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Alhambra Productions ~ Hamza Yusuf & Imam Zaid Shakir

Alhambra Productions produces spiritual teachings from Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir and other Islamic scholars. Books, audio and video are some of our specialties!

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Alhambra Productions produces spiritual teachings from some of the world’s most prominent and respected Islamic scholars. Alhambra Productions also offers material on education, homeschooling, alternative medicine and other quality products to nurture the heart, mind, body and soul.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Video available - Tackling Extremism


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7464474174671383831

Please click the link above to watch the video of the 2006 Doha Debates with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. You can download video by subscribing to the Zaytuna Institute Podcast.



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Saturday, May 27, 2006

Tackling Extremism - Doha Debates


The issue of how to combat extremism and improve relations between the West and Muslim world was the topic of the second Doha Debates Special on February 28th, 2006. The event was part of the Doha meeting of the United Nations’ Alliance of Civilizations. Four guest speakers, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Professor John Esposito and Diana Buttu, answered questions from the student audience.

To listen to the audio version of the panel, please visit our podcast page.


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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Etiquettes of Disagreement



New release from Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah!
With translation by Hamza Yusuf.

Please visit the product page to view a description written by Hamza Yusuf.

Shaykh Abdallah shares wisdom from the Quran, the Seerah and from examples of our rightly guided scholars regarding the proper manner of disagreeing.

This lecture was recorded in Toronto, Canada during the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention.
Special thanks to SpiritWorks for organizing this event.


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Monday, May 22, 2006

A Practical Guide To Muslim Unity



Alhambra Productions will be making another journey to Dallas, Texas!

Zaytuna Institute is conducting a special Minara Program with Imam Zaid Shakir and Sidi Yahya Rhodus.

For details, please visit the Zaytuna event page. We would like to thank Zaytuna Institute for inviting us to participate at this enriching program. We have seen almost all of the Minara programs sell out quickly. Please ensure you have registered early.

If you have any specific audio/visual products or books that you would like to purchase at the event, please drop us a line at blog@alhambraproductions.com


Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Dallas Central Mosque, Richardson, Texas



A practical look at the dynamics of creating healthy, empowering, and
enriching brotherhood, sisterhood, and communities according to the
highest ethical and social principles of Islam. Addressing a topic
about which so many Muslims sloganize but few present useful solutions,
this program will provide insight on what divides us and implementable
guidance on how to genuinely bring the hearts of the Muslims together.



Sessions will cover:
  • The Social Contract of Islam (Duties of Brotherhood/Sisterhood)
  • The Etiquettes of Disagreement
  • Anti-Sectarian Thinking
  • The Prophetic Ethic of Tolerance


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Friday, May 19, 2006

Remembering Malcolm X

Today is Malcolm's birthday.

May 19, 1925

El Hajj Malik El Shabbaz, we miss you!












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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

New iKhutbah - Respecting Divine Laws

A new iKhutbah has been posted on our podcast page!

Imam Zaid delivered this khutbah in Monterey, California on May 12, 2006. In this inspirational khutbah, Imam Zaid reminds all of us to reflect on the Divine Laws and our role in implementing those laws.

Click here to listen, subscribe or download this iKhutbah.




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Imam Zaid featured in Emel Magazine



Imam Zaid Shakir is, in many ways, the
quintessential American: a youth with a newspaper route, a high school
football player, a member of the United States Air Force, a student
activist at Rutgers University, a university professor, a foster father
- and a respected Islamic Scholar. Born in Berkeley, California to a
family descended from African, Irish and Native American roots, Imam
Zaid is one of the most important voices within Islam today and a
leading advocate for social change and economic justice.He talks to
Noreen A. Kassem about finding the heart of Islam, traditional
learning, ‘going it alone’ and his new book, Scattered Pictures,
Reflections of an American Muslim. “As Muslims, we are carrying the
Word of God in an increasingly secular, milit arised, and alienated
world. What it means to carry that word is not an unknowable
abstraction. We carry it by following the concrete example of our Noble
Messenger Muhammad, peace and blessings of God upon him. In carrying
the word, he endured unimaginable abuses and he persevered through them
because he was inspired by a grand vision. That vision was to see his
people saved by the life-giving, life-affirming message of Islam.”

Courtesy of Emel  Magazine


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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Message From Water

This book contains amazing photos of water crystal formations after being affected by the Holy Quran!




Message From Water introduces the revolutionary work of Dr.Masaru Emoto, who discovered that molecules of water are affected by our thoughts, words, and feelings. Since humans and the earth are composed mostly of water, his message is one of personal health, global environmental renewal, and a practical plan for peace that starts with each one of us.


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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Gifts for the Seekers - Imam Al-Haddad

Another important addition to our bookshelves: Gifts for the Seekers by Imam Al-Haddad.




This book answers many of the questions often asked by seekers of inward illumination. What are the real implications of the doctrine of divine unity? How can proper concentration be achieved? What is the relationship between the tongue, the mind, and the heart? How is one to understand visions received in sleep?

The author, Imam Abdallah Ibn-Alawi Al-Haddad (d. 1720), lived at Tarim in the Hadramaut valley between Yemen and Oman, and is widely held to have been the ‘renewer’ of the twelfth Islamic century. A direct descendant of the Prophet, his sanctity and direct experience of God are clearly reflected in his writings, which include several books.

Please visit the product page for more details.



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Monday, May 01, 2006

A Return to the Spirit - Martin Lings

Just added to our bookstore: A Return to the Spirit by Martin Lings (Shaykh Abu Bakr Sirajudeen).



This final work of the greatly revered Martin Lings opens with an
insightful autobiographical account of his own interior journey, the
finding of a spiritual master, and the conclusions he ultimately
reached regarding the inner life and Islam. The 96-year-old author, a
respected British scholar, recounts the lessons learned from his life
including the answers to profound questions such as: How did I come to
put First things First?, What is the Spiritual Significance of Tears
and Laughter?, What is the Spiritual Significance of Civilization?,
What is the Qur'anic Doctrine of the Afterlife?



Prior to publication of this volume, its distinguished author, Martin
Lings, did in fact "return to the Spirit" on May 12th 2005. This has
occasioned the addition to this work of an "In Memoriam" appendix.
Readers will be treated to tributes that have arrived from the world
over written by those who simply read and loved his work to those who
knew him personally, some of whom were under his spiritual direction.
These diverse accounts of this extraordinary man round out a profound
image of his person. The book also includes a selection of previously
unpublished photographs taken throughout his life.



A special "In Memoriam" section includes words from Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.

While browsing our bookshelves, please take a look at some other important texts like Imam Ghazali's "Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence".







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Article Archive: The Sunnah and Health

To read the whole article, please visit our forums.

Excerpt:

In Islam, health is actually not seen to be of the body, but rather the
state of the heart. There is a hadith in which the Prophet, peace be
upon him, said, “There is a lump of flesh in the body, if it is sound
the whole body is sound. Is it indeed the heart.” He was not talking
primarily of the physical body or the physical heart but of the
spiritual body and the spiritual heart. A man can be suffering from a
terrible disease and considered to be in excellent health in Islam,
while another can be in perfect bodily health but determined to be sick
according to the Qur’an. In fact, a hallmark of hypocrites is the
excellent appearance of their bodies, “Their outward forms are pleasing
to you.” But the Qur’an says of them, “In their hearts is a disease.”
True health is the state of one’s heart with God. The heart is healthy
when it is filled with trust, love, charity, compassion, lack of
material desire, patience, hope, awe of God, and most importantly,
gratitude.

It is diseased when filled with suspicion, envy, hatred, anger,
pride, anxiety, hopelessness, and ingratitude. But the health of the
body is also important and Islam prohibits its neglect for many
reasons, the least of which is one does not function well in the world
when handicapped by ill health.

- Hamza Yusuf Hanson

Alhambra Productions Forums


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