بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Preparing for the Al-Ghazali Weekend Retreat
“On Spiritual Retreat” | February 9-11, 2024

As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

I pray that this message reaches you in the best of states. You have registered to attend the Al-Maqasid Weekend Retreat from Friday evening, February 9 5:45 pm to Sunday afternoon, February 11 4:00 pm. With Allah’s permission, we will be blessed to be joined by Yahya Rhodus and Amjad Tarsin as well as resident Imam Sayyid Abdul Fattah Ba-Alawi.

The Topic of the retreat is 'On Spiritual Retreat: A Study of Book 16 of the Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn'. In Imam al-Ghazali’s book On Spiritual Retreat, he discusses the arguments for keeping company and those for solitude, the benefits of spiritual retreat, the benefits of keeping company, and other factors that shed light on this debate and should be considered when deciding what to do.

Isra' & Mi'raj

This year the blessed occasion of Isra' & Mi'raj coincides with our retreat weekend. We are excited to announce we will be commemorating Isra' & Mi'raj with a special program as a part of the retreat weekend. The program will commence Saturday evening with talks from special guest speakers and a reading of the Mawlid.

IMPORTANT: YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER FOR THE ISRA & MIRAJ EVENT. YOUR RETREAT REGISTRATION INCLUDES THE ISRA & MIRAJ EVENT.

Communication

Please join the telegram group for live announcements and materials.
Telegram: On Spiritual Retreat: A Study of Book 16 of the Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn

SCHEDULE

Click the link or image below to download the retreat schedule
Retreat Schedule

For copyright reasons, this is for personal use of those attending the retreat only. The pdf is from Mokrane Guezzou's translation of the abridgment of the Ihya 'Ulum al-Din published by Serenity Productions. They graciously granted Al-Maqasid permission to make it available to all participants.

ONLINE

To attend the sessions LIVE and ONLINE please go here:
Youtube: LIVE Book 16

For for live audio stream only please go to:
MixLR: https://mixlr.com/almaqasid_retreat

YouTube will carry only the main sessions; MixLR will be audio only but include awrad, adhkar, and Inshad.

Please note if you miss a session or would like to review sessions after the retreat you can find them uploaded at the following link: Book 16: On Spiritual Retreat