Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
I keep trying to wake up for tahajjud but I can’t seem to wake up. What should I do? Continue reading Struggling to Wake Up for Tahajjud
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
I keep trying to wake up for tahajjud but I can’t seem to wake up. What should I do? Continue reading Struggling to Wake Up for Tahajjud
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
What do we do if we find in ourselves laziness and lack of motivation when it comes to performing certain sunnahs and reciting the awrad?
Drive your soul forward by giving it hope: remind it of the reward (of these actions) and their end result in the next life. Bring to mind the merits of these actions mentioned by your Prophet ﷺ. Continue reading A Remedy for Laziness
Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) draws our attention to a subtle trap that activists may fall into. They may mistakenly think that spending time in Allah’s remembrance is a waste of time and that people instead should be occupied solving the problems of the Ummah. Such a belief has dangerous consequences. Continue reading The Danger of Belittling Worship and Remembrance
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
What is best is witnessing Allah’s perfection (kamal) in both His majesty and His beauty. His majesty is perfect and His beauty is perfect. The Perfect is majestic and the Perfect is beautiful. Continue reading Which is Better: Witnessing Allah’s Beauty or Allah’s Majesty?
Advice from Habib Ali al-Habashi (may Allah have mercy upon him and benefit us by him)
I encourage you to organise your time to prevent a single breath (which is in reality a priceless jewel) from being wasted. Continue reading Seeking Allah With Every Breath
One of the hallmarks of Habib Muhammad al-Haddar’s gatherings was that he would ask Allah for everything on behalf of everyone. No one and nothing was left out of his prayers. The following supplication is a case in point. If you are not sure what to ask for, then recite this comprehensive prayer: Continue reading A Comprehensive Prayer
This is how Imam al-Haddad (may Allah benefit us by him) describes standing at Arafat:
Habib Alawi bin Abdullah al-Aydarus explains the practice of ‘Ta’rif’, gathering to remember Allah on the Day of Arafah and shows how it is practised in the blessed city of Tarim.
This footage is precious because present in the gathering are Habib Abdullah bin Shihab, Habib Salim al-Shatiri and Habib Ali al-Mashhur bin Hafiz, all of whom have now departed this world, may Allah have mercy upon them all. Habib Ali al-Mashhur is very hard to spot but his voice can be clearly heard reciting the adhkar.
Imam al-Haddad (may Allah benefit us by him) says:
Our souls witnessed the sacred and venerated places in the precincts of Allah’s House: Continue reading Imam al-Haddad and the Ka’bah
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
Yes, as long as there is benefit in this and they are from Ahl al-Sunnah and that attending does not lead to anything which is forbidden.