Imam Salim Chishti – Purification and Prayer – A three day seminar.

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Purification and Prayer – A Three Day Seminar with Imam Salim Chishti and Tara Inayat Chishti.

Announcing with great joy that bookings are now being accepted for 2011-12 for this seminar. We are able to travel worldwide and come to your center. We also can host your group of 10 – 100 participants herein New Lebanon. If you would like more information write to salimchishti@imamsalim.com. We will be happy to answer questions or make arrangements with you.Wishing you peace and blessings. Imam Salim and Tara Inayat Chishti

Imam Salim and Tara Inayat Chishti are Representatives and Guides in the Sufi Order International. They have dedicated their lives to the study and teaching of practices that bring us closer to the divine.• During this time we will explore several methods of purification from the Islamic Sufi tradition including wazaif, dhikr, and wudu.• We will explore traditional and contemporary forms of prayer concentrating on Salat and the daily prayers of Hazrat Inayat Khan.• We will delve into the deeper meanings of these practices, apply them to our daily life and learn to connect deeply and richly with the divine in our inner and outer lives.

via Imam Salim Chishti – Purification and Prayer – A three day seminar..

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SUFISM Connecting Mankind:- GreaterKashmir.com

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti
Mevlevi Dervishes in Sama

Mevlevi Dervishes in Sama

SUFISM: Connecting Mankind

IT BRINGS MEN CLOSER TO EACH OTHER, AND MANKIND CLOSER TO GOD, WRITES SHAIKH MUKHTAR

Recently I went to the shrine of Hazrat Shaykh Hamza Makhdoom (RA) where yearly celebrations were going on. I saw Muslims and non Muslims – Hindu’s, Sikhs and even Christians – attending the “Dhikr” (remembrance of God) together. I have been to Muslim shrines outside Kashmir and witnessed the same. I went to the shrine of Hazrat Haji Ali, Mumbai. There I was listening to Qawalli. Somebody touched; I saw a Hindu, man namely Ramesh, telling me how to perform ablution. I said why. He replied my grandfather who would often come here, has told me not to listen Qawalli without Wodhu. I was surprised and my mind was full of thoughts related to the communal harmony between Muslims and non-Muslims.

via SUFISM Connecting Mankind Lastupdate:- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:30:00 GMT GreaterKashmir.com.

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At Ajmer dargah, an Indo-Pak musical dialogue mesmerizes – The Times of India

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

At Ajmer dargah, an Indo-Pak musical dialogue mesmerizes

Namita Devidayal, TNN, Feb 13, 2011, 12.44am IST

Times of India

AJMER: It was one of those memorable moments in Indo-Pak relations that may or may not be recorded in history. On Saturday morning, Pakistani qawaal Farid Ayaz and Indian qawaal Munawwar Masoom and their troupes sang together at the ultimate shrine to communal harmony, the 800-year-old tomb of the sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer.

via At Ajmer dargah, an Indo-Pak musical dialogue mesmerizes – The Times of India.

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How parents keep the faith: Teaching the religion of Islam at home – CSMonitor.com

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

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Ms. Malik prays five times a day. Henna Malik's (l.) parents keep the faith by teaching the religion of Islam at home: She learns how to pray from her mother, Romana, by copying everything she does. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff

via How parents keep the faith: Teaching the religion of Islam at home – CSMonitor.com.

The red brick walk outlines the quintessential suburban comforts – it passes a Honda Pilot in the driveway, winds through a manicured lawn, and ends at the white columned entrance to the Malik family’s spacious newly built home.

But, says Salman Malik, who immigrated to the United States from Pakistan at age 9, there’s something missing: “In the US, Muslim kids are in trouble [because] they lack role models and institutions.”

And here, on the outskirts of Manchester, N.H., it’s far from any Muslim community; a fledgling mosque is under construction, but it’s a small institution without many services. So Mr. Malik and his wife, Romana, “have to step in to fill that void,” he says. “We have no choice. Their [Muslim] identity is very important to us. We want to make sure they know who they are.”

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William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: The Islamic Notion of Beauty

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

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Beauty in the Heart

In the Sufi tradition we hold that the universe was created out of love. This comes from the Hadith saying that God so loved to be known that he created the creation in order that he would be known. And, as Dr. Chittick reminds us in this piece, “God is beautiful and loves beauty” so each and every one of us, being part of God’s creation is also beautiful and loves beauty. This means that we can appreciate the beauty of God’s creation around us and also create works of beauty to be loved by ourselves and others. In that way we gain a glimpse into the true meaning of God and of creation.

Another important concept here is the beauty of our behavior towards others and the world around us. The concepts of adab and akhlak are founded on this. Much to my delight I have also found the traces of this in some Native American traditions as well, the beauty road – seeing beauty before one, behind one, above and below one is a practice that we can all learn and do in our daily lives. Practicing beauty in our daily dealings with people and the world around us is a form of art!

A very nice post from Dr. Chittick on the Huffington Post –

Anyone with the vaguest knowledge of Islamic culture knows that it has produced extraordinary works of art and architecture — Persian miniatures, the Taj Mahal, the Alhambra. Few are aware, however, that this rich artistic heritage is firmly rooted in a worldview that highlights love and beauty.

Read more via William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: The Islamic Notion of Beauty.

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