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Shaban & its Special Night

Date: January 31, 2025 5:01 pm Published By: The second of the three continuous Holy Muslim months is Shaban, the month of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. A feature of the month of Shaban is The Night of Emancipation (Laylatul Bara’ah), which is the night occurring between 14th and 15th day of Shaban. It is called this because God… View Article

The Night Journey

Date: January 19, 2025 6:22 am Published By: One of the most important events that is celebrated in Rajab is the Miraculous Night Journey and Ascension (‘Isra and Miraj’) of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him, which is celebrated on 27th Rajab. This is the anniversary of when the Prophet Muhammad was initially transported from Mecca to Jerusalem and then through… View Article

The Saint of Rajab

Date: January 12, 2025 5:51 am Published By: In the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him, there lived a notorious highway robber. The Prophet cursed him because if the highwayman found someone walking alone in or around Medina at night, he would assault and rob them – he had even murdered people. No one could catch him and the holy… View Article

Welcome to the month of Rajab

Date: January 1, 2025 2:00 pm Published By: We are now in the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Rajab. The Muslim calendar is based on the cycles of the moon around the earth rather than the Gregorian calendar which is based on the earths cycle around the sun. Sufis and Muslims believe that Rajab is the first of three consecutive, holy… View Article

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani

Date: December 7, 2024 6:15 am Published By: Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, an internationally renowned Naqshbandi spiritual Master, who spent his life spreading the Sufi teachings of love, peace, tolerance and respect, has passed away on 4th December, 2024. After over fifty years of training with the greatest Saints of his time, he was a Sufi Shaykh of the highest degree. Shaykh Hisham… View Article

East and West: Parables of the Soul

Date: November 10, 2024 6:57 am Published By: “. . . here in the final resting place of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, and the 800th anniversary of his birth, I must confess I am rather fascinated by the fact that there are so many people in the West who are drawn to his work. I cannot help but ask myself what it is that… View Article