…hubb is love in Arabic, habba is seed…
…seeds of love are blossoming during these Mubarak days of the First Spring. A month of lights where the love for our Blessed Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam’s spiritual luminosity resonates deeply in hearts as we taste the sweetness of the harvest of this love.
…the joyfulness and jubilation fills [...]
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Last night in Paradise
Angels were baking cup cakes
while chanting Ya Mustafa
as they strummed light waves
and plucked star strings
with feathered wings
tinkling bells chimed in unison
as they always do
these heavenly
vibrations reached far beyond the exosphere
ricocheting off the majestic name
M U H A M M A D
embellished on the Throne
eons before anything was and
beyond time and space
even long [...]
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After Adhan.
The Imam is already in position for Salat, facing Maqam Ibrahim, with the last few waiting for Iqama to join the Saff. Police stand at various places throughout the Salat.
Immediately Salam is recited brothers rush towards Hajaratul Aswad, Multazam and the Babul Rahmah…
…while the Imam (on the red prayermat) sits facing away from Ka’aba [...]
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The Shawwal moon blossoms
as an unfurling silver petal
in a satin sky
embellished with glowing tapers
reaching heavenward
with Venus a sparkling companion
while under this canopy of velvet
the swish and flurry of robes
on marble lake
reflecting golden topped pillars
hasten to the Sacred Garden
where prostrations
on the Meadow Carpet
of entwining bouquets and garlands
form an intoxicating filigree
transferring the spirit
to divine realms fragrant of [...]
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Extol, then, God’s limitless glory when you enter upon the evening hours, and when you rise at morn; and seeing that unto Him is due all praise in the heavens and earth, glorify Him in the afternoon as well, and when you enter upon the hour of noon. (30:17-18)
The Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu [...]
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SubhanAllah the days have been cloudy and humid, with the blessing of a few drops of rain. Drops fall as dust bombs, sprinkling every thing in the City with a fine film of powdery polka dots!
Shorty before Maghrib teams of cleaners methodically displayed their skills leaving the area as a reflective mirror once more.
Amazing how [...]
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The Jumadal Oola moon glides by Al-Mustafa SallAllahu alaihiwasallam’s Felicitous Abode as we pass by, joining the throngs of Angels and the devoted visitors offering invocations and blessings, on our way to the designated evening time for sisters Ziyarah to the Mubarak Rowdha.
Sadly the conditions for sisters’ Ziyarah still remains chaotic. Voices yell for nationalities [...]
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