab
2007-10-31 21:19:00 Former British PM’s wife urges to challenge religion saying, “I think however, that if you get to the stage where a woman is not able to express her personality because we cannot see her face, then we do have to ask whether this is something that is actually acknowledging the woman’s right to be a person.” ... More About: News , Religion , Islam , Women , Men
Nusrat Fateh ?Ali Khan: ?Ali ?Ali Maula Haqq! (in Urdu)
2007-10-31 09:30:00 Its interesting to me to be going into my closet pulling out old CDs that I haven’t listened to in a while. When you do you notice that there is no age on spiritual music particular Ghazals and Qawwalis. Lately, Hyder ‘Ali of the Osmanli Traveller Blog and I have been listening to a ... More About: Religion , Music , Sufism , Khan , Urdu
Custom Made Misbaha
2007-10-30 04:56:00 One thing about the Osmanli Naks-i’bendi Hakkani Sufi Association is that daily worship is taken very seriously. And because daily worship calls for a good amount of dhikr (pronounced zee-kir) it is necessary to have a misbaha. The misbaha helps count the number of repetitions made in your tasbih. This is very helpful when making ... More About: Religion , Islam , Sufism , Made , Custom
Say Allah, Allah, Allah!
2007-10-28 21:54:00 There are a few things in my life that consistently offer a feeling of freshness and renewal. One is wudu’, the ritual ablution Muslims perform before prayer, its impact on the soul is a significant one. After performing the wudu’ one has a strong sense of cleanliness and purity that can be felt for long ... More About: Religion , Islam , Happiness , Sufism
The Nominees of Paradise
2007-10-25 22:25:00 As Believers mature we realize that there are degrees of understanding on the way; on our return to our Lord. We gradually come to know that there are indeed tests placed in our way which we can either pass or fail however the test results are often cryptic or misleading when interpreted by our selves; ... More About: Religion , Spirituality , Heaven , Muslims , Paradise
Shaykh Abdul-Kerim and Clyde Bellecourt in Washington D.C.
2007-10-24 21:30:00 People of many traditions come to share in a Prayer Vigil at Washington DC. Shaykh Abdul Kerim leads the Osmanli Naksibendi Tariqat and others in remembering the Creator. Clyde Bellecourt, famous Native American activist, joins the prayer circle and participates. His Ojibwe name is Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun which means “Thunder Before the Storm”. read more | digg story More About: Religion , Culture , Muslim , Sunni
Sufi Whirling in New York City
2007-10-10 21:49:00 On a cool evening during the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Osmanli Naks’i-bendi-Hakkani Sufi Association spent the night in prayer and worship to their Lord. Some of this worship included music and whirling captured in this video. Shaykh Abdul-Kerim holds these events weekly on Friday at 353 W 39th St, Rm #304 in Manhattan (NYC). read ... More About: Religion , Islam , New York , Prayer , Sufism
Chechen Muslims Make Hadra and Zikr
2007-10-01 22:33:00 This is one of my favorite video clips. It features a gathering of Chechen Muslims , from the Qadiri Sufi Association, reciting, “la ilaha illa Allah”, “there is no god but the One God”. Every time I watch this clip it makes the hairs on the back on my neck stand-up! SubhanAllah! Glory be to Him, ... More About: Video , Religion , Islam , Prayer
Proper Greetings in Islam
2007-09-25 18:27:00 I have on occasion come across Muslims who are sincere but ignorant of some of the finer points of Islam ic lifestyle according to the traditions of the Holy Prophet (may Peace and Blessings be upon him). This however, is easy to do in this day and age where there are so many forgotten traditions of ... More About: Religion , Communication , Muhammad , Greetings
What?s Wrong With the Sunni Unity Pledge
2007-09-25 16:18:00 Yursil Kidwai of Osmanli Naksibendi-Hakkani Sufi Order discusses the failings of the “Sunni Unity Pledge” proposed by Shaykh Bin Bayyah, Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir and Yasir Qadhi. read more | digg story More About: Religion , Islam , Muslim , Wrong
Be With Righteous People
2007-09-24 17:47:00 Shaykh Abdul-Kerim is here at the Osmanli Naksibendi-Hakkani Dergah in Sydney Center, New York speaking on men, women and the need to follow what Allah/God sent to the Holy Prophets. He also discusses the need for people, of our day and age, to be in association with the awliyullah/saints and shuyukh/righteous elders. More About: Video , Society , Religion , Women , People
Sufi Hadra at Dergah
2007-09-21 22:32:00 The Osmanli “Lions” of the Osmanli Naksibendi Sufi Order in Sydney Center New York perform loud recitation and hadhra worship under the direction of Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi with ijazaat and instruction from Maulana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani. read more | digg story More About: Islam , Sufism
Ramadan, Celebrate Divine Unity
2007-09-11 14:48:00 (more…) More About: Celebrate , Ramadan , Unity , Divine , Unit
Teaching Good Manners
2007-09-10 07:21:00 God said to the Believers, “Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity.” (003: 104) And as we grow into adulthood, we accumulate various responsibilities. These responsibilities cause pressure, that pressure tends ... More About: Society , Religion , Islam , Communication , Teaching
Dean Esmay Hosts The Next Carnival of Islam?
2007-09-07 18:52:00 Don’t forget to submit your post. Interestingly enough, this months edition will be hosted by a non-Muslim - though we are gradually working on that - none other than our friendly neighbor Dean Esmay. More About: Religion , Islam , Carnival , Blogging
Muslims Running From Sufism
2007-08-31 22:13:00 I’m curious why more Muslims aren’t affiliated with one tariqat or another. Tasawwuf (sufism) is an Islamic Science that can be traced to the ahl al-suffa (people of the veranda), who were sahab-e-kiram (companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that would spend much of their time outside of the Prophet’s house in devotion ... More About: Religion , Running , Sufism , The Prophet
Living the Traditions of the Prophets
2007-08-22 07:30:00 I have been having trouble sleeping lately and although some nights when I can’t sleep I make the extra prayers this night, tonight was not one of them. Instead I went to the Osmanli Naksibendi-Hakkani website to look at some of Shaykh Effendi, Abdul-Kerim’s older sohbet. And one of them stood out for me a ... More About: Living , Stories , Traditions , The Prophet , Appearance
Fiqh Before Tariqat
2007-08-05 09:47:00 This topic surfaced out of the signature tagline of a commenter on this blog. The commenter responded to the Mercy on Friday post and incidentally opened up the opportunity for a discussion on something that is affecting Islam in a very big way and that is the idea of “fiqh before tariqat” and the subsequent ... More About: Education , Blogging , Sufism , Fiqh , Hamza Yusuf
Mercy on Friday
2007-08-03 09:38:00 There is a hadith mentioned in the shadhili saint Shaykh al-Jazuli’s dalail-i khayrat (Guide of Good Deeds) that relates the Prophet (may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace) saying, “Whosoever asks Allah one hundred times to praise me on a Friday will be forgiven the sins of eighty years.” This is a Mercy from ... More About: Religion , Prayer , Muslims , The Prophet
Announcement: The Carnival of Islam in the West (12)
More articles from this author:2007-07-30 18:27:00 The next edition of the Carnival of Islam in the West is almost here. This is just a quick blurb to encourage you to participate. Samaha will be hosting this time around so lets show her some support. You may submit you blog post >> here <<, as-salaamu ‘alaikum. Powered by ScribeFire. More About: Announcement , Slam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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