The Hikam with Shaykh Zahir Bacchus

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 95th and 96th aphorisms of the Hikam: “He sometimes opens the door of worship for you, but not the door of acceptance, and sometimes afflicts you with a sin that turns out to be a means to reach Him.” and “How often a sin that bequeaths humiliation and neediness is better than worship that bequeaths exultation and haughtiness.” We apologize as five minutes in the middle of this episode (around the 12-minute mark) were cut off due to technical challenges. This is the portion where the Shaykh switched from Hikam 95 to 96. This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is  a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 095-096 How Can Sins Be Good For Us? appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 94th aphorism of the Hikam: “Being withheld from only dismays you because you cannot comprehend what Allah means thereby.”   This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is  a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 094 – The Wisdom of Being Withheld From appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 93rd aphorism of the Hikam: “When He gives to you He shows you His kindness, and when He denies you He is showing you irresistible power. So in both He is disclosing Himself to you, and drawing nigh with His loving kindness unto you.”   This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is  a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 093 – Allah’s Drawing us Near in His Giving and Denying appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues to cover the 92nd aphorism of the Hikam: “Whoever worships Him for something they hope from Him, or obeys Him to keep chastisement from coming to themselves, has not given His attributes their due.”   This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 092 – Worshiping and Obeying Allah With Right Intentions appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues to cover the 91st  aphorism of the Hikam: “Reward enough for His Servants is what He discloses unto their hearts in His worship, and that which He shows them of His kindliness.”   This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is  a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 091 – Reward for His Servants appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues to cover the 90th aphorism of the Hikam: “It is reward enough for worship that He has accepted you as worthy of it.”  Shaykh Zahir also does an overview of themes covered in the hikam so far and reflects on some observations on the recent Umrah trip. This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is  a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 090 – Being Worthy of Worship (and Overview of Previous Hikams) appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 89th and 90th aphorisms of the Hikam: “Our Lord is far above the servant dealing with Him in cash and His repaying him in credit.” and “It is reward enough for worship that He has accepted you as worthy of it.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is  a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 089/090 – Dealing with Our Lord in Cash appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 88th aphorism of the Hikam: “Being given to by one’s fellow creatures is being withheld from while being withheld from Allah is magnanimity.”. This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is  a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 088 – Being Withheld from Allah is Magnanimity appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 87th aphorism of the Hikam: “The true ‘reappearing in a far off place’ is that the entire span of this world disappear from you until you see the Next World closer to you than yourself”. This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 087 – Seeing the Next World Closer to One appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues to cover the 86th aphorism of the Hikam: “If you want imperishable glory never seek glory in that which perishes”.  A few seconds in the 4th minute of the recording were cut off due to technical challenges. This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom. Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/ The post 086B – Seeking Imperishable Glory appeared first on SeekersGuidance.