Mawlid Gifts: Counsels of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhuli
As the month of Rabi’i al-Awwal is upon us, there are opportunities aplenty to remind…
Al-Marhum Abas Ahmad: a Message to the Folk of Embara
Al-salam ‘alaykum wa rahmutullah wa barakatuh, Bismillah, wa-l-hamdulillah, wa-s-salatu wa-s-salamu ‘ala rasulillah, wa ‘ala ahlihi…
How to oppose tyranny: The witness of Imam Husayn bin Ali
[This piece was first published by ABC News in 2019] Some fourteen centuries ago, the…
A Zawiya in Sarajevo
In Ramadan, Shaykh Hisham visited a Qadiri zawiya in Sarajevo, for suhba with the contemporary…
The Middle of Sha’ban: the Night of Absolution
The Merit of the Night “When it is the 15th of Sha’ban, spend its night…
Sha’ban: The Month of Blessings Upon the Prophet
The Prophet, ‘alayhi salat wa salam, said:“Sha’ban is my month, Rajab is Allah’s month, and…
The Mi’raj
Continued from “Rajab”: On the Night Journey and the Ascension As mentioned previously, Sayyid Muhammad…
Rajab: the Month of Allah, the Month of Forgiveness
It is well known within our sacred scriptures that God has ordained some months to…
The End of a year, the Beginning of a new one: Muharram
Time There is a temptation in our modern world to treat time as the most…
Cairo: the city of Awliya’, and the Commanded Visitations: a story narrated from Shaykh BaBikr Ahmad BaBikr
“The true rulers of Cairo are Sayyidina al-Husayn and Sayyidatina Zaynab” The first time I…