Advice from Habib Muhammad al-Haddar (may Allah have mercy upon him and benefit us by him).
Knowledge without action is like a tree without any fruit. If you learn things and then do not act upon them they are proof against you. The words which you hear are recorded by everything – even your body. Continue reading The Fruits of Gatherings of Knowledge
Advice from Habib Muhammad al-Haddar (may Allah have mercy on him and benefit us by him).
Make your grave the most important thing, for the day on which you are placed in your grave is the hardest day, the day on which you are most in need. For this reason some scholars were of the opinion that it is obligatory to seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the grave in every prayer. Among them was Imam Ta’us al-San`ani, the student of Sayyiduna `Abdullah Ibn `Abbas. One day he asked his son if he had sought refuge from the punishment of the grave in his prayer. When his son said no, he told him to repeat his prayer. The Prophet himself sought refuge from it, so why do we not do so? He taught us to say: Continue reading Preparing for the Grave
Advice from Habib Muhammad al-Haddar (may Allah have mercy upon him and benefit us by him).
Look at how the businessmen in Makkah and Jeddah have mastered their trade. They plaster their advertisements everywhere! If only these billboards clarified the rites of the Hajj and the etiquettes of entering Makkah! These advertisements are proof of their love of material things. Continue reading The Ummah’s Golden Calf
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: Yā ‘Azīz (the Mighty)
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
When I first learned about Islam, I was taught that the Prophet ﷺ is merely a man and that we should not be excessive in praising him. How do I correct this belief? Continue reading On Correcting One’s Belief about the Prophet ﷺ
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
There are too many praiseworthy attributes that we must attain and too many blameworthy attributes from which we must purify ourselves. Even if we focused on just one of these attributes it would take a lifetime. What can we do? Continue reading On Attaining Praiseworthy Attributes and Purifying the Heart
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: Yā Mu’min (the Faithful One)
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
When we begin reciting a certain dhikr we taste the sweetness of the dhikr, but this gradually disappears. How do we retain this?
The soul naturally reacts to new things and gains new energy from them. So you should seek renewal in your presence every time you read your adhkar and increase your contemplation on them so that you receive new gifts from Allah.
This is the last installment of six classes on Imam al-Ghazali’s Disciplining the Soul taught by Habib Umar bin Hafiz in Denmark in 2010. Continue reading Disciplining the Soul (Class 6)
