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Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani

Date: December 22, 2024 8:57 am Published By: Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani related the following:- “A man came to Baghdad from Hamadan, called Yusef Hamadani. I heard he was the Qutb. He stayed at a Sufi Centre. When I heard about him, I went to the Centre, but did not find him. When I asked around, I was told… View Article

The one who fell in Love

Date: December 1, 2024 4:55 am Published By: The one who fell in Love Shaykh Abul Hasan al-Kharqani (may God sanctify his innermost being), the seventh Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, said:- “The one who fell in Love found Allah. And the one who found Allah, forgot his own self.”

Pervasiveness of Time and Place

Date: November 3, 2024 7:35 am Published By: Pervasiveness of Time and Place This story is about Shaykh Abu Yazid al-Bistami (may God sanctify his innermost being), also known as Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bistami or more commonly known as Bayazid al-Bistami, the sixth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, said the following:- The venerable Bayazid al-Bistami set out on the road from Bistam,… View Article

Humility

Date: August 4, 2024 6:42 am Published By: Humility Jafar as-Sadiq (may God sanctify his innermost being), the fifth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, said the following:- Humility embraces every precious and noble rank and highest position. If humility had a language which people understood, it would speak about the realities which are hidden in the outcomes of affairs. Humility is whatever… View Article

Good Opinion

Date: June 29, 2024 6:56 pm Published By: Good Opinion Jafar as-Sadiq (may God sanctify his innermost being), the fifth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, said the following:- The root of good opinion is a man’s belief and the soundness of his heart; the sign of good opinion is that whenever he looks, he sees with the eye of purity and virtue… View Article

Profit and loss coming upon human beings

Date: June 2, 2024 7:12 am Published By: Profit and loss coming upon human beings Mawlana Shaykh Khalid al-Baghdadi al-Uthmani as-Sulaymani (may God sanctify his innermost being), the thirty first Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, the Reviver of the 13th century of the Islamic calendar, said the following:- “The last of the six fundamentals of iman is, ‘to believe in ‘qadar’, that… View Article