On Seeing and Being Seen: A Discourse on the Two Clauses of Iḥsān
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ A man in the circle said: “Mawlana, I have heard our…
Shādhulī in the Bāṭin: On the Inward Lineage of the BāʿAlawī Way
Being the written reply of a shaykh to a seeker’s letter concerning the BāʿAlawī way’s…
Gecko Questions and Reflections
A student asked me recently about the hadith on killing geckos. My first answer was…
السيدة ليلى والقادرية — Sayyida Laila, Umm Hisham – and the Qadiriyya
English follows السيدة ليلى، أمّ هشام، والقادرية القرافة الصغرى — القاهرة وُلدت السيدة ليلى محمد…
A Benefit Regarding What Is Requested on the Last Wednesday of Ṣafar
Some of the sages have related particular devotional practices for the last Wednesday of Ṣafar,…
Trials and Tribulations: On Illness and Caregiving
By Shaykh Dr Hisham Understanding Tribulation Allāh does not put His servant through a trial…
The Prophet and the Gate: Sayyidunā Muḥammad’s Transmission of Talqīn to Sayyidunā ʿAlī
يا رسول الله، دلّني على أقرب الطرق إلى الله وأسهلها على عباده وأفضلها عنده تعالى…
On Neediness and Freedom
The saying appears across classical Islamic literature — in works of adab, hikma, and zuhd…
The Spiritual Path and Donating Our Rewards
“I know it is permissible for me to donate the rewards of my ibāda to…
The Ego in Wealth, and Socio-Economic Impacts on The Path
ومن علاج الكِبْر أن يُلْزِمَ نفسَه التواضعَ لمن دونه، وتركَ المِراء مع نظيره، وإكرامَ من…