The Shadhdhuli School Green Mountain Branch Home Publications Qur'anu-l-Karim Primary Education Tasawwuf Essays Memoires Audio Talks Khutbahs Video A few words from Shaykh A. Nooruddeen Durkee Resources Muharram Yearly Report 1428 (2007) pdf  Yearly Report 2008 pdf . Visit to Pakistan, Winter 2007 Visit with Shaykh Ibrahim, Winter 2007 . Contact by Email © 2005-2009 Noon Hierographers & Green Mountain School all rights reserved FIVE SUNDAYS AT THE ISLAMIC STUDY CENTER, 108 10th ST. NW, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, BEGINNING November 8, and continuing through Dec, Jan, Feb and March: a monthly program on the elements of Tasawwuf, spiritual Islamic practice. ~ Click here to download the flyer as PDF ~ 1st SUNDAY | November 8, 2009 The necessity and function of the Shaykh: Does one need a teacher? – How does one find a teacher? – discussion of the nature of the Shaykh as representative of the Prophet a – the wisdom of the statement: “who does not have a Shaykh has Shaytan for a Shaykh” – some things you can’t do for yourself – “breaking your knees”. The guest speaker will be Dr. Sulayman Nyang, distinguished professor from Howard University. Photos from the 1st Sunday Audio: Download the Talks from 1st Sunday click the name of each speaker below to download Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee Dr. Suleyman Nyang Shaykh Rasheed Qirah and Madhi by Ibrahim Shagouri Naat Hussain Saleem 2nd SUNDAY | December 6, 2009 Sohbet or the oral tradition: discourses on the value of spending time with a living teacher – sharing life, food, companionship with the Shaykh and other students – learning directly from the tongue of the Shaykh rather than from books or CDs – discourse and storytelling as media of teaching. The guest speaker will be Dr. Mustafa Drame, professor of French Language and African Oral Traditions at the University of Virginia. Photos from the 2nd Sunday Audio: Download the Talks from 2nd Sunday click the name of each speaker below to download Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee (Part1), Part2 Dr. Drame Shaykh Abdur Rasheed Qira by Ibrahim Hakim Naat by Hasan Saleem 3rd SUNDAY | January 24, 2010 Ikhlas or sincerity: there must be utter sincerity on the part of the seeker – to become a mureed one makes a conscious decision to make “tawba” and give up one’s old habits – how insincerity shatters the relationship – how sincerity cuts through material wants and allows access to the heart . Photos from the 3rd Sunday Audio: Download the Talks from 3rd Sunday click the name of each speaker below to download Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee Shaykh Ahmed Abdur-Rasheed Imam Mohamed Al-Sharif Burdah by Ibrahim Hakim Naat by Hasan Saleem: Part1, Part 2 Qirat by Imam Mohamed Al-Sharif 4th SUNDAY | February 28, 2010 Tarbiyya or the training of the mureed: work as a means of knowing oneself – jobs and assignments to develop character and inculcate wholesome habits – adab or politeness –the spiritual value of service Photos from the 4th Sunday Audio: Download the Talks from 4th Sunday click the name of each speaker below to download Shaykh Abdullah Nooruddeen Durkee Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rasheed Qira ~ Imam Bashar Arafat Qira ~ Ibrahim Hakim Naat ~ Hasan Saleem Naat 2, Naat 3 Qaseeda ~ Ibrahim Hakim 5th and Final SUNDAY | March, 2010 Dhaahir & baatin – balancing the inner and the outer: how to balance the elements of life - earning right livlihood while on the spiritual path – “This is a way of the middle, and the middle is a path as sharp as a sword” (al-Ghazali) Photos from the 5th Sunday Audio: Download the Talks from 5th Sunday click the name of each speaker below to download Talk by Shaykh Abdullah Nooruddeen Durkee Part 1 Part 2 Talk by Shaykh Abdur Rasheed Talk by Ustadh Miraj Ahmed Qira ~ Sidi Ibrahim Hakim Quranic Recitation, Surah al-Hadid, 1-4 Naat 1 by Hussain Saleem Naat 2 by Hussain Saleem Salaatu-wa-Salaam "When the help of Allah comes and the Opening, and you see people entering the religion of Allah in multitudes, then hymn the praises of your Lord and seek His forgiveness. Truly He is ever accepting of repentance." (Q 110:01-03) "It is He Who has sent down tranquility (as-sakina) into the heart of the believers so that they may add faith to their faith. To Allah belong the forces of the heavens and the hearth and Allah is Knowing - Wise." (Q 48:4)