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How Should a Woman Keep Contact with a Shaikh?
Condition:
You mentioned that a person cannot reform himself without a spiritual guide, and that the nafs cannot be overpowered until one is not under the supervision of a shaikh. What is the ruling for a woman, because it is not possible for her to remain in the company of a pious person or a shaikh?
Answer:
The shaikh is also a non-mahram for a woman. A woman is not required to remain in the company …
Burning the Midnight Oil
Raabi‘ah ‘Adawiyyah (rahimahallah), also known as Raabi‘ah Basriyyah (as she hailed from the city of Basrah), was a renowned saint of her time. She lived for approximately eighty years, passing away in the year 180 or 185 A.H. and is buried in the city of Quds (Jerusalem). (Siyaru Aa’laamin Nubalaa vol. 8, pg. 243 and Al-Bidaayah wan Nihaayah vol. 10, pg. 256)
On account of her extremely high level of zuhd (ascetism and disinterest in material possessions), she chose to …
