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Zawia Ebrahim Discourses — 481 episodes
Talk to CMC Students
Talk on Intent at Cambridge Muslim College.
On Authority
We are different so we can discover we are the same.
On Humility
The Blessing of Being Offended
Inner Hygiene
Death and Self Pity
Knowing
Submission
On Service
Q&A With Shaykh Ebrahim
Say Yes
Respect
Silence
The Womb of the World
Understanding Why
Our Disrupted Lives
Living Beyond Transaction
Nostalgia
No Mistakes
Breath and Spirit
On Cutting Off the Head
This is His story, therefore it is good
The Unique Lights
Behind, Here, In Front
The Circle
This is About Freedom
Forgive to Give
Disappearing
No Contracts
Occupying Space
Take Responsibility for How You Feel
Deen as Beauty
Decree is what you get, free will for a what you give.
How to do Hadra in a group
Zawia Ebrahim - Dars by Assad Schuitema
Cultivating Autonomy
On Pretense
Being a Good Person
Compassion and Identity
Face
Return to Joy
On Hal
The Inner Endevour
Nafs and Tahajjud
Being Stuck
Parenting and the Care and Growth Model of Leadership
Having Compassion for Broken People
On Alcohol
Q&A 6 July 2025
On Equality
The Two Misfortunes
Revulsion
Introducing the Intent Thematic
Joy
Transience
Escaping Exile
On Face
Eloquence in Loss
More on Palestine for Shahpur
The Circle
Dhikr and Hajj
Muraqaba
On Being Bullied
As Above so Below
What You Get is not Your Problem
The Twins
Contentious Times
Pain vs Suffering
Transactional Correctness
Muslim or Muslim
Q&A 16 February 2025
Impossible Bosses
Getting Old
Not Coping
Dealing with Praise
Coming Home
Want To Not Have To
On Inequality
Reassurance
On Spiritual Hierarchies
On Wealth
Question 3
Question 2
Question 1
Committing to a Circle
On the Passing of a Friend
Human Being
What Are You?
Trust the Rabb
Q&A 11 November 2024
Ikhlas
Working on This Side of Experience
Submission
Living Beyond Contracts
Salawat
Hasbunallah
SubhaanAllah
Masha Allah
Q & A 8 September 2024
Istighfar
Why the Zawia?
More on Love
Awe and Dhikr
Trauma
Zawia Ebrahim Q&A 4 August 2024
Nostalgia
The Role of Fear
Meaning and Function
Zawia Q&A 7 July 2024
Description of the Intent Thematic
Self, Seer, Inward
We Contain All of Existence
Legitimate Power
More on Self Importance
Firaun’s Magicians
Q&A 2 June 2024
Dressing the Wounds
Holding Opinions
On Conditional Motive
Work as Worship
More on Taking Offence
Leaving Gracefully
Journeying
On Calamity
Victim Narrative
Our Politics
Endeavour
Being Predatory
Zawia Ebrahim Q&A 17 March 2024
The Why
Mombasa
More on Gaza
What you are looking for is on the inside.
Making Allah the Single Concern
This Path Picks You Up Where it Finds You
Breaking Norms
Bismillahi Rahmanir Rahim
Acting for Community
For Experience
Have a Good Opinion of Your Rabb
Being Overwhelmed
Getting Rich Quick
Response to Zoltan
Response to Khalid
Knowing Your Station
Love
Swimming
Disputes with Family
Dua
Making Decisions
Our Spiritual Ancestors
More on Gratitude
The Unfolding Catastrophe in Gaza
Dhikr
Money
Live so that When You Die They Cry and You Laugh
Being Generous
The Politics of Convergence
Take Heart, You Are Loved
The Contracts
Dealing With People With Malevolent Intent
On Death
More On Boundaries
If Pegs and Holes
More on Self Importance
Self Importance
More on Our Frailty
Salaat
The Purpose of Aspiration
Being Worshipful
More on Radical Gratitude
The Two Realms
What Wants to Happen
On Privilege
Sailing Close to the Wind
The Requirement to Be Authentic
On Hadra
On Frailty
Go Tell Them They Have a Rabb
On Courage
On Nearness and Separation
Inner Work
The Common
On Grieving
Response to Ali Anwar
On Shaykh Mustafa Bassir
Wishing to Be Known
On Patience
Intention, Attention and the work of the Zawia
Getting Out of the Way
On Difficult Family
Postulates 47-53
Postulates 42-47
Affirmation
Postulates 39 - 41
Postulates 36-38
Postulates 29-35
Solace
Postulates 23-28
New Year
Postulates 18-22
Postulates 13-17 29 December 2022
Postulates of the Thematic 7-12
On Courtesy
Postulates 5-7 Discussion
The Postulates of the Thematic 1-3
Your Are Depth
Act as if There is No Reason to Fear
Snakes and Ladders
Radical Gratitude
Dhikr and Escaping Our Boundaries
The Fool's Errand of Worthiness
All Ends Well
On Authenticity: 29 October 2022
In Defence of Autonomy
In Honour of the Rasul (saws)
Bearing Your Own Burden 1 October 2022
The World is a Mirror 24 September 2022
On Unconditional Motive
On Discipline 3 September 2011
Taking Offence is a Choice
What is Wealth?
The Zawia: Steady State Requires Effort
The Best Security
Talent: The Barakah that comes through us
Decree and Destiny
Quietness and Hearing
Feeling Bad is Not a Virtue
Inner Work as Anti-Work
Death Before We Die
So Near Yet So Far
From Dread to Ecstasy
A Being at the Edge of Catastrophe
The Human Condition of Inadequacy
Forgoing Your Sense of Comfort
Compassion: Finding the Beauty in the Imperfection
When Lives Don’t Work
Unhappiness Arises from Within
Gratitude is a Feeling
"Goldilocks" Conditions
The Conditions of Legitimate Authority
Death Is Not the Great Catastrophe
Escaping Our Sense That It’s Not Good Enough
Vulnerability and Our Station in Life
Submission versus Subjugation
Inconvenience or Blessing?
The Sandbox: A Metaphor for the Aspirant
Beyond Obligation
Pursuing and Disavowing Significance
Perception Requires Limitation
The Role of Companionship on the Path
The Remembrance of Allah
Overlooked Treasure
Predatory Attention
Burn-Out: An Intent-Related Problem
The Issue of the Divine in Monotheistic Faiths
The Zawia: A Service to Humanity
The Issue of Laughter
Existence and the Divine Nature
Whom could I best serve?
The Stranger: Living Unconditionally
On Grief and Bereavement
Your Life: Meaningful or Functional?
Guilt: Ill-feeling Towards the Self
Your Apparently 'Mediocre' Life
Approaches to Death: The Example of Shaykh Mustafa
Solitude and the Path
Do Not Yearn for Death
The Significance of the Autonomous Will
The Relationship Between Power and Control
Cynicism and Privilege
Subordinate Your Life to the Rhythm of Allah
Distinguishing Between Imagination and Reality
Pretence and Artificiality
On Being Judgemental and Dismissive
Allah Unites the Hearts
Authority and Lordship (Rububiyyah)
The Gate of Humility
Our First Assertion
Circles of Dhikr
Competency in Loss
Fresh from the Divine Presence
Death and Justice
Conspiracies
Minding One's Own Business
The Natural Order of Things
Revolutionising Our Intentions
Our Inadequacy and Moods
The Present Moment: The Room with Two Doors
Courage and Compassion
Separation and Connectedness
The Bifurcation of the Spiritual and the Religious
The Speck of Curse in an Ocean of Blessing
Our Propensity to Anthropomorphise Allah
Endeavour and Morality
Reflections on Destiny and Divine Attributes
Things are Immensely Improbable
Accountability and the Path
Istighfar
Petty Tyrants and the Path
Appreciativeness: Savouring your Life
Transcending Disgust, Taking on your Prejudices
The Unseen is Proximate
The Middle Path
The Sweetness of Life
Death: the Blissful Handing Over
Fallenness is Part of the Story
The State of the Victim
Yaqeen: Conviction and Certitude
Intentions for the Path
Acquainting Ourselves with Death
Don't Resist the Unstoppable
Actualising Compassion
Police Raid of Mosque in Pretoria
Speaking Ill of Others
Autonomy: Choosing Awe Not Terror
On Provision in Hard Times
Reflection on Corona Virus Situation
Our Desire for Significance
Depth and Accountability
Pursuing Privilege
'Live and Let Live'
Choose Gratitude
On Authority
Our Humanity: Unification with Self
Surah Fatiha
Surah Waqiah
Black Magic and Money
A Reasoned Tasawwuf (Sufism)
The Zawia as a Metaphor
The Opinion of Others
Seeking Meaning
Dhikr: Resting Attention on His Proximity
The Journey is Your Own
Which of His Blessings are You Going to Deny?
The Auditor is Coming
Karachi Gathering: Receptive Attention
The Hero Within
Demeanours of Inward Gathered-ness
The Connections that Matter
Unlock Your Life
'Outwardly Sober, Inwardly Intoxicated'
Celebrating Shaykha Shahbano Aliani
The Process of Appearing
Sufism: Applied Islam
Silent Spaciousness
The Two Applications of Deen
The Way of Love and Good Opinion
Finding Your Inner Strength
Tawakkul: Trust in God
The Zawia: Doing the Work that Matters
You are an Ocean
Take from Your Life for Your Death
We Create the World we Occupy
Forgoing Opinions
Shaytan's Role
A Call for Tolerance: Surah Al-Kafirun
Culpability and Forgiveness
Death Before we Die
On Meditation
Joy: Our Fundamental Foundation
Waking up from our Nightmares
The Path of the Fuqara Leads out of the City
Showing Up
The Present Response-ability
The Role of Loss on the Path
Struggle and Salawaat
A Tribute to Shaykha Shahbano Aliani
Unravelling the Knots
Contending and Forgoing
The Ritual Prayer
The Pursuit of Authenticity
Refining our Witnessing
The Immensity of Human Yearning
Remedies for Resentment
Stupefied by the Stupendous
The 'Surma' of the Sufis
Becoming Lighter on the Journey
Never Give up on the Project of Life
Committing to Practice
Nafs and Ruh: Ice and Water
The Transformational Power of Intent
Contending with Guilt and Shame
Working with Sound: Zawia Retreat
Renewal
The Zawia: Pursuing the Divine Encounter
The Purpose of the Endeavour of the Zawia
Rediscovering our Fullness
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 22/9/18
This Dhikr is for the Breaking of Hearts
Yusuf Abdulrahman Discourse 13/9/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 8/9/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 1/9/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 18/8/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 11/8/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 28/7/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 21/7/18
Love
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 30/6/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 23/6/18
Finding your True Voice
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 26/5/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 5/5/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 28/4/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 14/4/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 7/4/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 31/3/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 24/3/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 17/3/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 3/3/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 24/2/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 17/2/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 6/1/18
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 16/12/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 9/12/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 25/11/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 18/11/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 4/11/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 21/10/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 14/10/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 7/10/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 16/9/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 9/9/17
"I am My slave's opinion of Me" Explanation
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 1/7/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 24/6/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 11/6/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 3/6/17
Shaykh Ebrahim Discourse 6/5/17
We Were Not Made to Be Remembered
Our Prophet's Fitrah
Be the Ally of Mankind
Being The Custodian
The Blessing in The Injustice
Make Your Own Life The Project Of Your Life
The Fullness of Time
Our Design and Purpose
Agitation of the Heart
How do You Define a Happy Man
Language
The Role of Our Frailty in Our Pursuit of Perfection
The Pattern is the Abnormality
Containment and Fulfilment
The Parent of All Virtues
The Kufr In Your Heart
The Esoteric and the Exoteric
We are not Nafs, we are Ruh
The Reality Contained in Your Heart
Self Pity and Depression
We do not Exist as Individuals and the Oneness of Existence
*Millennium Discourses* 27. Who am I?
*Millennium Discourses* 28. You contain all of Existence!
*Millennium Discourses* 23. Witness
*Millennium Discourses* 29. Reprogramming Ourselves: Ramadan
*Millennium Discourses* 22. Humility
*Millennium Discourses* 6. Patience and Gratitude: The Sign of Imaan
*Millennium Discourses* 5. Not Knowing
*Millennium Discourses* 4. Freeing the Breath
*Millennium Discourses* 3. Consciousness: Moment by Moment
*Millennium Discourses* 21. Allah is the Light
*Millennium Discourses* 19. Our Intentions
*Millennium Discourses* 18. Expansion and Contraction: It's like breathing
*Millennium Discourses* 17. Submission and Witnessing
*Millennium Discourses* 15. Yearning
*Millennium Discourses* 14. Know yourself and you will know your Lord
*Millennium Discourses* 13. Testing: Seeing the cracks enables you to deal with them
*Millennium Discourses* 11. Shifting Perception: Shifting the Worldview
*Millennium Discourses* 10. Journeying through the Three Stations
*Millennium Discourses* 9. The Worship of the Free
*Millennium Discourses* 7. Allah is in Charge
*Millennium Discourses* 8. Gratitude: Cracking the Code
*Millennium Discourses* 12. Being Present in the Moment
*Millennium Discourses* 16. Listen!
*Millennium Discourses* 26. Hand over to Allah
*Millennium Discourses* 25. Love
*Millennium Discourses* 24. Repentance and Courtesy
*Millennium Discourses* 20. Annihilation
*Millennium Discourses* 2. Patience and Gratitude: Seeing Things as They Are
*Millennium Discourses* 1. Iqraa: Reading the Text