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A Simple Secret to Success
“How can you not know where you are going?”
- From Habib Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf1 min
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Muharram · Passage · 9 min
Acquaintances
- Imam Al-Ghazali
02
Dhul Hijjah · Excerpt · 2 min
Etiquettes of Friendship
- Imam Al-Ghazali
03
· Poem · 3 min
Zuhd - Detachment from the World
- Murabit al-Hajj
04
Dhul Hijjah · Chapter · 4 min
Improving One's Character
- Sayyidi Habib Umar Bin Hafiz
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Dhul Hijjah · Reflection · 1 min
A Simple Secret to Success
- Habib Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf
Quiet readings
Short passages. Slow company.
Brief 2–4 minute reflections to read between things.
Reflection · 1 min
A Simple Secret to Success
“How can you not know where you are going?”
Habib Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf
Short Read · 1 min
If You Feel Difficulty In Your Worship
Allah Almighty will give strength to their bodies and energy in their worship.
Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf
Passage · 9 min
Acquaintances
If you were to look into the reality of the situation, you would find that only one in a hundred of them is sincere
Imam Al-Ghazali
Passage · 1 min
Association with Parents
A gathering of reflections for the days when the news is loud and the heart is tired. Small mercies. Quiet returns.
Imam Ghazali
Short Read · 1 min
If You Feel Difficulty In Your Worship
Allah Almighty will give strength to their bodies and energy in their worship.
Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf
Worship & Presence
"Khushūʿ is not a feeling we summon - it is a quietness we return to."
From the wing of worship
Character & Adab
The slow craft of becoming.
Short reflections on adab — manners, refinement, and the inner life.
Chapter · Sayyidi Habib Umar Bin Hafiz · 4 min
Improving One's Character
Passage · Shaykh Musab Penfound · 3 min
Modesty
Passage · Imam al-Haddad · 4 min
On Certainty
Series & collections
Sittings, gathered into a thread.
Continuous lessons kept together — read in order, as they were given.
وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
"And say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
Ṭāhā · 20:114