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Etiquette When Attending a Sulook Gathering

Please observe the following recommendations with diligence when attending sulook gatherings, either in person or remotely.

•  Arrival
  • Arrive a few minutes before the session begins. Avoid loud talk and chatter as you walk in as it disturbs the repose of the gathering
  • If you arrive late and everyone is engaged in dhikr, please sit down and recite durood/salwat quietly. Avoid asking others what to do or what you missed.
• Dress Code
  • Male mureeds need to wear a kufi and shirt with long sleeves - no short sleeves.
  • Female mureeds should wear jilbabs preferably, or very modest clothing for every dhikr session.
• Remote Attendance & Recordings
  • Remote attendance is only available to those who do not live in the Chicago area or are temporarily out of town during the session.
  • Recordings are not guaranteed. Sometimes they are not approved and cannot be shared.
  • Attendees may not hold personal recordings without explicit permission from DQC management or the Shaykh.
  • Recordings, if made avaialble, must not be shared with anyone else, not even those who missed the gathering. They are only for you if you got them.
• Questions & Content
  • We must not ask questions for the sake of asking questions.
  • We must not ask questions for someone else or on someone else's behalf. Asking for someone else is considered poor adab and the Shaykh has warned that this can cause one to regress on their path.
  • What we hear at sulook gatherings is for us only. It must not be shared with anyone else. Shaykh Amin has said that if we do share, it may benefit the person we share it with, but it will no longer benefit us or bring us barakah.
• Children & Spouses of Khuddam
  • Children are abolutely not allowed at sulook gatherings.
  • Spouses who are not khuddam themselves may only come if explicit permission was granted by the Shaykh or if it was announced as such.

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If more reading or recitation is desired, then reading the Qurʾan is considered the best form of dhikr.  

1. Al-Kalimah
2. Al-Shahadatayn
3. Iman Mujammil
4. Iman Mufassil
5. I believe in the bliss and the punishment of the grave; in Paradise, in Hell, in accountability in front of Allah, in the Book of Deeds, in scales of deeds, in the Bridge and in the Fountain of Kauthar outside of Jannah.
6. I hold all the companions of the Prophet SAWS in high esteem and I regard all of them to be trustworthy in matters of deen.
7. I will offer five times salat a day.
8. I will fast in the month of Ramadan.
9. I will give zakat if obligatory upon me.
10. I will perform Hajj if I am able to do so.
11. I will not hurt any human being. In fact, I will try to please them.
12. I will not be extravagant in my spending.
13. I will earn through halal means only and I will stay away from forbidden and suspicious means.
14. I will be humble to the creation of Allah. I will not look down upon anyone.
15. I will honor anyone who is a medium to the Prophet SAWS and Allah.
16. I will not associate any partners with Allah. I will not steal. I will not fornicate/commit adultery. I will not kill anyone. I will not slander anyone, nor will I disobey the Prophet SAWS in any good matter.
17. I will not gaze at men or women that are not mahram.
18. I will not lie nor backbite.
19. I will not swear nor say anything that is contrary to what I have in mind.
20. I will not practise anything that our predecessors did not practise. Nor will I engage in un-Islamic customs.
21. Indeed I will act only to please Allah and indeed He is worthy of obeying.

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At a Tafsir lesson, on adhkār related to the Names of Allah , March 2020

Allāh is the one who cares for you the most. If Allah were not our Lord, in one year or five, we would destroy the whole earth.

From the tafsīr of Surah Al-Sāffāt , March 4th 2018

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From the tafsīr of Surah Al-Sāffāt , March 4th 2018

A young man named Sawleh visited Shaykh Amin. He traveled from Phoenix. This brother is the son of Maulana Zubair Abdurrahman, who studied with Shaykh Amin at Sabeel-ur-Rashad. 

I learned that Maulana Zubair was one of the few students at Sabeel-ur-Rashad who was of African-American descent. Shaykh Amin had not been keeping well that week, but he was particular to meet with Sawleh. He received the young man lovingly and enquired about his friend's health and the rest of the family as well.

The conversation turned silent after a while. When the Shaykh spoke again, he advised the young man. He said many things, but this stayed with me, and I paraphrase:

Seek out the company of those who Allah is close to. One sign of someone that Allah is close to is that he loves Allah and his Messenger, SallAllahu 'alayhi wa Sallam.Another sign is that such a person is always engaged in helping others. Both these conditions must exist. It is impossible for someone to attain nearness to Allah if he/she does not love the beloved of Allah.

Salaam. 

Just check your niyah when you give.

Would you give if there were no tax benefit?

If yes, then you are okay. If not, then your niyah is lacking.