Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one...
Spiritual Travel
It was a blistering hot day right in the middle of the...
Upon entering the maqam of Sunan Gunung Jati in Cirebon, one dives...
On the hills in and around Cape Town, you will find 300 year old Muslim graves belonging to notable individuals who arrived on the southern tip of the African continent in chains, as slaves or political prisoners of colonisers. They brought nothing with them, except faith in their hearts and the remembrance of God on their tongues.
The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
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Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
Those who have followed Sacred Footsteps for some time will know that...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I...
For our first ever crossover episode, Zara speaks to Imran Ali Malik, host of the American Submitter podcast. They discuss the concept of travel as a 'mutual unveiling' and share 'transformative' travel experiences. Imran talks about his time in Guinea Bissau, where tribes were converting to Islam after an elder dreamt of the Prophet Muhammad (saw), and tells us about the Wali Songo, the 'Nine Saints' of Indonesia.
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
Our last stop on our trip to Kenya lay just off its...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja...
An audio version of this article, complete with sound from the actual...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: ...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy...
There it stood, where I least expected it. Perhaps not the most...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
