Category Archives: Sufi Urs and Event Dates

Salat al-‘Ashiqin This practice was recommended to me by Pir Zia during the month of Ramadhan. It is done silently after ‘Isha. Make your intention to do 4 rakat. 2 sets of 2. 1st rakat recite sura al Fatiha 1 … Continue reading →

Al-Syed Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Gilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini (there are many variant spellings of his name) 0r simply known as Ghaus-e-Azam (470–561 AH) (1077–1166 AD) was a Persian Hanbali preacher, Sufi sheikh and the figurehead of the Qadiri Sufi … Continue reading →

When Inayat Khan came to the West — 120 years ago – from his perspective we might call it “the mysterious West” — in 1910, he brought with him the traditions of the Sufi schools of India and Central Asia. … Continue reading →

This information is taken from the Inayati Order Website (www.inayatiorder.org) Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan was the first child of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan and his American wife, Amina Begum (nee Ora Ray Baker). With the genetic heritage of Eastern and Western Mystics, … Continue reading →

From the Inayati Order website (https://inayatiyya.org/hazrat-inayat-khan/) Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, a brilliant Indian musician, came to the West in 1910 at the behest of his Sufi teacher, Sayyed Muhammad Abu Hashim Madani, who charged him with a mission: to harmonize … Continue reading →