Jun 27, 2013

Pearls of Islamic Scholars : Quotes [5]

Imam ash-Shaafi'ee:
"Four things strengthen the intellect: To avoid superfluous speech, to use Siwaak, to sit with righteous people and to sit with the scholars."
(al-Aadaab ash-Shar'iyyah 3/30)

Mu’adh ibn Jabal on his deathbed:
"O Allah! You know that I did not love this life or prolonged stay in it to own springs or to plant trees, but rather to fast for long hot days, stand in prayer during cold nights, strive (in Your cause) for hours at a time, and sit knee to knee with scholars during religious gatherings."
(Minhajul-Qasidin, by Al-Maqsidi,p. 431)

Al-Jarjaani:"The hypocrite is the one who is a disbeliever in his heart but pays lip service to faith outwardly."(At-Ta‘reefaat, p. 298)

Jun 22, 2013

Reconciling Cat and Yusuf : Tariq Ramadan

 >> taken from tariqramadan.com

How well I remember the sixties and the seventies, that singular musical era! Stylesand genres mixed and mingled in an effervescence of creativity and non-conformism, in a search for meaning and renewal that was as singular as it could be troubling. In the London of July 1975 the songs of Cat Stevens could be heard at every corner. There was something about his voice; an unmistakable musical talent combined with words that told of a spiritual journey; the poetry of life and suffering, peace and childhood, separation and death. Peace Train, Wild World, Lady d’Arbanville, Father and Son: all popular hits, all expressing the rich, complex andoften tormented inner life of their creator.

Jun 19, 2013

Secularism, Islam & Democracy by Tariq Ramadan

Ethics by Tariq Ramadan at Oxford Union

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1R8VsTTAo

Tariq Ramadan speaks on the topic of ethics and what it means to us and its context in religious texts. He talks abut where our source of ethics and morals lies. Whether we are naturally moral people, whether it is something we learn from society or whether it derives from religious texts.

He also talks about people and society on a whole and how we all related to each other through our shared ideas of ethics and morals and how we differ. Helping us understand how we are the way we are as individuals.

[Filmed on 30th April 2013]



Islamic Legal Philosophy : by Tariq Ramadan, Jasser Auda & Yassir Qadhi

Strengthening The Moral & Social Fabric of Societies: Preservation of Life & Preservation of Faith - Dr. Yasir Qadhi, Dr Jasser Auda & Dr. Tariq Ramadan

A unique set of lectures based on the Maqasid (goals) of the Sharia. The knowledge of the Maqasid of the Sharia is crucial for Islamic jurists and the mastery of the Maqasid is what separates the heavy-weights from the light-weights. Understanding the Maqasid of the Sharia is understanding the secret of the law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InkPIsyzxNE

 [This is Session 12 of the 49th Annual ISNA Convention]

Jun 11, 2013

[Video] Excessive Sexual Desire :: Abdul Hakim Murad

 This is a video by Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, who referred the sayings of Imam Ghazali on 'desire'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGt1WcYBlBo

Jun 2, 2013

Some Works of Badiuzzaman Said Nursi

Biography of Badiuzzaman Said Nursi (Rahimahullah). May Allah's Mercy be upon him : http://nursistudies.com/?page_id=29

another world of knowledge resource of Badiuzzaman Said Nursi (Rahimahullah)
http://nursistudies.com

this website on Risale-i-Nur of baiduzzaman Said Nursi (rahimahullah)
http://erisale.com/index.jsp?locale=en#home