Shaykh Mohammed Aslam : Sayyidah Khadijah Al Kubra

Pearl Of Perfection Sayyidah Khadijah Al Kubra by Shaykh Mohammed Aslam on 29 November 2015 at Pusat Pengajian Ba'Alawi, Kuala Lumpur.

Muhammad, Khadijah and the Cloak : Shaykh Mohammed Aslam

Muhammad, Khadijah and the Cloak by Shaykh Mohammed Aslam on 28 November 2015 at Kuala Lumpur. Organised by Peace Meal

Tariqas In Kenya

Tariqas In Kenya By Muhdhar Khitamy Abdulrahman Jamalilayl ,Coordinator And Trustee Of Riyadha in Lamu, Kenya and also the Provincial Chairman Of Supreme Council Of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM).

This was recorded in Kuala Lumpur on 23 November 2015 during his short visit to Malaysia.

The Maqam of Sheikh Noorul Mubeen, South Africa.

The Maqam of Sheikh Noorul Mubeen at Oudekraal, Cape Town, South Africa.

Sheikh Noorul Mubeen is said to have been banished to the Cape in 1716 and incarcerated on Robben Island. According to a popular legend he escaped from Robben Island  by unknown means and came to make his home in this desolate spot. Soon he made contact with the slaves on the estates in the area, teaching them mainly at night, the religion of Islam. When he died, he was buried on the site where he had most frequently read his prayers.


Legend has it that he escaped from Robben Island by swimming across the Atlantic Ocean. His tired body was discovered by a slave fisherman who nursed him back to health and hid him in the mountains. The fishermen soon discovered he was a holy man and started to take lessons from him. Sheikh Noorul Mubeen became their Imam and teacher.

The Maqam Of Sheikh Yusuf In South Africa

Sheikh Yusuf was born at Macassar in 1626. He was also known as Abadin Tadia Tjoessoep. He was of noble birth, a maternal nephew of King Biset of Goa. He studied in Arabia under the tutelage of several pious teachers.


The capture of Macassar by the Dutch, made it impossible for Sheikh Yusuf to return to his native land. Thus, when he left Jeddah in 1664 he did not sail to Goa, but to Banten in Western Java.


In 1684 he was captured by the Dutch and incarcerated in the castle of Batavia. He was then transferred and detained in Ceylon. On 27 June 1693 he was shipped to the Cape Of Good Hope.


The voyage to the Cape was filled with mysterious events. On the way to the Cape, the fresh water supply was runnning out. When Sheikh Yusuf became aware of this he merely put his foot in the sea, and told the men to let down the casks at that spot. When they pull up the casks, they discovered, that the salt water from the sea was fresh and good to drink.


When Sheikh Yusuf arrived at the Cape, on the Voetboeg, he was royally welcomed by Governor Simon van der Stel. His Indonesian background necessitated that he and his 49 followers be settled well away from Cape Town. They were housed on the Farm Zandvliet, near the mouth of the Eerste River, in the general area now called Macassar.


The settlement soon became a santuary for fugitive slaves. It was here that the first cohesive Muslim community in South Africa was established. The first settlement of Muslims in South Afica was a vibrant one, despite its isolation. It was from here that the message of Islam was spread to the slave community living in Cape Town. When Sheikh Yusuf died on 23 May 1699, he was buried on the hill overlooking Macassar at Faure.