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Summary
Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy speaks of the heart's intimacy with God, and says that it shows both among people and in solitude. 1
Losing intimacy among people
The Sheikh describes a person who lost his intimacy with God among people but found it in his solitude (needs_source: the phrasing of this description is garbled in the transcript). 1
Intimacy in both settings
God's remembrance and a saying of Rabi'a
People and things also explored
Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)· Tabattul (withdrawal from the world)· Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)· Righteousness (birr)
Sources
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 2, at 01:09:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 2, at 01:15:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 2, at 01:16:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 2, at 01:10:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Intimacy with God (uns billah)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-uns-bi-allah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.