MCCGP Podcast

Wednesday April 20, 2022 Ramadan 19, 1443   The 19th Aphorism: ‘Your being on the lookout for the vices ('uyub) hidden within you is better than your being on the lookout for the invisible realities (ghuyub) veiled from you.’

Thursday April 21, 2022 Ramadan 20, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting). Virtues of being generous and abundant recitation of al-Quran

Tuesday April 19, 2022 Ramadan 18, 1443   The 17th Aphorism: ‘Do not look forward to being free of alterities (aghyar), for that is indeed what cuts off from vigilant attention to Him in that very state He has assigned to you.’   The 18th Aphorism: 'So long as you are in this world, be not surprised at the existence of sorrows. For truly, it manifests nothing but what is in keeping with its charac...

Wednesday April 20, 2022 Ramadan 19, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting). Virtues and conditions of 'It'kaf (Spiritual Retreat)

Monday April 18, 2022 Ramadan 17, 1443   The 16th Aphorism: ‘Not a breath do you expire but a decree of Destiny has make it go forth’

Tuesday April 19, 2022 Ramadan 18, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting). Virtuous actions when one finds Laylat al-Qadr

Sunday April 17, 2022 Ramadan 16, 1443   The 15th Aphorism: ‘Do not request Him to get you out of a state to make use of you in a different one, for where He to desire so, He would make use of you as you are, without taking you out!’

Monday April 18, 2022 Ramadan 17, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Descriptions of Laylat al-Qadr and some opinions of its occurrence.

Saturday April 16, 2022 Ramadan 15, 1443   The 14th Aphorism: ‘Your postponement of deeds till the time when you are free is one of the frivolities of the ego.’

Sunday April 17, 2022 Ramadan 16, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Things that are best to avoid while fasting: Taking care in rinsing the nostrils during Wudu while fasting.  Laylat al-Qadr and its virtues

Thursday April 14, 2022 Ramadan 13, 1443   The 13th Aphorism: ‘He who wishes that at a given moment of time appear other than what Allah has manifested in it, has not left ignorance behind at all!’

Thursday April 14, 2022 Ramadan 13, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Things that are best to avoid while fasting: Kissing and embracing one's spouse, Hijama (Cupping or drawing blood that could weaken the person), Applying Kohul (antimony), 

Wednesday April 13, 2022 Ramadan 12, 1443   The 12th Aphorism: ‘How can the heart be illuminated while the forms of creatures are reflected in it mirror? Or how can it journey to Allah while shackled by its passions? Or how can it desire to enter the Presence of Allah while it has not yet purified itself of the stain of its forgetfulness? Or how can it understand the subtle points of mysteries whi...

Monday April 11, 2022 Ramadan 10, 1443   The 11th Aphorism: ‘Nothing benefits the heart more than a spiritual retreat wherein it enters the domain of meditation.’

Tuesday April 12, 2022 Ramadan 11, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Things to avoid that pertain to fasting: Wisal (continuous fasting) Correction to a point made in the above lesson: Wisal fasting is prohibitively disliked (makruh tahrimi), not mildly disliked (makruh tanzihi). Allah a'lam.

Sunday April 10, 2022 Ramadan 9, 1443   The Tenth Aphorism: ‘Bury your existence in the earth of obscurity, for whatever sprouts forth, without having first been buried, flowers imperfectly.’

Sunday April 10, 2022 Ramadan 9, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Etiquettes and Manners of Fasting: What should one break their fast with. Hastening in breaking the fast and delaying the Sahoor until the last part before Fajr

Saturday April 9, 2022 Ramadan 8, 1443   The Eighth and Ninth Aphorism: 'Actions differ because of the inspirations of the states of being differ.' and ‘Actions are lifeless forms, but the presence of an inner reality of sincerity within them is what endows them with life-giving spirit.’

Friday April 8, 2022   Getting the Most out of Ramadan. Nearly one week into the blessed month of Ramadan. What are the opportunities given in this month and how do we reap the rewards and benefits of fasting? What should we be doing to get the most out of Ramadan and how can we fast with all of our senses?

Friday April 8, 2022 Ramadan 7, 1443   The Seventh Aphorism: ‘If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your deeds do not measure up to this. For, in truth, He has not opened it for you but out of a desire to make Himself known to you. Do you not know that He is the one who presented the knowledge of Himself to you, whereas you are the one who presented Him with deed...

Thursday April 7, 2022 Ramadan 6, 1443   The Sixth Aphorism: ‘If in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in the timing of the Gift, let that not be the cause for your despairing. For He has guaranteed you a response in what He chooses for you, not in what you choose for yourself, and at the time He desires, not the time you desire.’

Saturday April 9, 2022 Ramadan 8, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Etiquettes and Manners of Fasting: What is Adab? 1) Safeguarding the tongue and the limbs against disobedience, 2) What a fasting person to do when invited to a feast?, 3) What one should say when breaking the fast?

Friday April 8, 2022 Ramadan 7, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Additional virtues of Fasting: Mental & Physical health

Thursday April 7, 2022 Ramadan 6, 1443   Ramadan Post-Fajr Halaqa on Maqasid al-Sawn (The Objectives of Fasting) Other virtues of Fasting: Increase of charitable giving, Abundance/Expansion of obedience to Allah, Giving thanks to the knower of all hidden matters, and Being averted from passing thoughts concerning disobedience and sin.

Wednesday April 6, 2022 Ramadan 5, 1443   The Fifth Aphorism: ‘Your striving for what has already been guaranteed to you, and your remissness in what is demanded of you, are signs of the blurring of your intellect (basira).’