The ego’s main goal for you is to obey its every whim. To do everything that it wants. In fact, it actually wants you to worship it as your Lord. If left unchecked the ego would only ask for more and more of those things that take us away from true spirituality and to our…
Followers of the distinguished Naqshbandi tariqah will know too well that one of the central tenets of the tariqah is to be constantly mindful of the ego. Since the time of Prophet Muhammad (saw) the Golden Chain Naqshbandi Grand Shaykhs have instructed their students about the constant vigilance against an untamed ego. A hidden reality…
The Wazifah of Shaban al-Mu’azzam Daily wazifah: 100 – 700 Astaghfiru Llah 100 – 1000 Salawatu Sharifa 100 – 1000 La ilaha Illa Llah 40 Ayatu l-kursi If you have prayer debts, pray at least one qada prayer every day. Give sadaqa source: Saltanat.org
THE NAQSHBANDI WAY – A GUIDEBOOK FOR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS The Spiritual Exercises of the Naqshbandi Sufi Path According to the Instructions of Sultan ul-Awliya Sheikh Abdullah ad-Daghistani There are many veils between us and our heavenly positions. A Naqshbandi Master rends these veils in a descending fashion: starting with that closest to the Divine Presence and then…
Preface and Commentaries by Sheikh Nazim al-Qubrusi Among the readers of this booklet may be Sufi aspirants who have been practicing the methods of any one or several of the forty Sufi Paths other than the Naqshbandi Path. If you are one of such people you may be wondering what difference there is between the Naqshbandi…
The Naqshbandi Way – Section 1 I seek refuge in my Lord from Satan the Accursed IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE ALL-BENEFICENT, THE ALL-MERCIFUL And there is no power and no strength except in Allah, the Exalted, the Mighty This is the advice of our Master and Guide the Shaikh Abdullah al-Fa’iz,…
The Practices – Wazaif In the Name of Allah, the Beneficient, the Merciful. There is no Power and no Strength except in Allah, the Exalted, the Mighty: We shall set the foundation of this counsel by using the distinguished Basmalah and the formula which explains the absence of all strength and power which does…
The First Kind The Adab of the first kind, during the course of 24 hours: (1) For every Muslim man and woman: To repeat the Shahadah three times every day, and the two phrases of the Shahadah are an expression of the Adab and the Soul of everything which the Prophet (Peace be upon him!)…
The Awrad (10) Dhikru’l-Jalalah “The Glorious Dhikr.” Allah Allah : 5000 times verbally. (11) Dhikru’l-Jalalah : “The Glorious Dhikr.” Allah Allah ; 5000 times in the heart. And having concluded both of these you may then recite the prayer on the Prophet (Peace be upon him!) (12) Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala…
For the People of Determination (l) Getting up one hour or at least one hour before Fajr, since it is at this time that the Gate Of the Mercy of Allah (Who is Powerful and ‘Sublime!) is opened and the time when the Great Shaikhs look at their Murids. One should get up and make…