Sheikhy Notes

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sheikh Atabek Shukurov

Prophetic Medicine
Prophetic Medicine - Intro Seminar 1A from Afiyah on Vimeo.

Prophetic Medicine - Intro Seminar 1B from Afiyah on Vimeo.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Sheikh Yahya Rhodus

Imam Yayha Rhodus from ADAMS Qurtuba on Vimeo.

Friday, October 26, 2012

The Disputations

Part fourteen

1. Village Islam is open to everyone except women.

2. The reason why others are so effective is because Sunni Islam is ineffective.

3. Ignorance is the knowledge of the masses.

4. The first information you receive is the hardest to get rid of.

5. Change always comes from the periphery.

6. Village Islam is open to everyone who is from my family.

7. Truth means nothing to the brainwashed.

8. Eyes do not help someone whose heart is blind.

9. Only those who are beautiful can appreciate beauty.

10. Sometimes the best thing about your life is also the worst.

11. Written on a banner in a Syrian city was the following, "Either we change Syria into Paradise or we go to Paradise."

12. Aqida: nobody studies it and everyone argues over it!

13. Home is the place you are welcome and a house is place you live.

14. Aquida: if you studied it correctly you have no reason to argue...

15. Only the ignorant argue and debate. As for those with knowledge they do not need to argue.

16. You ruin your present by worrying about the future and crying over the past.

17. If you read history then you'll realise that the ending of all oppressors is nothing but horrific.

18. Sometimes all you can do is wait.

19. Forgetting who you are means you are lost.

20. It's hard to change things especially when they are wrong.

21. Fighting alone means you can get tired quickly!

Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad

The Essence of Islamic Education - parts one to three

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Hajj - discovered

There are some mistakes in this but on the whole its pretty good

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf

Jummah
Hamza Yusuf - Jummah Prayer from ADAMS Qurtuba on Vimeo.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

We live at in the fast line and are constantly in motion. So because of this when we are hungry we grab the nearest thing to eat and invariably it is unhealthy, burgers, chips, kebabs etc.

Chips are the worst because they are almost pure fat and I know they taste good but when you realise that it takes a long time for your body to process that fat they don’t look that good anymore.

About a year and a half ago something very strange happened to me. I was sharing a takeaway with friends and during consumption of this delightfully fatty food I felt my body slow down. It was a strange sensation and it was extremely unwelcome and unexpected.

Thinking none of it a few weeks later I had the same feeling again, upon the consumption of takeaway food, but this time I had not had takeaway food for about two weeks. It was time to give up the fat!

There were a few steps that I followed to try to get myself into a better shape.

1. No more takeaway food of any type

2. Refrain from snacking

3. Eat at regular times – don’t miss breakfast.

4. Get some exercise

5. Switch to more whole foods.

Regular exercise is something that needed some effort as the other five were quite easy. So what I used was mike chang’s six pack short cuts (search youtube for six pack short cuts disclaimer nudity) because he uses a method of intense exercise. It was a great help in getting me started. So a few times a week I use some of his exercises. Some are as short as ten minutes and we are not talking about long periods of exercise I only do around twenty minutes. The important thing about exercise is sweating because that is when your body is burning fat. Also know that you have to change the exercises that you do and not stick to the same routine all the time.

Snacking is the enemy! People in the west are always snacking instead try drinking some herbal tea that also help start you up. Having meals at the wrong times might mean that you eat double the amount that you would normally so be aware of that.

Takeaway is the worst type of food for your body. It is full of fat and full of harmful things that stay in your body for a long time. Watch the video 'supersize me' and how Morgan Spurlock looked into the unhealthiness of takeaway food. He also showed a video in which all the different types of food rotted away except for the chips. They did not rot even after months! Instead of grabbing a burger grab a sandwich or even a pot noodle. Do not tell me that they taste like pants you are not cooking them correctly! Just add that water to just below the fill level and wait about seven minutes then eat away.

Eating meat all the time is not good for your digestion and consider eating cereals with plenty of fibre in them to get the bowels moving.

Do not forget that our master Muhammad (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) had a perfect body without any unnecessary weight. So this should help drive you on.

Disclaimer this is only advice I am not expert in this field and you should consult experts in this field before you do anything. Everyone's body is different and whats right for you might not be right for others.