Continuing from the previous episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani delves into the good deeds one should implement to reach the love of Allah Most High. In addition to the obligatory duties to the Divine, one should be dutiful to parents, maintain family ties, be good to the Divine’s creation, and give preference to family and neighbors. He elaborates that additional prayer, fasting, remembrance, and sending blessings on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are all of the best ways to reach God.

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani describes the keys to reaching the love of Allah Most High. Some of these are 1) repentance and refraining from all things He dislikes, 2) opposing one’s desires, 3) Tawaqul (trust), 4) Yaqeen (complete certitude), and more. He encourages engaging one’s tongue and heart in remembrance of the Divine and explains how to engage in this act.

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What are the aims of knowing and loving Allah Most High? In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that the fruits of knowing and loving Allah Most High are attaining the Divine’s pleasure. He details three critical ways believers can increase conscious knowledge of and love for Allah Most High. These are 1) abundant remembrance of the Divine, 2) an increase in supererogatory works, and 3) following the Sunnah.

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Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that love for and becoming closer to Allah Most High is attained by following the Prophetic sunnah. This love is driven by two factors: 1) inclination and 2) choice. He cites hadiths wherein Allah Most High speaks about His love for Creation and elucidates how we can embrace the Divine’s love.

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What does it mean to reach Allah Most High? Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that the reality of the Divine's essence and perfection is not within human comprehension. He elaborates that reaching Allah Most High is having true love and knowledge of Him and being consciously aware of Him. He reminds us that Allah is with us wherever we are and asks that we reflect on our consciousness of His closeness.

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What is the most intense quality believers possess? Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains that Allah Most High loves the qualities of steadfastness (sabr), gratitude (shukr), trust (tawakkul), hope (raja), and genuine reverential awe (khawf). However, these are all tied to one fundamental quality: having intense love for Him. He shares how to make everything we do an expression of love for Allah Most High.

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Shaykh Faraz Rabbani shares four keys to a transformative Ramadan: (1) Reconnecting with the Quran; (2) Reconnecting with key relations—especially parents, family, and friends; (3) Renewing a commitment to physical health—which has great spiritual benefits, especially in the context of fasting; and (4) Asking—and answering—the critical question: “So, where are you headed in life?”

Shaykh Faraz explains each of these, and the practical to apply these in this brief but powerful and uplifting counsel as we enter the blessed month of Ramadan and fasting.

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Admittance into Paradise is every believer's goal. In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani elaborates on some of the causes for entering Jannah (paradise). He also cautions against four traits of the nafs (lower self) we must eradicate: (1) haughtiness, (2) pride, (3) insincerity, and (4) deliberately planning sin. Shaykh Rabbani explains the steps one can take to prevent your lower self from its baseless desires and reminds us of the verse: "Do not turn your nose up at people, nor walk about the place arrogantly, for God does not love arrogant or boastful people." (Quran, 31:18).

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Shaykh Faraz Rabbani reminds us that the time to act is now. He clarifies the important distinction between true hope (raja’) and false hope (umniya)—and clarifies the urgency of time.

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains the essential reality of Allah’s true blessings upon us. His blessings aren’t just the pleasing things that manifest in our lives. Rather, the greatest blessings Allah has blessed us with are inseparable from us. These are the blessings of:
(1) Existence
(2) Life
(3) Faith
(4) Guidance, and
(5) All the Good that Allah Most High has blessed us with.

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains two verses from Sura Muhammad on Allah Most High trying us in life—and in which Allah Most High mentions two of the right responses to trials:
(1) Sincerely striving for the Pleasure of Allah in trials
(2) Upholding steadfastness (Sabr).

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The journey on the spiritual path requires taking action, being steadfast, and continuously renewing our intention. In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani elaborates on dealing with the potential dangers that may divert us from our journey to Allah Most High. He offers advice on dealing with these challenges and refers to five specific ways of implementing them.



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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains the potential dangers and negative inner attitudes to be aware of when seeking closeness to Allah Most High. He elaborates on five key spiritual cures that will safeguard us from these potential harms and provides practical examples drawing our attention to the Sunnah of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace).

 

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In an all-new episode of Spiritual Counsel: Spirituality for Warriors, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains the five essential practices for spirituality. The episode explores the five matters one needs too uphold in order to reach Allah Most High.

 

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In an all-new episode of Spiritual Counsel: Spirituality for Warriors, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains five qualities that serve to uphold spiritual commitment. The episode explores the importance of the outward and the critical nature of the spiritual practice.

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In an all-new episode of Spiritual Counsel: Spirituality for Warriors, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains the five foundational principles of spirituality and the keys to attaining them. The episode dives into an exploration of uprightness as a lifelong commitment for those seeking nearness to Allah Most High.

 

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In an all-new episode of Spirituality for Warriors, Shaykh Faraz explains the five foundational principles of spirituality.

Islamic Spirituality is at its core the science of how one reaches God—how one can attain divine proximity through the perfection of faith. Shaykh Faraz shares the principles that serve as a roadmap towards attaining this perfection.

 

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In this new podcast called Spirituality for Warriors, Shaykh Faraz explains the first three of the five principles of knowing Allah. The first is to recognize Allah and that there is only one necessary and existent being, and that is Allah.

The second principle being is to know that Allah is manifest light, explains Shaykh Faraz. Allah grants light to all the heavens and earth.

The third principle is that Allah loves creation. It is creation who must show love to Him. Love is choosing to prefer. It is out of Allah’s Divine Love that we are brought into existent reminds Shaykh Faraz.

Shaykh Faraz ends this podcast by reminding us that spirituality is the very essence of Islam, not something extra to Islam.

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In this new podcast series titled “ Spirituality for Warriors,” Shaykh Faraz Rabbani introduces the topic of spirituality and how he will look at the people who know Allah and their principles of spirituality. He goes on to explain how spirituality is not just for the religious elite or particular devotees. Rather is for everyone who seeks Allah Most High.

Spirituality is at the very essence of religion, explains Shaykh Faraz. One must cultivate their spirituality by following the prophetic way and the early Muslims as a lived reality.

Over the following several lessons, Shaykh Faraz will explain why and how spirituality is the very essence of religion.

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In the Spiritual Counsel podcast, SeekersGuidance founder Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers great texts from the rich Islamic spiritual tradition on how to turn to Allah, to cultivate spiritual presence, acquire Prophetic character, and attain true virtue.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave a tremendous amount of importance to the health of our hearts. Shaykh Faraz Rabbani continues reading and explaining Taj Al- Arus ( The Refinement of Souls) by Imam Ibn ‘Ata Illah al-Sakandari.

In this podcast, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani describes how all goodness is in following the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). Having renunciation is not to attach oneself to created things. Doing with less of the worldly matters.

Shaykh Faraz goes on to explain that the scholars mentioned there are roughly three things that keep one from the straight path. Wrongdoing, sin, and heedlessness.

He ends by counseling the believers in continuing to return to Allah in repentance.

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