Abdal Hakim Murad: Breaking The Two Desires Part 1

Breaking the two desires and the rememberance of death by Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
Abdal Hakim Murad graduated from Cambridge University with a double-first in Arabic in 1983. He then lived in Cairo for three years, studying Islam under traditional teachers at Al-Azhar, one of the oldest universities in the world. He went on to reside for three years in Jeddah, where he administered a commercial translation office and maintained close contact with prominent ulama from Yemen.
In 1989, Shaykh Abdal Hakim returned to England and spent two years at the University of London learning Turkish and Farsi. Since 1992 he has been a doctoral student at Oxford University, specializing in the religious life of the early Ottoman Empire. He is currently Secretary of the Muslim Academic Trust (London) and Director of the Sunna Project at the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge University, which issues the first-ever scholarly Arabic editions of the major Hadith collections.
Shaykh Abdal Hakim is the translator of a number of works, including two volumes from Imam al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum al-Din. He gives durus and halaqas from time to time and taught the works of Imam al-Ghazali at the Winter 1995 Deen Intensive Program in New Haven, CT. He appears frequently on BBC Radio and writes occasionally for a number of publications, including The Independent; Q-News International, Britain's premier Muslim Magazine; and Seasons, the semiacademic journal of Zaytuna Institute.

[@kevinhartmanmusic7179]

This man is the real deal - thank you for sharing this lecture. A steady breeze of coolness in a world on fire.

[@abdulkadirbadlani8017]

Yeah, If you would watch more of his videos you would get to know his incredible wisdom!

[@sadatanwar7611]

"Acceleration is usually a sign of going downhill, not uphill."

[@VMist-vy8qg]

This is one of the last solid and sincere souls left in the modern world

[@sandautla]

Dear Prof. Abdul Hakim, may Allah bless you and your family always.

[@tirshad95]

I have listened to this entire talk multiple times now, and each time I am left with even more awe than before. I think it's because deep down we all know we should be trading our junk with sheep instead. We forget we are wayfarers. At some point in this talk, the Shaykh calls the Rihla audience 'captivating' as they are so engaged, but I don't think he realizes that this is not due to their credit but his. Ya Rabb, grant him Firdaws.

[@lonewolfmedia9330]

AMEEN

[@roubaissa6996]

I’m watching this in lockdown, in Sydney Australia and it’s 2021 and I’m finding this so relevant. May Allah reward you Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad.

[@Zulfiqar32]

The point he made during the end about sacrilizing every aspect of our life is so incredibly important. Every moment of our life, especially in times of solitude should be spend, in whatever practical capacity, in the remembered of God.

[@shey2444]

It is learned and wise scholars like this who should lead the uk ummah. May Allah bless and protect him.

[@sdsfgsty]

I'm watching this video to keep my mind away from sad things. Today, I watched on the news that a Japanese aid worker was killed in Afghanistan by unknown gunmen. Dr. Nakamura had been helping the Afghan people for 13 years. And he was given the honorary citizenship of the country. I'm so sad that my nafs makes me listen to shaitan whispers. I hope this lecture help me take my mind away of negative thoughts. May Allah punish a severe punishment to persons who killed Dr Nakamura. I know that many people die in my country, Afghanistan, however the death of this Japanese aid worker has saddened me deeply as if someone has killed my father or brother. May Allah forgive and bless Dr Nakamura. Ameen!

[@tafhimulhaque3617]

Read Suratul Kahf

[@nazimhikmet2788]

GREAT MAN, GREAT LECTURE, ...HE IS ICON IN OUR DELUDED ERA.

[@Star-wh9lc]

تبارك ❤ الله يا شيخ حميد عالم

[@PeaceTrainHati]

As usual the Shaykh poses questions of critical importance which we should bare in mind every day of our lives especially in the turbulent times we are living in. May Allah bless him!

[@aftab1208]

Amazing scholar. Allah bless him with Marifah inshallah

[@imtiazrezafahad]

Acceleration is usually a sign of going downhill, not uphill. 🔥

[@thevivisector3983]

Always a pleasure to listen Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad. I love his very different approach towards things. A very humble and calm personality. Hope to meet him one day. May Allah grant him more wisdom. Ameen.

[@alexanderv7702]

It is good to hear laughter coming from sisters; proving that women are not in another room-as it should be!

[@ac8934]

Ya Allah preserve our dear Shaykh

[@tablighibayans]

2:13 - hamd khal wat dar anjuman - the principle of being alone in the crowd/society (your heart is connected to Allah) 24:00 bookmark

[@rogston39]

Inshallah the Ummah needs more thinkers like this, and desperately so !!!!!

[@rahman4441]

Love from the bottom of my heart. May Allah safeguard you oh shyakh.

[@moveinmaldives2080]

Masha Allah. May Allah grant this Sheihk to highest of Jannah. Ameen

[@lonewolfmedia9330]

36:24 Masha Allah one of the most profound things I've ever heard since crossing into Islam

[@alexanderv7702]

I have asked the Creator of the universe to change me into the person He wants me to be; however, sadly, I am no further forward! Please offer your prayers for me.

[@zizou2003sm]

May Allah help us all

[@RoseOfAllah9nine9]

SubhanAllah Alhamdolilah Allah o akbar Beautiful religion ! Awesome lecture ... May Allah Subhanatalah bless Hakim Murad even more . Ameen

[@Munzer1977]

best lecture of all time, down to the very point

[@gunit504]

Joram van Klaveren bring me here 🙂👍

[@osmanyuksel5440]

❤

[@wyattwerp10]

This man truly has a sense of perspective.

[@alflammeem123]

love this man.

[@ismail4137]

i m glad the Shakhy is aware of the current surrondings in hajj/umra! The saudis are turning Hajj/umra to be a popular tourist destination, they are trying to degrade it like other normal western cities. People come back from their Hajj/umra talking about the hotel service, 5 start hotel, food, big buidings, getting married ( boasting to people) etc. I hear all this from westerners when they go on holiday. So in reality, all 3 sacred mosques are under occupation

[@supernova130]

Just what I needed, especially the last part. Alhamdu Lillah, and Jazak Allah.

[@Funandconsciousness]

In my studies trying to come to grips with ego, as it is so much discussed, I really liked my Ethiopian friend defining basic ego as "the mind being aware of itself." As such, we all have an ego, and it certainly isn't necessarily a "bad" thing. What we typically define as "bad" ego is the mind identity that imposes limiting beliefs (from which come our addictions, etc.) upon our "true", deeper self, which I understand as being soul, a part or focus of God consciousness.

[@mahjabinafsar4771]

Masha’Allah

[@grovegreener]

Deep, masha'Allah.

[@nyidamarsagiri9300]

Brilliant as always.

[@nowaela]

having an Ego is related to having pride and shariah teaches us whoever has an atoms weight of pride will not enter Jannah. Allahua3lam

[@alexanderv7702]

You only know what you know!

[@AbuLaith1963]

The ego is the nafs and it is against that that one attempts to conduct the greater struggle - al jihaad al akbar.

[@alflammeem123]

well come to earth 'dr;

[@MrRuggedboy27]

cant thank enough for sharing it, post uploading shukran jazeeran :) salam alaykum

[@mishkasamsodien910]

Moses Khan, Where did you get your profile pic from?

[@NurlailahManoga]

He is sunni Alhamdulillah

[@muslimpath909]

leaders often reflect those they rule

[@neloyislam4002]

How do I break the sleep desire? 😢😭

[@bayreuth79]

Is another video going to be added?

[@ItsJustAPlug]

Does anyone know the date this lecture was given?

[@miraajchowdhury3843]

Is there anything wrong with having an ego? I do not understand what is wrong with having an ego?

[@mariamahmedzein7806]

EXCUSE ME BUT I AM TRIED IF THIS ISSUE A BIT, DO HAPPEN TO BE THREE TWINS WITH JADEN, AND THAT PERSON FORM THE 'IDOLS' PROGRAM I HOPE, BECAUSE HE LOOKS DIFFERENT BUT THERE IS A SERIOUS CLICK IN IDEAS, BUT IT COULD BEEN ONE ONE THE SAME 'TYPE' TOO????

[@shafserious2805]

authorised by who?

[@amirsamanzare]

Imam Ghazali

[@Munzer1977]

He is a theologian.

[@adeelali8417]

43:30 fiqh

[@ibzy84]

“Since the winter of 1997.. “ looool - his name is Tim Winter

[@afthefragile]

And you're missing out big time man!

[@brianestoll]

Point taken, but it's not really like "other western cities." It's more like Las Vegas gone-wild. Hideous. Imagine something like that overlooking St. Peters Square. LOL.

[@kamilyasin967]

you must mix it up with pride,hi self esteem, self respect, etc....right? He talked about typical type of ego. The one that destroy ourself.

[@mawas6801]

Way tooo philosophical 😬😬😬😬😬 over my head , Wealth of knowledge Not for all though

[@MKTElM]

This Shaykh is giving a glimpse of how it is to be awake in a 'world' that is constantly putting us to sleep . I think this is the kind of talk that needs to be listened to time and again with intervals of weeks or months in between . Perhaps on one of those occasions of revisiting this teacher's teaching you may get a glimpse of what lies beneath the outer veneer of physical reality . A perspective that will alter permanently the experience of your reality .

[@brianestoll]

Why do these non-western nations always seem to adopt Las Vegas style crap as their modern version of "fancy?" That's the last city you'd want to emulate!

[@yamankj6253]

This is a point that you can criticise him for. But I think if someone talks him about it, he'd not make that generalisation again.

[@jezzab5621]

A 'scholar' who received Arab money and who is interested in a document that is full of second hand accounts.

[@shabazhussain5720]

Kim Breadon a guy who loves his bacon

[@jezzab5621]

Don't eat meat Hussain rather like the false prophet sipping milk and chewing dates. God only gave Noah permission after the flood to temporarily eat meat due to the flood. A muslim not having the scriptures would never know this. Certainly you posted a silly second hand account. God has a way with liars no doubt now you will have the looks of a pig.

[@drawwithme6634]

Where in the Qur'an does it ever say: Follow the Sunnah of the Prophet? In the Qur'an, term "Sunnah" is only used to denote God's sunnah. Why are we so misguided? My question for those who purport to support the so-called hadeeth narration: Why are you picking and choosing? For instance, do you agree with stoning an adulterer to death? Do you agree that the Prophet beheaded hundreds of Jews? Do you agree that the prophet inserted a hot iron rod into the eyes of someone? These are so-called narrations in the books of sahih hadeeth. Time for Muslims to get rid of the garbage called hadeeth tradition.

[@abdulkhader5732]

whatever the prophet gives you take it if you love Allah then follow the prophet..all are quranic verses...y r u so misguided?

[@abdulkhader5732]

You have an excellent model in the Messenger of Allah, for all who put their hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much. (Surat al-Ahzab :21) You should accept whatever the Messenger gives you and abandon whatever he tells you to abandon. Have taqwa of Allah... (Surat al-Hashr: 7) No, by your Lord, they are not believers until they make you their judge in the disputes that break out between them and then do not resist what you decide and submit themselves [to you] completely. (Surat an-Nisa`: 65) O you who believe, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when He calls you to what will bring you to life. Know that Allah intervenes between a person and his heart and that you will be gathered to Him. (Surat al-Anfal: 24)...many n many

[@NurlailahManoga]

We need to follow the sunnah because that is the teaching of prophet Mohammad (pbuh) to the ummah, the quran and the hadith.

[@rumyanakoprinkova3295]

Be careful with this criture and his lectures. The leaders are corepted and not real believers at all in most religions -no matter which one, so like God said to us - bewear of them. Good advise and warning - that's why I love God .

[@shafserious2805]

rumyana koprinkova are the modern sufi's?

[@ahmadel-bobou276]

With all due respect Rumyana. I don't think you can judge a sheikh that teaches in English when your English is so weak. May Allah guide us.