حاوي الفضايل || The Lord of Noble Virtues: Nasheed - Arabic with English Subtitle - Areej Ensemble - 1/24/24

 YouTube Video:https://youtu.be/n-Hwt5LY0nA?si=qfa1xYe1TFy0t6pY

Maqam : Bayati ‏Poem and melody from Omani Traditional Music “The Malad” Lilaashiq filhawa Dalail poem is for Mulla Othman Almawsili ‏Performed live for Royal Opera House Muscat , Season 2022/2023 Ramadhan & Inshaad Prise from the Sultanate of Oman || APRIL 2023 in Muscat

Lyrics in English: Praise be to Allah who grants a great reward for those who praise Him. His greatness and sovereignty dominate all of His creations. He is the everlasting after all of His creations, surely He is the most Great and the Grand. He is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-wise. All creatures and universes could never disobey a single order by Him. Praise be to Allah, He is surely the all-generous God and the all-powerful king. He sees atoms in the darkest nights and blesses us with darkness to be a rest and cover. He determined time for us into days and months and preferred some of them over others out of knowledge and wisdom. He indicated His days of blessings in the divine-protected tablet. He ordered the crescent of Rabei Al- Awwal to rise with great blessings, as He chose it to be the month in which our beloved prophet Muhammad was born. The angels chanted praises and glorifications to their Lord loudly and silently. The angel Ridhwan was instructed to refine the heavens and paradise. O, Allah .. O, Allah .. O, Allah. Say, O, Allah .. Pray blessing upon Ahmad the exalted standard of all good O, Allah. Say, O, Allah .. A lover has proof for his love … He never listens to a reproacher … He is still humble at your glorious door … Tears are running down his cheeks. My body went skinny waiting at your door out of love … Just look with sympathy to a lover of the honest messenger of the divine evidence. O, Allah .. O, Allah .. There is no God but Allah … O, Allah, your poor servant has gone astray … My eyes never rest out of love …. You are my Lord, You are all my words … Take me to Wadi Al-Aqeeq to chant before the grave of your messenger.. He is the chosen prophet; he is Allah’s beloved Blessings of Allah are upon you, You are the chosen prophet of Adnanis. You are the best of Allah’s creation

Areej Ensemble :https://fesfestival.com/2019/en/produit/areej-sufi-ensemble-sultanat-doman/

The Sultanate of Oman is anchored in a great Arab tradition that turns majestically to the immensity of the Indian Ocean towards Zanzibar and Persia. Its high villages in ochre colours, its proud mountain escarpments, its population of mythical gazelles and leopards make this country the last ecological paradise of the Arabian Peninsula.During the Sumerian period, Oman was known as Magan. Its incense was sold in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia and from India to Dilmun (today’s Bahrain). Oman was Islamised during the lifetime of Mohammed in the 7th century. In the following century, following the schism between Sunnis and Shi’ites, Oman was one of the rare regions that took another path, and soon became the principal region of Ibadi theology, r.During the time of the Ayyubid dynasty, Omanis took control of the major Swahili ports of the east African coast: Mombasa, Kilwa, Zanzibar and Pemba, which certainly explains the great similarity of gestures between the Sufi rituals of Zanzibar and of Oman during the Mawlid, the celebration of the birth of the Prophet. The influence of songs and gestures of the pearl fishers are also affirmed in this ritual.

Poem by Mullah Uthman Al-Musili -Forgotten Giant. Biography -History of Iraq Blogspot

https://iraqshistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/forgotten-giant-mullah-uthman-al-musli.html

Sufi Dhikr in Hazratbal Mosque, Kashmir (Fully Translated) – Sufi Salawaat –صلوات على النبي في كشمير -Hashim Aziz- 4/22/22

 YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/aeKqPv2KV_o?si=Zki3QNAEq2MxBv_h

Don't forget to enable captions/CCs for the translation and change the quality to at least 720p. This gathering took place in 2018 in the Hazratbal Mosque and Shrine, which is located on the banks of the beautiful Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. This invocation of salawaat (prayers on the Prophet) is recited in the mosque after every Jumu'ah (Friday prayer), and is taken from Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani's Awraad-e-Fathiyya. Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani was a 14th-century Sufi shaykh and scholar of Iranian origin belonging to the Kubrawi tariqah (Sufi order) who spread Sufism throughout South Asia and had a lot of influence on Kashmir. I'm not sure what tariqah (Sufi order) the mosque follows. Thanks to Faheem Chishti for the original video, which can be found here:    • Video   Thanks to Ahlul Suffiyah for identifying the Awraad-e-Fathiyya as the source of the salawaat.

Ja'fari Sufi Dhikr in Egypt (Fully Translated) – Sufi Qasida – Hal Da'ak al-Shawq - Hashim Aziz - 9/23/22

 YouTube Video:https://youtu.be/WCzAUmAthns?si=7X20inzJCwBrWXfY

Highly recommend watching this one until the end. In the process of translating it this qasidah has quickly become a new favourite of mine for how refreshingly unique and moving it is, and in my experience it's very rare to find a qasidah of this unique depth and imagery to be performed in a gathering like this. Don't forget to enable captions/CCs for the translation and change the quality to 1080p. ¹ As in many mystical traditions like Sufism, divine secrets play a large part in Sufi traditions. These traditions hold that there exists a type of knowledge between the material (knowable by all) and the Unseen (knowable only by God), and that God chooses to divulge some of this knowledge to prophets and other men of God. One of the most commonly cited Qur'anic evidences of this view is the mystical Qur'anic figure of al-Khidr, who was not a prophet but had knowledge of things the prophet Moses didn't. In this qasidah the poet seems to imply that the Secret is the love of the Prophet Muhammad and the state of bliss that it leads to, or it could simply be the means to another, greater Secret. ² The House of Allah is a common Qur'anic name for both the Ka'bah and the sanctified ground that surrounds it, known as Masjid al-Haram. Mother of Cities is equally a Qur'anic name for Makkah, the city in which Masjid al-Haram is located, the Prophet Muhammad was born and Islam was first established. ³ The ritual circumambulation around the Ka'bah that is undertaken by Muslims making the pilgrimage to Masjid al-Haram ⁴ In Sufism, the Qutb is one of several saintly ranks, pious men of God who are considered by some Sufis to be second only to the prophets ⁵ A common alternative name for the Prophet Muhammad meaning "one who is praised", derived from the Qur'an and considered by some Sufis to have special esoteric meaning ⁶ As was common of his time and place, the poet assumes a geocentric model of the universe, although modern scholars widely accept the heliocentric model ⁷ Indicating an upright, firm posture ⁸ In this verse and the following, the poet seems to be expressing his desire to have been a part of the story of the Ka'bah, because the story of the Ka'bah is intricately connected to the story and life of the Prophet, and to experience one is to experience the other ⁹ The expansion of the chest is a Qur'anic idiom for the removal of anxiety, which can often feel like a constriction of the chest. It originates from surah (Qur'anic chapter) 94: https://quran.com/94 Hamada and Essam Faruq, descendants of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari, perform a qasidah (classical Arabic poem) from his extensive collection at the Markaz of the Ja'fariyyah tariqah (Sufi order) in Aswan, Egypt. This gathering of disciples of the Ja'fari tariqah more than likely took place in 2011. The Ja'fari tariqah is a relatively recent tariqah based on the teachings of Salih al-Ja'fari (1910-1979), who studied the teachings of the Idrisi tariqah founded by Ahmad Ibn Idris al-Fasi, also know as the Ahmadiyyah Muhammadiyyah. He graduated in the sciences of hadith and Qur'anic exegesis from the prestigious al-Azhar University before spending over 40 years teaching in al-Azhar Mosque, and eventually serving as its imam for the last decade of his life. Salih al-Ja'fari was a black Egyptian, due to being from Luxor in Upper Egypt and its close proximity to neighbouring Sudan, and similarly a large portion of the members of the tariqah are also black despite it being based in Egypt, which has a majority Arab population. Thanks to Hiba for helping to translate one of the harder lines. Thanks to Ahmad Diab for uploading the original video here:    • قصيدة هل دعاك الشوق يوما للثرى  

Light of Azhar-Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari RA -Biography

https://lightoftheazhar.com/biographies/biography-shaykh-salih-al-jafari/

The Life of Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi | Sidi Abu Munir al-Sha'ar & Hamza Karamali | Basira Education- April 18, 2020

 YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/KOei783H0wY?si=B-8bSgYI7yW6uW-x

Sidi Abu Munir al-Sha'ar, the personal attendant of Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi for nine years, recalls his memories with him. Shaykh Shukri (d. 2014) was a humble scholar of the canonical recitations of the Quran of inspiring character who shunned the spotlight and the possessions of this world. He is remembered as someone who humbly poured water for people who attend gatherings of dhikr in the mosques of Damascus, and the song that these photographs are sung to alludes to this by singing about the one who draws people into the presence of Allah Most High by pouring the metaphorical and intoxicating "wine" of la ilaha illa allah into their hearts and souls.

Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi Biography:https://www.shadhiliyyah.sg/shadhili-awliya/shaykh-shukri-al-luhafi

Damas Cultural Society: https://damas.nur.nu/8861/bio/bio-sh-shukri-luhafi

Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi Obituary: Ilm Gate https://www.ilmgate.org/an-obituary-of-the-humble-ascetic-shaykh-shukri-al-luhafi/

Seekers Guidance Obituary by Imam Zaid Shakir: https://seekersguidance.org/articles/video/shaykh-shukri-al-luhafi/

Muwasala Obituary by Habib Umar Bin Hafiz : https://muwasala.org/2015/07/22/the-loss-of-shaykh-shukri-al-luhafi/

Facebook: Lovers of Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi -https://www.facebook.com/ShaykhShukri/

YouTube Video:Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi reciting Quran - https://youtu.be/8cH5c8GsL_U?si=bUUmW2KYxJxdq2_3

The erudite 'Allāmah, the noble Shaykh Shukrī ibn Ahmad ibn 'Alī ibn Ahmad al-Luhafī al-Hanafī is a renowned teacher of Qira'āt, a faqīh (jurist), a linguist, a calligrapher, a poet and an ascetic. He is also the current Shaykh of the Shādhilī-Darqāwī-Hāshimī tarīqa of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Shāghūrī (d. 2004), after the passing of Shaykh Mustafā al-Turkmānī (d. 2006), may Allah be pleased with them both, Shaykh Shukri is also one of the Abdaal of Shaam ash-Sharif.

YouTube Video: Shadhili Sufi Hadra in Syria -( English Subtitles) -Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi - Poetry - Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani - Hashim Aziz October 1, 2021 :https://youtu.be/Q99G9Bbpptk?si=8SnCjlYdfj1naJAE

¹ One of the 99 Qur'anic names of God, usually translated as "The Most Generous" ² A sommelier is someone who serves wine, so is a more accurate translation for "saqi" than bartender or waiter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommelier. Wine and all of the language based around it is one of the most common metaphors in Sufi poetry, and almost never used literally. ³ One of the 99 Qur'anic names of God, which is best translated as "The Giver of Gifts" or "The Supreme Bestower" ⁵ Abdul Qadir al-Gilani, named for his native province of Gilan in 10th-century Persia. He was one of the earliest and arguably most influential Sufis in Islamic history, and is the eponymous founder of the Qadiri tariqah (Sufi order), which is probably the most widespread tariqah in the modern world. ⁶ A common epithet for Abdul Qadir al-Gilani meaning "falcon" A hadra led by the late Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi, the leader of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri's Darqawi-Hashimi-Shaghouri branch of the Shadhili tariqah ever since the death of Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani in 2006. It took place in Qalabaqjiyah Mosque, Damascus, Syria, but the date/year is unknown. The munshid (vocalist) is Hassan Sarouji, and all of the poems are recited in Maqam Bayati. See below for detailed information about the poetry. Most of the video has been translated but there are still a few lines that I couldn't make out, as indicated in the subtitles. If anyone with better hardware or hearing than me can make them out or translate them please comment or send me them. I will update the translation and give full credit to you in this description. Likewise if you notice any mistakes in the translation or other issues with the video or this description, please let me know so I can check them – if they turn out to be wrong I will correct the video as soon as possible and credit you in this description. ––––– 0:00 Hasha al-Kareem حاشا الكريـم يردهـم عطشـى Verses by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Habashi, a 19th-century shaykh of the Ba'Alawi tariqah. 0:56 Ya Saaqi al-Nudamaan ياساقى الندمان من رائق الدنان Written by Abdul-Rahman al-Shaghouri, the former master of the Hashimi-Darqawi branch of the until his death in 2004. 3:39 Lamma Saqani لما سقاني ساقي القوم The author for this poem is unknown. If you have a reliable source for who wrote it please let me know

The Life of Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani | Imam Zaid Shakir & Sidi Abu Munir | Basira Education

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/IeKloHIAyIo?si=-qfaeP1SnPZ4myiW

Imam Zaid Shakir, close student of Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani for seven years, and Abu Munir al-Sha'ar, his personal attendant, recall their memories of him. Shaykh Mustafa (d. 2006) was both an erudite scholar of the outward Islamic sciences as well as a master of the science of Islamic spirituality. He was trained in the outward sciences by Shaykh Hasan Habannakah (d. 1978) one of the greatest and most influential Damascene scholars of the past century. And he was trained in Islamic spirituality by Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi (d. 1961), whose humility, service, and remembrance of God had a profound and lasting effect on him. He shunned sheikhdom, living a life of humble service to students of knowledge, until it was thrust upon him against his will by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shagouri, whose position he inherited upon the latter's death.

Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani Biography :https://shadhilimasters.wordpress.com/biographies-of-shadhili-shuyukh/shaykh-mustafa-al-turkmani/

https://seekerofthesacredknowledge.wordpress.com/biographies-of-awliya-allah/shaykh-mustafa-at-turkmani/

On the passing of Shaykh Mustafa al-Turkmani (RA): Imam Zaid Shakir https://www.islamicity.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7112&title=on-the-passing-of-shaykh-mustafa

Food Between Curse and Cure: Islam, Health, and the Good Life By Abu Munir al-Shaar , Mirza Abdur Rahman Ashraf (translator) Hayat Tayyiba, LLC

 

About The Book

Few people exemplify service to the Muslims like Abu Munir, a Syrian man who spent his entire life in service, including the century’s foremost scholars and sages, like Sheikh 'Abd al-Rahman as-Shagouri, Sheikh Mustafa at-Turkmani, and Sheikh as-Shukri (May Allah have mercy upon them all), until their very last breath. Amidst war-torn Syrian civil unrest, he fled to Jordan where he would discover his cancer diagnosis of leukemia. While battling leukemia, he was introduced to functional, integrative, and traditional physicians who guided him to an optimal diet and lifestyle, helping his cancer remain in remission.With the intention of benefiting the community (umma) of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), he compiled the words and wisdom he obtained into the present book. He and his team of clinicians began seeing patients and, with the will of Allah Most High, they were cured of their chronic diseases: diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, seizures, obesity, and more. Chronic disease is sabotaging our health, and the current medical model is leaving patients sicker than ever on multiple pills with multiple side effects. Patients are depressed with no guidance.

The advice provided in this book will cure 90% of medical conditions in the physical realm through addressing the root cause while providing readers the real cure in the spiritual realm through augmenting one's relationship with Allah Most High. A certified physician assistant (PA-C) with a background in the Arabic sciences, the translator researched, compiled, and added upon Abu Munir's work for the western audience, providing a balance of mental, physical, and spiritual health to achieve, in words of the Koran, "the good life" (hayat tayyiba).

About The Author

Abu Munir is an inheritor of the beautiful Damascan tradition of spirituality and service. He was the companion and personal servant of Sheikh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri, the renowned Shadhili master of Damascus, who he served for decades. He then became the personal servant to Sheikh 'Abd al-Rahman’s successors, Sheikh Mustafa al-Turkmani and Sheikh al-Shukri al-Lahafi.

More recently, amidst war-torn Syrian civil unrest, he fled to Jordan where he would discover his cancer diagnosis of leukemia. While battling leukemia, he was introduced to functional, integrative, and traditional physicians who guided him to an optimal diet and lifestyle, helping his cancer remain in remission. With the intention of benefiting the community (umma) of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), he compiled the words and wisdom he obtained into the present book. He and his team of clinicians began seeing and helping patients.He is beloved by scholars, students of knowledge, neighbors, children, and anyone who meets him. His way, like that of his teachers, is of unconditional love, humility, and tireless concern for others.
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Book Launch by Imam Zaid Shakir & Abu Munir Al-Sha'ar: Food between Curse & Cure - Hayat Tayyiba -YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/gO--JL6naIM?si=zx2-AOvSSHAGZtkt

We are pleased to announce the virtual book launch of the long-awaited translation of Abu Munir’s book, Food Between Curse & Cure: Islam, Health and the Good Life. Imam Zaid Shakir will be launching Abu Munir and the book today at 2 PM EST along with the translator Mirza Abdur Rahman Ashraf, PA-C. Abu Munir was the personal khadim of Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri (R) for several decades and served the Awliya, ‘Ulama, and Muslims in Syria and Jordan his entire life and continues to do so. If you want to summarize Abu Munir’s life in one word, it would be service (khidma). Last year, under the guidance of functional, integrative, and traditional physicians, he compiled the present book as a guide to an optimal diet and lifestyle to attain The Good Life (Hayat Tayyiba). The Arab world immediately benefited: people were cured from their diabetes, high blood pressure, and other chronic diseases; they lost weight and many no longer needed their medication. Backed by research and expanded upon for the western audience, the English translation is finally available! Hayat Tayyiba Website:  https://hayattayyiba.com/about-us/