Sufism Live

Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Allahumma Swalli Ala Sayyidinaa Muhammadin Wa Alaa Aali Sayyidinaa Muhammadin wa Sallim Sufi Practice: Commemoration  (Urs) of the death anniversaries of Ancestors, Martyrs and Righteous: Majority of the Chapters in the Quran is actually Urs of the Prophets, their family and followers. One of the best Urs chapters of the Noble Quran is Sura Al-Kahf and Sura Maryam. Chapter 18&19 of the Holy Quran. Every religious book speaks well of the ancestors and pious with in it's genesis and chronology. However, some lower minded people coming and saying: giving homage to pious and ancestors is innovation and act of worship (polytheism). One of the warning of Prophet of Islam about end of times is that the ignorance will spread. Yes, we are witnessing that today. People who make everything shirk and bidha without any knowledge or understanding of the religion!. If their claim is true, then refute the Quran and Hadiths mentioned here. But to remain as munafiq (hyp

Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem Allahumma Swalli Ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa Ala Aali Sayyidina Muhammadin Wa Sallim SEEKING BLESSINGS FROM THE HOLY RELICS: Hadith about taking blessings from the belongings of the Prophet of Allah (alaihiswalathu wa salam) and/ anything that is used or touched by the body of holy Prophet alaihiswalathu wa salam) Belief of Sahabi (Companion of the Prophet Muhammad alaihiswalathu Wa Salam) :  Narrated Ibn Sirrn: I said to 'Ablda, "I have some of the hair of the prophet which I got from Anas or from his family." 'Abida replied. "No doubt if I had a single hair of that it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in it."   ( Sahih Bukhari , Book 4, Hadith 171 ) Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) threw stones at Jamrat al-'Aqaba. He then want to his sacrificial animal and sacrificed it, and there was sitting the barber, and he pointed with h

SHAYKH ABDUL QADIR AL-GEYLAI (Q.S) MEETING WITH KHWAJAH HAZRET SHAYKH YUSUF AL HAMADANI (R.A)  In the Name of Allah Most Merciful Most Beneficent  Peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Prophet Muhammad and his noble family. In an earlier post I mentioned Ghujdawani (d.1179), the first of the Seven Khwajagan of the Bukhara Oasis. The 9th Grand Shaykh of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Osmanli Sufi Way. Al-Ghujdawani’s  (R.A) (the Imam of the Khwajgan way),teacher was Abu Ya`qub Yusuf ibn Ayyab ibn Yusuf ibn al-Husayn al-Hamadani (to give his full name).  Yusuf al-Hamadani  (May Allah's Blessings be upon him)) was born in 1062 in a village near the city of Hamadan in what was then Khorasan, now Iran. At the age of eighteen he moved to Baghdad where he quickly attained the reputation as one of the leading scholars of his time. According to a biographical Sketch of Hamadani: Later in his life he secluded himself and left the world behind. He became an ascetic and engaged in constant worship

HAZRET SHAYKH ABDUL KHALIQ GHUJDEVANI (Q.S) AND KHIDR (A.S) In the Name of Allah Most Mericul Most Beneficent Hazret Khwaja Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani (qaddas-Allahu sirrahu)was born on 22 Sha’ban 435 AH in Ghujdawan near Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan). He is the 11th grand Shaykh of the Naqshbandi Sufi Way and Imam of the Khwajgan Way (previous name of the Naqshbandi Way)He received the silent recollection (Al-dhikr Al-Qalbi) in his youth from Al-Khidr (peace be upon him), and persisted with the said recollection. Al Khidr (ala ihissalam) accepted him as a son and commanded him to become absorbed in it and to say in his heart under the water "there is no god but Allah and Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah". The Khwajah did it. He learned this from him and engaged himself with this there, until all sorts of openings and elevations occurred to him beyond the perception of discernment. The Manner of his engagement , his goal , and hi

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Peace and Blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad his family and Companions In Islamic Spirituality, the second pillar after purification is to make service to the LORD of Heavens, which means , one must strive to be a servant of the LORD Most High. Purification is both internal and external. Internal purification refer to the purification of the heart (Mind and Soul) and external purification is the purification of body, cloths and premises. The servant of the LORD engage in two types of services. One is called worship of the LORD (Arabic: Ibadath), second one is called pious deeds (Khidmath).  There are obligatory worship (Ibada) and obligatory services (Khidma)and voluntary worships and voluntary services. The obligatory worships are the five times prayers, fasting in Ramadan and Hajj (pilgrimage) and so on... The obligatory services are: to seek beneficial knowledge, to pay Zakat (obligatory charity), to love and look after the parents in the

Authenticity of using Music in the Remembrance of God: بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing. Islam is not the religion of hypocrisy and double standard, not the way of foolishness and ignorance. But Islam is the Highway of Holiness, Wisdom and understanding, such Islam is only found with the Saints of Islam (the great Shaykhs of Sufi tariqah/way)  Music is used in the Sufi Way to bring beauty and excellence to  Zikr and Poems. People with lower IQ levels and lack of logic says using Music is Haram (unlawful).  However music is forbidden when it is used for entertaining the lower self. Music is allowed for lawful purposes, for example in Mehfil and Zikr Halqa (Prayer vigils). Those who Wake Up for Fajr Prayer by the Mediatio

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‘Sufism Live Fellowship’ is the culmination of the ways of eminent Sufi saints, who are the heirs of the Prophets, as inherited by Jouhar Ali Naqshbandi Al-Hassani, a representative of Sahibul Saif Shaykh Abdul Kerim Al-Kibrisi (Q.S) and Sultan of Saints Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Al Haqqani (Q.S) and of the Osmanli Naqshbandi Haqqani Rabbani Sufi Way. In 2009 Ramadan, Hazret Shaykh Abdul Kerim Al-Kibrisi (Q.S) authorised Jouhar Ali Naqshbandi Al-Hassani to initiate people into the Naqshbandi Haqqani Osmanli Sufi Way, to organise Zikr and to provide help and support for people who wish to enter in to the Tariqah (Osmanli Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Way), since then Jouhar Ali Naqshbandi Al-Hassani continuing this work by the blessings of Shaykh Abdul Kerim Al Kibrisi (Q.S),  and received spiritual blessings from Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani (Q.S) Shaykh Muhammad Adil Al-Rabbani (Q.S) and Shaykh Lokman Hoja (Q.S) The objective of this mission is to intr