Sunni Styles

A year ago I decided that rather than depending on local teachers
who were scarce in number, I needed a place where I could constantly
seek Sacred knowledge which could be put to use in my daily life.

Hence I decided to enroll in a Fiqh course at Sunnipath.
It was a wonderful enlightening experience. It was also a good
refresher from my other University courses. The online resource tools
were set up in a very professional manner. While I could listen to the
recorded lessons at my convinience, we (the students) also had the
opportunity (and were encouraged ) to ask our teachers
and T.A.s questions on anything remotely related to the content of the
course in weekly live sessions. In addition there were online forums
where we could raise and discuss issues of importance from the recorded
lessons

Since last year I have taken 4 courses and all of them
have been very beneficial. The next term begins on Febuary 25th and
registration has already begun! There are a lot of interesting courses lined
up which cover an array of different subjects and are aimed at students
at varying levels of knowledge. I encourage you to take a look at what
is being offered and enroll in anything that interests you. There is
also financal aid, incentives and discounts depending on your personal situation, location and occupation.

Click here for more information about Sunnipath Online Courses.

The Messenger a light is, source of light,
An Indian blade, a drawn sword of God's swords,

Hadhrat Mohammad Maseehullah Khan - Allah have mercy on him -, while defining the first step of suluk, stated:

Consider yourself to be the most inferior, so much so, that if you observe with your own eyes another indulging in the worst of vices then too you shall not despise him/her, nor shall you consider yourself nobler than him/her. On the contrary one should fear and bear in mind that it is very possible that the perpetrator of the vice may resort to sincere tawbah (repentance) and become a person of high piety while the one who had despised the sinner become ensnared (Allah forbid !) in the meshes of the nafs (self) and Shaytan and be diverted from Ibadat (worship) and obedience. One has no certainty regarding one’s end. One, therefore, has no basis for regarding another with contempt. Continue reading

He indeed
is close to God, who is ever steeped in
His submission,

Who interprets every event as coming from
God,

And who is content with it and who takes
it as a blessing.

This is the main object of all prayers and
worship.

"In Allah's garden you gather roses,

Being drunk with divine mysteries:

Hazrat Mehboob-e-Elahi -- the beloved of Allah,

O, how I long for the attar of your company"

You make a lot of sounds with your tongue, meaningful things.
You get angry about this and that.
You can't be a dervish.
If it were all right to be angry on this path,
Muhammad himself would have gotten angry.
Because of your anger, you can't be a dervish.

The Prophet Muhammad, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, said very clearly, "Never get angry."

On a few occassions, this blog has been linked to by SeekersDigest.org,
a fantastic blog run by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, a Canadian by birth(?)
who resides in Amman, Jordan and is a scholar of Hanafi fiqh.
I’ve learned a great deal from it.

On those days that it has been linked from SeekersDigest.org the hits have skyrocketed. Most recently, SeekersDigest.org linked to this post
on the recent stampede at Hajj. The blog hits for one day and never
even come anywhere near a 100 before, on that day they broke 200. That
particular post was also recorded as Wordpress.com’s “Top
Posts” for that day.

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