The Heart

It is the seat of choice in man, which is affected by the states of the spirit, the levels of the soul and the opinion of the mind, and makes the decision based on these. It is also the thing at which the Lord looks, as the noble hadith says: ‘God looks not at your bodies or your forms; but He looks to your hearts and your deeds.’ Spiritual ascent causes the heart to rise and live in a state of certainty, in its three levels as described by the experts in this art, namely knowledge of certainty, vision of certainty and truth of certainty, which is the highest level to which a man can rise, after which there is no end to the ascent of his heart’s stability. In this way, the heart ascends through the nine stations of certainty, which are: repentance, renunciation, patience, gratitude, fear, contentment, hope, reliance, and love, according to how they are enumerated in Qut al-Qulub.

Source: The Concepts of Faith (pdf)

When you feel your faith is in a low state, what do you seek to inspire and motivate you?

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Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad gave this lecture at a Milad conference held by the Naqshbandiya Foundation for Islamic Education in the early 1990s. He talks about the importance of celebrating the mawlid, performing the sunnah on all levels (Islam, Iman, Ihsan) and many more dimensions of the mawlid (also called milad or mawlud).

Download the audio here: Supercession and Intercession of the Mawlid – Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad

This lecture is also available on YouTube.

Part 2 * Part 3 * Part 4 * Part 5

Much thanks to Sidi Mas’ud Khan for sharing us his recording of this lecture. Please read his article about the Praise of Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace).

A message from Sidi Rami Nashashibi from IMAN – Inner-city Muslim Action Network based in Chicago. Sidi Rami is a good friend, a wonderful person and an inspiration to us all. Please support IMAN.

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Assalamu Alaikum, I pray this reaches you all in the best of health. As many of you may know IMAN’s programming in the areas of Direct Services, Social Justice Organizing and Arts and Culture have increased and strengthened exponentially over the last several years. Among the things IMAN is doing to financially sustain this level of programming is aggressively pursuing foundation support and grant opportunities.  Our talented and extraordinarily committed staff is becoming more and more proficient in this area.

One shining example of all this can be seen through the work and commitment of Asad Jafri, IMAN’s Arts and Culture Director. Asad just recently wrote and submitted a proposal to the Case Foundation for youth programming entitled “Leaders of the New School.” The proposal advanced to the final round by being among only 20 projects selected from a field of 5,000. For this IMAN secured $10,000 to support the project.

Now we have another opportunity to secure an additional $25,000 if we can become one of the four final proposals selected through an online voting process that ends tomorrow, Tuesday April 22nd, at 11:59pm.

It’s simple; whoever gets the most online votes wins. Take two minutes to click on the link below to select the “Leaders of the New School” project along with three other projects of your choice and submit your selection along with an email address. One vote per email address.  Please make sure your vote counts by clicking the link in the confirmation e-mail that will be sent to you.

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Please pass this along to your respective lists, the support is greatly appreciated.
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Rami Nashashibi
Executive Director
IMAN
www.imancentral.org

Thanks to Sidi Ebadur Rahman for the reminder to vote.