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17.05.2012 00:00 -3 Days
Washington 2010 retreat
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Salam Alaykum and welcome to the washington retreat 2010 page:

Please enjoy some pictures and videos of the retreat held in Washington area between May 13th and 16th, 2010.

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 Pictures:

 Part 1: is a collection of 69 photos, courtesy of http://www.oneworldinconcert.com/

 

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Part 2: Dikr, wadifa and Samaa (91 pictures taken by various brothers and sisters)

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Part 3: More general 83 pictures (taken by various brothers and sisters)

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 Part 4: During the breaks (50 pictures taken by various brothers and sisters)

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Videos:

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(more videos will be posted here)

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Youssef your fakir to Allah  - Your Chef who is to be your Khadem   |07-06-2010 09:45:28
In the name of Allah I like to start my words with sweet kalima; 'la ilaha ila allah'. I love first to thank Allah for making me surrounded by beautiful fokara who give me power and energy to do more dikr, like sister Chavela, Sidi Hafid from New Jersey, sidi Val, sidi Karim and others,of course my dear brothers from W.DC.
Chavela Esparza   |05-28-2010 01:56:38
Assalamu Alekeim,

When death came to Mu adh(may Allah be pleased with him) he siad, "Oh lord God! I used to fear You, but today in You have I set my hopes. O Lord Allah! Truly You know that never have I harbored love for this world or for a long sojourn therein; rather have I loved thirsting in the midday heat, enduring the hours, and joining the crowds around the Divines on my knees in the circles of remembrance." And when the pangs of death mounted up as they had mounted up for no other man, he would open his eyes whenever hea woke from his mortal agonies and say, "O my Lord! Choke me as You will, for by Your glory, You know that my heart love you."

This is my favorite passage in Al-Ghazali's Kitab dhikr al-mawt wa-ma ba dahu. I have read this book over forty times. I kept thinking about this passage during Thikr.

It is a very difficult journey to come down to the earth from the taste of heaven that Allah gave us on those four days. It is very rare to be in a room of people that I love so much and so completely. I cried tears of joy for hours.

One of the brothers commented that a couple of people said that perhaps the Yallahteef was too long. For the rest of us it was like going up the spiral and forgetting who we were and all our pain and anguish going to the wayside. All the distractions that keep us from Allah. It was perfect. Besides Mecca it was indeed the happiest four days of my life.

Enshallah Allah will give us another year to live to look forward to being in that room again.

Ahmed Monib, Val & Zakira did so much and all times acted as if it was so easy. May Allah bless them for putting on such a large event just so that others have the chance to look up and love Allah with total abandon.

I wish to give special thanks to Youssef, Nabil's mother in law, Youssef's mother in law and the humble Morroccan woman that Youssef brought to help him do the cooking. Truly these women and this man were my great masters at this event. There are no words to describe the amount of devotion, love, selflessness and prayers they put into the food. They live in my heart of hearts.

Chavela Esparza
sidi jamil  - thanks   |05-25-2010 23:02:07
salams to every body,I jest what to say I had a great time,and thanks to the faqir for showing me lots of love:) this is the best time in my islam.that i had:) hope to see ya next year or the next in sha allah,salamu alaikum sidis.sidi jamill.
TAYEB CHEMA  - SALAM   |05-26-2010 12:28:55
A SALAMOU ALAIKUM WARAMATOU ALLAH I HAVE JUST FINISHED LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS SO POWERFULL THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE SECRETS OF OUR SHEIKH SIDI HAMZA RADIYA ALLAHOU ANHOU WA ARDAH. ITS AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING I MISS IT, MISS ALL THE FOU9ARA LOVE YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS ....
TAYEB
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