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Nasheeds

azkar

AZKAR TAHAJJUD 1

Awrad

adzkar 

دار المصطفى

Adkhar

dhikr

They Keep me in Elevation

Marhaban Ya Shahra Ramadan Dar Al Mustafa

Mawlid After Tarawih Dar Al Mustafa

أسماء الله الحسنى - للحبيب عمر بن حفيظ

The very first Al Maqasid (2014) was a powerful experience.  Set in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania, it was a spiritual awakening for people new to such experiences, and a deep revival for old hands.

In a moment before one of the evening sessions, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus asked me to sing something in Urdu.  Before I could begin, he asked me to share the refrain with everyone, and translate it for them. I shared the refrain of a very famous Urdu naat by Ustadh Muzaffar Warsi, "Tu Kuja Man Kuja" (Translation and transliteration of the refrain is shared below. A full translation and transliteration of these words that had everyone swaying, can be found at https://naderkhan.com/discography/water/ ).

There was something very special going on in this moment - everyone was as if drunk in the love of the Prophet (ﷺ).  After I shared the refrain, nobody had to encourage anyone to join in - it was a spontaneous eruption of love, where everyone sang together.  People of every conceivable racial background were swaying back and forth singing in Urdu, in love of the Prophet.  Some were weeping in longing.  Others were smiling ear to ear in celebration.

I am very grateful to have shared this beautiful moment with them.  And I am very grateful to Sidi Ahmed Zaman for having the presence of mind to capture it, and to Sidi Mohammad Najeeb Ahmed for sharing it with me.

If you listen carefully, you can clearly make out voices of Shaykh Yahya Rhodus, Maulana Abdurrahman, Shaykh Muhammad Adeyinka Mendes, and others.

My wife had a creative epiphany and suggested I try out a specific Yemeni tune for this Naat.  I played around with it for a couple of weeks, decided to sing it here.  Those who've heard others reciting it will find this rendition to be *very* different - I hope they still like it.

A studio version of this track is available on the WATER album (rel. 2015), on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc.

This was the longest I'd spent translating *any* Urdu naat.  I found it exceedingly difficult, and I couldn't have done it without my wife and superhero manager Dr. Bano Murtuja.

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Tu Amir-e-Haram, mae faqir-e-ajam
Tere gun, aur yeh lab, main talab hi talab. 
Tu ataa hi ataa, mae khata hi khata
Tu kuja man kuja, tu kuja man kuja

You: The Leader of the sacred sanctuary, Me: the needy of the ignorant.
Your praise and these lips? I crave and crave. 
You give and give. I err and err.
O, where are you, and where am I! O, where are you, and where am I!

Urdu original by Muzaffar Warsi
Translation © Nader Khan & Bano Murtuja 2013, All Rights Reserved

Image of the Prophet's tomb and mosque from http://alfatihoun.edaama.org/

Nader Khan -- "Where Are You, and Where Am I" -- Al Maqasid Retreat

ابتهال الحبيب عمر بن حفيظ في مجلس رسول الله ﷺ -جاكرتا

Ratib al Haddad voluntary invocation to be recited every night after Maghrib/Isha. It is a collection of verses from the Holy Qur'an as well as the Kalimaat (declarations of belief), Tasbeehaat (praise of Allah) and Duas (invocations) which the beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him has recommended.

The prestige 12th century (hijri) reviver of islam Imam al Haddad has rendered a great service to Muslims in compiling all these in one small Kitab called Ratib-ush-Shahir, popularly know as Ratib al Haddad. And being mindful of the blessed Prophet's Sunnah of not over-burdening the Muslims, he has put together just the most basic supplications which take at most 15 minutes to recite.

The Ratib al-Haddad has been recited by the students of Habib Umar in Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen. The picture is by @AbbasPhotos

Ratib al Haddad - Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim

"Qad Kafani `Ilmu Rabbi" (My Lord's Knowledge Suffices Me) is a powerful statement of reliance and trust on Allah, authored by Imam Abdullah b. Alawi al-Haddad (1634 CE [1044 Hijri] - 1720 CE [1132 Hijri]), the great Islamic scholar and spiritual guide from Hadhramawt, Yemen. Imam al-Haddad was a distinguished poet, and this particular qasida (devotional song) is one of his most-recited poems. A brief bio of the Imam may be found here:http://www.alhaddad.org/blog/?p=382. Information taken by Nader Khan.

The Qasida was sung on the bus route to Dar al Mustafa by Belal Nikro (AUS) and brothers who attended the 2013 annual dowra. Picture taken by Belal Nikro.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: 
(the lyrics in Arabic, along with the translation, may be downloaded from:http://www.halaqa.org/Media/Docs/Qad%20kafani%20english.pdf)

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me 
 from asking or choosing 
For my du’a and my agonising supplication 
 is a witness to my poverty. 
For this secret (reason) I make supplication  
in times of ease and times of difficulty 
I am a slave whose pride  
is in his poverty and obligation 
---------- 
O my Lord and my King 
 You know my state 
And what has settled in my heart  
of agonies and preoccupations 
Save me with a gentleness  
from You, O Lord of Lords 
Oh save me, Most Generous  
before I run out of patience (with myself) 
---------- 
O One who is swift in sending aid 
 I ask for aid that will arrive to me swiftly 
It will defeat all difficulty  
and it will bring all that I hope for 
O Near One Who answers  
and All-Knowing and All-Hearing 
I have attained realisation through my incapacity,  
my submission and my brokenness 
---------- 
I am still standing by the door, so please my Lord 
 have mercy on my standing 
And in the valley of generosity, I am in i’tikaf (solitary retreat)   
So, Allah, make my retreat here permanent 
And I’m abiding by good opinion (of You) 
 For it is my friend and ally 
And it is the one that sits by me and keeps me company  
All day and night 
---------- 
There is a need in my soul, O Allah  
so please fulfill it, O Best of Fulfillers 
And comfort my secret and my heart 
 from its burning and its shrapnel 
In pleasure and in happiness  and 
as long as You are pleased with me 
For joy and expansion is my state  
and my motto and my cover 
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Qad Kafani (My Lord is Sufficient) - Belal Nikro (Dowra 2013)

الخلاصة - (7) الورد اللطيف - دار المصطفى

Raatib alhaddad recited in Dar Al mustafa

Recorded in Cambridge on Friday the 7th of March, 2014

Consider expressing your enjoyment of this qasida by donating to the Cambridge Mosque Project: http://www.justgiving.com/muslimacademic/donate

Na't al-Baratina

Recorded at Dar Al-Mustafa ,formula which is read after the mid afternoon(Zuhr) prayer. (Hizb Nasir of Imam Al Hadad ,may Allah be well pleased with him.

02 Hizb Nasir-Imam Al Hadad

03 Sura Yasin read buy Syid Al Habib Umar

Sura Waqia, Dua's which are read after Sura Waqia and then the Hizb Al Bahir of Syidina Imam Hassan Al Shadilli may Allah be well pleased with him.
 

03 Complete athkar after Asr prayer

3am Roused from sleep in the hours of acceptance to commune with God(Allah): (tahajjud) prayers. Then the Ninety-Nine Beatific Names of Allah are used in calling upon one's Lord. Many other very powerful formulas are used in these prayers with the aim of cleaning the hearts spiritual diseases and connecting to one's Lord.

3am tahajjud Athkar in Dar Ul Mustafa part 1

02  Athkar before Fajr

The litany of Imam al-Haddad to be recited at fajr & maghrib

Wird al-Latif

Hasbi Rabbi

HIZB BAHR IMAM SADZILI.
SEMOGA BERMANFAAT BAGI KITA SEMUA. MARI KITA DENGARKAN BERSAMA .

Hizbul Bahr_Bacaan oleh Syeikh Shahrul Rizal AsSyazily

Taiba Ya Taiba-Ahbab al Mustapha-Australia

مشاري راشد العفاسي سورة يس  
سُجلت في يوم الجمعة
٢٣ محرم ١٤٣٤هـ
الموافق ٧ديسمبر ٢٠١٢م

مشاري راشد العفاسي سورة يس

Imam Khalid - The Blessed Sanctuaries

Ya Latif Dhikr | يا لطيف - O Gentle / Subtle

Ya Latif Dhikr | يا لطيف

The power of this prayer of Imam Muhammad al-Dar’i lies in its simplicity, its purity, and its sincere supplication. It is essentially a plea to God that our transgressions be overlooked, that divine mercy be bestowed upon us, that social justice be restored in spite of us, that wrongs be righted, and that righteousness reign once again in our lands, so that the destitute may no longer be in need, the young may be educated, the animals’ purpose fulfilled, rain restored, and bounties poured forth. It is a plea to be freed from the aggression of foreigners in lands over which they have no right – a plea much needed in our modern world, rampant as it is with invasions and territorial occupations. Ultimately, it asks not that our enemies be destroyed, but simply that their plots, and the harm they cause, be halted. Its essence is mercy, which in turn is the essence of the Messenger of God, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: “And We have only sent you as a mercy to all the worlds.”