Test Post – Sufi Extremism

Part of the Sufi Tour of Iraq series — Sayed Tanveer Hashmi’s group ziyarat across Baghdad, Basra, Samarra and Madayeen. The Basran School Also in Basra: Hasan al-Basri (d. 110 AH / 728 CE) — the great Tabi’i, preacher and weeping ascetic, forefather of Iraqi learning and Tasawwuf — at whose astana the group stopped;…

In the footsteps of the saints: Sayed Muhammad Tanveer Hashmi led a group ziyarat across Iraq — Baghdad, Basra, Samarra and Madayeen — visiting the resting places of the masters whose chains (Qadiri, Shuttari, Suhrawardi, Rifa’i) feed the Academy’s own silsila. This is the complete illustrated guide: each ziyarat, the group photographs, and the story…

Part of the Sufi Tour of Iraq series — Sayed Tanveer Hashmi’s group ziyarat across Baghdad, Basra, Samarra and Madayeen. Three Lamps of Old Baghdad The Baghdad circuit continued to three beloved ascetics: Bishr al-Hafi (d. 227 AH), the barefoot repentant whose conversion story every Baghdadi child knows; Maroof Karkhi (d. 200 AH), at whose…

Part of the Sufi Tour of Iraq series — Sayed Tanveer Hashmi’s group ziyarat across Baghdad, Basra, Samarra and Madayeen. Bibi Kalandar South to Basra, city of the first ascetics, to Rabia al-Adawiyya (d. 185 AH / 801 CE) — Bibi Kalandar — the saint of selfless divine love, who said she worshipped neither from…

Most zakat errors are not arithmetic errors. They are valuation errors — people count the wrong things, use the wrong nisab, or deduct the wrong debts. Get the method right and the calculator becomes trivial. Rates below are illustrative retail levels of late September 2026 (gold ~₹15,300/g, silver ~₹188/g). Always re-check today’s market rate on…

A silsila is the unbroken chain of spiritual masters linking a Sufi teacher to the Prophet. Here is what it means, how it works, and why it matters.