Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Interesting debate with ZH
Sidi Zaid Hamid is a useful if sometimes over-emotional antidote to the Secularist poison.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
What is Chivalry?
"The Prophet, upon whom be peace, has declared that "the Chivalrous men of my Community have ten characteristics."
"O Prophet of God," they asked, "what are these ten characteristics?"
He said: "Speaking the truth
Faithfulness to their word,
trustworthiness,
abandonning lying,
being charitable to orphans,
assisting the poor and needy,
giving away one's income,
great benevolence,
hospitality
-but foremost of all these is modesty."
Quoted in the Book of Chivalry of Hazrat Ibn Mi'mar Hanbali Baghdadi
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file under: advice, reminders to myself
Sunday, October 2, 2011
From the Book of Sufi Wisdom
"Only the ignorant man scorns the recitation of litany [al-wird]. Inspiration [al-waarid] is to be found in the Hereafter , while the litany vanishes with the vanishing of this World.
But it is more fitting to be occupied with something for which there is no substitute.
The litany is what He seeks from you, the inspiration is what you seek from Him.
But what comparison is there between what He seeks from you and what you seek from Him?"
-Kitab al Hikm Aphosrism no. 112
Hazrat Ibn 'Ata'illah al-Iskandari al-Shadhilli
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