Exercise 1: Guarding the PrayerOnce we are performing the five obligatory prayers with regularity, then it is certainly worth our efforts to begin increasing extra prayers- especially the late-night prayers (tahajjud). Late-night prayer is one...

Nach Sidi Ahmad Zarruq -möge Allah mit ihm zufrieden sein-Die Fundamente von unserem Weg sind 5:1) die Achtsamkeit gegenüber Allah- nämlich privat und öffentlich;2) die Befolgung der Sunnah in Worten und Taten;3) die Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber...

Es gibt keinen Platz für Hoffnungslosigkeit. Der Kampf geht weiter. Diese Welt war niemals dafür gedacht, um das Paradies zu sein. Gott hat die Welt erschaffen, damit du durch sie zu Gott finden mögest. Wenn...

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

The onus is on us as a community to really put forward a different face for our religion, for our community, and for our Lord, and for our Prophet, peace be upon him, because it’s...

Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue...

We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow and subtle drowning. For those who notice it, they engage in the remembrance...

Food is not to enjoy. That’s not the reason why you’re eating it. That’s why the Glutton eats. But someone who’s serious about maintaining their health. They eat for Health. We’re literally digging our graves...

True freedom is doing what Allah wants which is the defintion of freedom in Islam. The ‘Abdullah is the only real hur because he is a servant and a slave to Allah and not to...

People say to you, ‘you’ve changed’, or something like that. Well, I hope, for the sake of God, that I have changed, because I don’t want to be the same person all my life. I...

This is the difference between someone whose heart is purified and sound and one whose heart is impure and corrupt. Impure people oppress, and the pure-hearted not only forgive their oppressors, but elevate them in...

It is of the extraordinary insights of Imam Malik that the first section of his Muwatta’*, which precedes even the section on ritual purity, is on the times of the prayer. It is the times...