Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry)

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): To Break a Nonobligatory Fast to Make Others Happy

In this next session, Skaykh Yahya discusses two more character traits of Futuwwa mentioned in Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book, Kitab al

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): To View Wealth As What One Gives

In his book Kitab al-Futuwwa, Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) states that it is from Futuwwa (spiritual chivalry) to view what remains from one

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): To Begin Eating Only After Everyone Else Has Started

The next trait of Futuwwa discussed in Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book, Kitab al-Futuwwa, is to begin eating only after everyone else ha

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): To Show Good Hospitality and To Honor Guests

In this session on Futuwwa based on Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book, Kitab al-Futuwwa, Shaykh Yahya continues with the next great trait

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Rectifying One’s Inner State

This next session on Futuwwa based on Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book, Kitab al-Futuwwa, states that the real work is with rectifying on

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Speak Truthfully and Fulfill Trusts

Shaykh Yahya continues his discussion on Futuwwa based on Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book, Kitab al-Futuwwa with the next character trai

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): To Love and Visit Each Other and To Care For Strangers

In this next session on Futuwwa, Shaykh Yahya first translates a poem by Al-Habib ‘Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Habashiyyi, which teaches us how to implore our Lord and which can

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): To Show Compassion and Share Your Possession

In this session Shaykh Yahya first translates a beautiful poem about Hababah Khadijah al-Kubra, radi Allahu anha. the beloved first wife of the Prophet Muhammad, sallalla

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): To Be Generous of Soul and Pure of Heart

In this especially powerful session, Shaykh Yahya discusses the next character trait of Futuwwa mentioned in Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE)

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Respect Your Friends and Move For Them; Remain Upright

In this next session, Shaykh Yahya shares some beautiful insights about the deen, specifically discussing how to benefit from the night and day of Jumu’ah, including the

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Sharing Wealth with Friends and Hospitality

According to Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) in his book, Kitab al-Futuwwa, it is from futuwwa to (1) to allow your brother (sister) to use you

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Helping, getting along, and caring for friends

 In this ninth podcast on Futuwwa, Shaykh Yahya first discusses some of the blessings associated with gathering for knowledge and/or remembrance and how Futuwwa is the “g

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Don’t count your friends’ mouthfuls and be lenient with them

In his book, Kitab al-Futuwwa, Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) starts with “It is from Futuwwa…”. As Shaykh Yahya discusses in this eighth le

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Selflessness towards friends and neighbors

In this seventh lecture on Futuwwa (spiritual chivalry), Shaykh Yahya first discusses the particular provision that different aspects of our being (i.e., physical body, m

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Ulfa – a Deep Sense of Love, Familiarity, and Togetherness

Shaykh Yahya continues discussing futuwwa (spiritual chivalry) based on Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book Kitab al-Futuwwa. In this lectur

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Etiquettes Concerning Guests

Shaykh Yahya discusses three more traits of the people of Paradise in this fifth lecture on Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book Kitab al-Fut

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Do Not Find Fault With Your Friend

In this fourth lecture on Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) book Kitab al-Futuwwa, Shaykh Yahya discusses the virtue of not finding fault with

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Be Good to Your Friends and Meet Their Needs

Before continuing with Futuwwa or “spiritual chivalry”, in this third podcast Shaykh Yahya reminds us of the immense blessing of performing the five daily prayers. He als

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Emptying the Heart from Everything Other Than Allah (swt)

In this second podcast exploring the concept of Futuwwa (“spiritual chivalry”) based on Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami’s (d. 412 AH, 1034 CE) work, Shaykh Yahya fi

Futuwwa (Spiritual Chivalry): Emptying the Heart from Everything Other Than Allah (swt)

In this series of lectures, Shaykh Yahya introduces Futuwwa, roughly translated at “spiritual chivalry,” as set forth by Imam Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al Sulami (d. 412 AH,