Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
What can we recite to increase in reliance upon Allah (tawakkul)?
Recite the following seven times in the morning and evening: Continue reading On Increasing in Reliance Upon Allah
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
What do I do if I do not have enough time to recite the Qur’an, read my adhkar and perform other acts of worship?
The general rule is that you try to combine all these acts of worship and have a specific time for everything. However, if there is not enough time for everything, precedence should be given to reciting the Qur’an, as this is one of the greatest adkhar. But bear in mind that one of the Qur’an’s injunctions is to engage in dhikr. Engaging in dhikr is thus acting upon the Qur’an. You should not allow the Devil to trick you into completely leaving the adhkar because he may then trick you into leaving the Qur’an too.
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
What do you do if you have a certain number of adhkar to read and you forget the number that you have read?
You should estimate the number you are certain you have read. If you are unsure whether you read 3,000 or 4,000 for example, you should always go with the lesser amount.
This prayer is taken from Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz’s collection of prayers using Allah’s beautiful names in which he calls upon Allah by His beautiful names and then asks Him to bestow prayers upon His Beloved by those names. Finally, he asks Allah for a portion of those attributes which belong to Allah and which He has bestowed upon His Messenger ﷺ. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Ba’ith (the Dispatcher)
Sayyidi Habib Umar (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) teaches us that true glory is in attaining two things: truly realising Allah’s oneness and absolute servitude to Him. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Majid (the Glorious)
Watch Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz’s supplication at Arafah in 1432 (2011) (with English subtitles)
Sayyidi Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) assesses the condition of the Ummah.
We live in a time of struggle. Things happen fast and one event quickly follows another. This leads to an imbalance, impairs people’s judgement and clouds their vision. People are in dire need of some quiet time in which to stop and reflect. They may then attain a moment of truthfulness and Allah will in turn bless him with some insight. Continue reading Our Condition Today: The Disease and The Remedy
Sayyidi Habib Umar (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) teaches us to ask Allah for the greatest thing: His love and the love of those beloved to Him. He does this by asking Allah through His beautiful name, al-Wadud, the Loving One, and through His Beloved ﷺ , the one who loved his Lord and his Ummah more than anyone else. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Wadud (the Loving One)
Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) reflects upon the function of mosques.
Mosques are essentially established for the worship and remembrance of Allah. Some people say: “Is that all they are for?” We should beware of saying this because one of the root causes of our problems is the absence of Allah’s remembrance in our lives. Continue reading Reflections upon the Function of Mosques
Sayyidi Habib Umar (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him) teaches us the value of wisdom (hikmah) and how to ask for it. Allah says: “He gives wisdom to whom He wishes and whoever has been given wisdom has been given great good.” (2:269) Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Hakim (the Most Wise)
