Abdal Hakim Murad - Are we to distracted?

Abdal Hakim MuradMarch 14, 20240 comments

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Ramadan Spiritual Development Dhikr Distraction & Mindfulness Charity & Zakat Fasting Children & Parenting Technology & Modern Life

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In this thought-provoking Ramadan conversation, Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad joins host Shaeb at Cambridge Central Mosque to explore the epidemic of distraction in modern life — from social media and corporate entertainment to its devastating effects on children's development and spiritual well-being. Drawing on Islamic concepts such as ghafla (heedlessness), ibn al-waqt (being present in the moment), and the disciplines of prayer, fasting, and charity, Sheikh Abdal Hakim offers a compelling case for why attentiveness is at the heart of what it means to be a believer. Viewers will come away with a deeper appreciation for Ramadan as a powerful antidote to the distractions of the modern world, and practical wisdom for carrying its lessons beyond the blessed month.

Abdal Hakim Murad

Timothy John "Tim" Winter (born 1960), also known as Abdal Hakim Murad, is a British Sufi Muslim researcher, writer and teacher. His profile and work have attracted media coverage both in the Muslim World and the West. Conversant in both traditional Islamic scholarship and Western thought and civilization, Winter has made contributions on many Islamic topics. Education Born in 1960, Winter was educated at Westminster School, and graduated with a double-first in Arabic from Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge in 1983. He then studied and taught traditional Islamic sciences at the Al-Azhar University in Egypt for several years, and spent several more in Jeddah, where he administered a commercial translation office and maintained close contact with Shaykh Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad. In 1989, he returned to England and spent two years at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London where he concentrated on Turkish and Persian. Career Winter is currently the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University, Director of Studies in Theology at Wolfson College, and a doctoral student at Oxford University, where he is studying the relationship between the government and Sufi brotherhoods in the Ottoman Empire. Winter is also the secretary of the Muslim Academic Trust (London), Director of The Anglo-Muslim Fellowship for Eastern Europe, President of the UK Friends of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Director of the Sunna Project, which has published scholarly Arabic editions of the major Sunni Hadith collections.

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