The Rawha: Daily Guidance for Seekers with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

The Rawha: Daily Guidance for Seekers with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

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The Rawha: Daily Guidance for Seekers with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani episodes

  • Benefits of Self Isolation – Ustadh Abdullah Misra
    In these troubling times, we are forced to stay in self-isolation. This can be a blessing if we consider it as a spiritual retreat, a time for self-reflection. In this week's Friday Reminder, Ustadh Abdullah Misra reminds us that we need to use this time to come closer to Allah. He shares stories from the life of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), when he used to isolate himself in the Cave of Hira, even before his revelation.

    He also used to do itikaf in Madina during Ramadan. Isolation can be a time of self-reflection, we can get out of these times, with a new outlook on life and a sense of appreciation for what Allah has given us. It is time to bond with our families and increase our quest for learning. At the same time, we have to look at the bright side of things and have faith in Allah that he will let us out of this. There is always light at the end of the tunnel as long as we keeping patience and solidarity with the community.

     

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    5 min
  • Contentment with Where Allah Has Placed You – Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
    In this reminder, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani warns against mere religious fantasizing as contrary to contentment with the decree. He cites two stories where companions advised people not to wish to be where Allah did not place them. These companions reminded that one does not know what one's state would be had one been in the life of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) for example, facing the intensely arduous circumstances the companions faced. Shaykh Faraz explains in light of these narrations that one should focus instead on turning to Allah where He has willed for one to be. He counsels not to imagine that any situation other than where Allah placed one would be better.

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    15 min
  • 206- The Rawha- How to Avoid Self-Satisfaction – Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

    In this short clip, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani gives advice on how to avoid self-praise, conceit, and self-concern if one is successful in work and life. He looks at an aphorism of one of the great scholars of Islam, Ibn ʿAta’illah, on this issue: “The believer is busied by praising Allah from being too appreciative of his own good, and is busied by the rights of Allah from having too much concern for his own selfish interests.”

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    5 min
  • Will I be Forgiven?- Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
    Allah didn't create us to be perfect, and that is not the purpose of our creation. We are not meant to become sinless. Striving for perfection would cause us to feel all types of despair because we are trying to reach an unattainable goal. In this week's Friday Reminder, Shaykh Yusuf shares the story of Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) when he was cast out of Jannah. That story teaches us how to repent and make Tawba. It teaches us that taking full responsibility for our own actions and mistakes is the first and great step to forgiveness and true healing.

    Shaykh Yusuf reminds us that we only need to try our best and if we fall short, we simply must turn back and ask Allah for forgiveness. As was once said “Heaven is not for the perfect. It is for the patient, persistent and penitent.”



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    5 min
  • 205-The Rawha- Worldly Responsibilities and Spiritually Stagnant – Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

    Shaykh Faraz Rabbani starts this talk by explaining after knowing Allah, the next thing one will experience explains many scholars is one will feel discomfort. One should live this life for the next life explains Shaykh Faraz. 

    Then Shaykh Faraz moves on to explain a Hikma of Imam Ibn Ibn Ata’illah when he says “Do not travel from one created thing to another created thing, lest you become like a donkey going around a mill.” Everything is a light explains Shaykh Faraz as they are creations of Allah Most High. Shaykh Faraz ends by reminding all of the power of intention, and a reminder for all to heed to is to make everything we do for Allah this how one reaps the benefit in this worldly life. 

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    19 min
  • Prophetic Response to Trials and Tribulations – Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
    Shaykh Yusuf Weltch begins by explaining some of the trials the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) went through in his life. He starts with the trials from the people of Ta’if. How they ran him out of their town after he called them to Islam. The Prophetic response was to pray for their guidance.

    Shaykh Yusuf then calls everyone to reflect on, that trials are something Allah gives those whom He loves. While one is in the tribulation one should ask Allah for well-being reminds Shaykh Yusuf. 

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    9 min
  • Allah Test Those Whom He Loves- The Tests of Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace)- Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
    Shaykh Yusuf Weltch begins this talk by explaining how it was the prophets (peace be upon them) who were tested the most, and how the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) was the most tested of all the prophets.

    Shaykh Yusuf goes on to show how one gets through the test remembering Allah and that is by always looking at the bigger picture. Always thinking of the hereafter. He goes on to explain how Allah is most pleased with those whom He tests.

    Of all the traits of the different prophets(peace be upon them), it was the prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) who embodied them all within himself. Shaykh Yusuf ends by showing how the Prophet Muhammad dealt with fear for others, and hunger by always turning to Allah Most High. 

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    17 min
  • What does it mean to love God?- Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
    Love has consequences and divine love has divine consequences. In this week’s Friday reflection, SeekersGuidance Executive Director, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, talks us through what it means to truly love God.

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    5 min
  • The Prophetic Standard of Virtue – Shaykh Omar Qureshi
    In this talk, Shaykh Omar Qureshi explores the idea of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) being our uswah ("excellent model"; Quran 33.21) and point of reference, and how it helps us understand who we are. With Shaykh Faraz Rabbani joining in, he reminds us of the importance of hadith (Prophetic traditions) in our lives, and of the blessing of their authentic preservation.

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    20 min
  • 204 -The Rawha-Why Gather to Praise Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) – Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

    In this talk, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains some meanings, which are rooted in the Qur’an, behind why we gather to praise and celebrate Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He does so through reflecting and on some lines of the poem by Habib Umar bin Hafiz relating the life and virtues of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him.

     

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    13 min

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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ encouraged us to strive for uprightness by seeking assistance in the early mornings, late afternoons (al-rawha), and something of the depths of the night. From this tradition,…