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from a talk by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani Allah made for every sickness a remedy. We must not accept that there any sickness without remedy. The Prophet Muhammad mentioned that for every sickness there is a cure. This is the Prophet to whom Allah gave the power of Isra’a and M’iraj (the Night Journey from [...]

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‘We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.’ — I Epistle St. John iii. 14. ‘Whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide [...]

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An address by Shaykh Nazim Haqqani from Wednesday, January 9, 2008.Shaykh Nazim Haqqani and Shaykh Abdallah Al-Fa’iz al-Daghestani

Just last night Shaykh Hisham Efendi Hazretli, Madad ul-Haqq (Support of the Truth), arrived, paying honour to our dergah. We have been honoured, and I am also happy for him to address you through what Allah Almighty is giving him for as long as he is going to be here. Before I was speaking and people were listing, but it was a heavy burden to speak to people. To be imam, to be a khatib, is not as you say. A real imam, as opposed to just a formality, must have something from spirituality to give to people. Neither wood against wood, nor wax against wax, will give ever give anything. But if the candle is lit, that fire may enlighten if not a thousand, then a million or even a billion people. One burning candle is enough to awaken the candles in each of our hearts. But now it is so difficult to reach such a people, because they are all hidden and you are not asking for them. If you are not giving your whole energy to ask for such a person, it is difficult to find. So many people know so many things, yet their candles are dark. If not awakened themselves, they can’t wake up others. That is a sign of the last days.

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Shah Baha’uddin kept saying: Our way is companionship, and goodness is in the community. Sundown tonight marks the blessed birthday of the leader and namesake of the Naqshbandi sufi way. Shah Baha’uddin Naqshband is known as the balm of creation- may God the Compassionate hallow his holy soul. Shaykh ‘Adnan Kabbani, of that same sufi [...]

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