Nearly eight years ago, I came across a rare print of a speech delivered by Mawlānā Muḥammad Ilyās al-Kāndhalwī in a library. I asked a student to help me transcribe it so that it could be edited for language and style and posted online or published in the future. I came across my edit of the piece… Continue reading A Call to Muslims: A Transcript of a Speech to the Scholars by Mawlānā Ilyās al-Kāndhalwī
Category: Spirituality
Increasing One’s Memory, Focus, and Concentration in Studies
Question: What can one do to increase his memory and focus? Reply: Here are a couple of brief tips: 1. Guard your gaze and your ears. There can be nothing more distracting than television, a wrong glance, or a tune that won’t go away.
Nine Tips for Surviving School
Surviving school as a Muslim youth in the West is not easy. The social requirement upon youth to not only excel in studies but also to exhibit ideal, Islamic behavior outside and inside the home makes leading a healthy student life a truly daunting task. With the combined social pressures of school, family, and friends… Continue reading Nine Tips for Surviving School
The Silsilahs of Tasawwuf and the Reality of Bay’ah
Query Respected and honorable Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Mahmud Ashraf ‘Uthmani, Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah! I sincerely enjoyed the article you wrote in the monthly Al-Balagh magazine on tasawwuf. In fact, I read it thrice. It was very comprehensive, demonstrative, and authentic, and it covered all the necessary aspects of the topic.
Bilal Ali Ansari 