What to do on a Friday

It’s Friday: What Do I Do? Deeds that are highly recommended to be performed on the best day of the week. Collected sayings and verses on the benefits and blessings of the best day of the week from the Qurꜥān, Sunna and words of the Pious and Righteous. A...

The First Ten of Dhʾul-Ḥijjah

Dhʾul-Ḥijjah What to do in the First Ten Days of this Sacred Month From the text, ‘The Treasure of Triumph and Delight’, of the orator and eloquent speaker, Shaykh ꜥAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad ibn ꜥAbd al-Qādir Quds al-Makkī ash-Shāfiꜥī:  Know, that the month of...

Shaꜥban – the Month of the Messenger ﷺ

Sha`ban – the Month of the Messenger ﷺ From the text, ‘The Treasure of Triumph and Delight’, of the orator and eloquent speaker, Shaykh ꜥAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad ibn ꜥAbd al-Qādir Quds al-Makkī ash-Shāfiꜥī: An Exposition of the Desired Deeds to be Performed in...

Rajab – The Month of Allah

Rajab The Month of God Introduction by Ḥabīb ꜥUmar ibn Ḥafīẓ (God preserve him) Rajab is one of your best months so increase within it seeking forgiveness [istighfār] and perfect your approach towards God ﷻ. Our Master ꜥAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (God be pleased with him) used...

Ramadan – Secrets of the Greatest Month

Ramadan – Secrets of the Greatest Month A collection of narrations and sayings from the Prophet ﷺ, his Companions (God be pleased with them), the Righteous Ones [salihin] and our Shaykhs on Ramadan; the immense blessings in its first night, the unmatched rewards...

Rabiꜥ al-Awwal – The First Spring & The Mawlid

Rabiꜥ al-Awwal The First Spring A collection of important knowledge gleaned from the Qur’an and Prophetic Traditions [hadith] about the most auspicious month of the whole year – the month in which the Most Beloved of God’s creation was born, our...

Supplications for the Night of mid-Sha`ban

Supplications taken from Shaykh al-Khatib al-Baligh `Abd al-Hamid ibn Muhammad `Ali ibn `Abd al-Qadir Quds al-Makki ash-Shafi`i’s text, “The Treasure of Triumph and Delight” [kanzun-najah was-surur]: The Erudite Scholar, the Sayyid, al-Wina’i,...