Source: Imam Suhaib Webb’s Blog

The Sultan of the ‘Ulema, al’Iz al-Din ‘Abdu al-Salam wrote:
“The way to Allah is made up of the apparent and the inner. Its apparent path is Shari’ah and its actualization is the inner. Two words bring both the apparent and the inner together: “It is You alone we worship and it is You alone we [...]

Some Muslims are of the opinion that as long as they do the bare minimum (integrals, conditions, and the essential and obligatory actions) they have done enough. For them everything else is merely recommended or merely offensive, and so they see no problem in neglecting the sunna, give no second thought in performing offensive actions, [...]

A dear friend of mine brought be some books from his visit to Dar ul-Uloom Karachi, as well as from the Khanqah of Mawlana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar [Damat Barakatuhum]. At the end of one of the books entitled Ta’aluq m’aAllah by the aforementioned author, there was a poem entitled Munajat that grabbed my attention. It’s a short poem of only [...]

The following is the text of three articles [one of which has already been posted on Ekhlas] entitled:
1. Beyond the Intellect [Spiritual Tendencies]
2. Reason, Argumentation, and Belief [Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath]
3. Can the existence of God be proven rationally? [Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath]
Beyond the Intellect:
Imam Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī—may Allāh protect his secret—said:
Beyond the intellect is another sphere to which another eye is opened, and [...]

Source: Nakhuda

An Edited Anthology of the Spiritual Teachings of Hakim Al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi
Reviewed by Ismaeel Nakhuda:
In spite of its intrinsic attachment to Islam, Sufism – otherwise known as tasawwuf or tazkiya – remains one of the most misunderstood aspects of the din. It is a sad reality that in this day and age [...]

SubhanAllah.
Source: Ashrafiya
Importance of following Sunnah!
Hadhrat Maulana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) told us:
“Hadhrat Mujaddid Alif Thani (Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi Naqshbandi, may Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘Allah initially gave me the outward knowledge of Shariah and made me excel in it. Then I turned towards the inner wisdom Sufiya possess. All praise to [...]

Excerpted from “The Secret of Secrets” by Hadrat Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani:
“Man is considered from two points of view: his material being and his spiritual being. In the appearance of material being everyone is more or less equal. Therefore, in this respect, one may apply to humanity general laws. In his spiritual being, hidden behind his [...]