The Retreat will begin in the evening on Friday 28 April and continue until mid-day on Monday 1 May. We offer daily activities from morning to night, but the programme also gives time for contemplative walks by the sea and opportunities to enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings. See full schedule.

A warm vegetarian meal will be served once daily (except Friday). All through the days of the retreat a self-serving buffet table will be available with sandwiches, fruit and drinks. All food served at the retreat will be vegan or vegetarian. Participants with dietary restrictions or allergies are kindly requested to bring their own food.

For those bringing children, please note that children are not expected to take part in the lectures and dhikr sessions. Parents will be responsible for arranging supervision and activities for their children during these times. We recommend that all parents with children, between themselves, organize a rotary system for the supervision of their children during talks and dhikr sessions; a separate building (Flickhuset) in direction connection to the main event area will be reserved for this purpose.

Speaker and facilitators

Shaykh Mohammad Muslim Eneborg is a Swedish imam, spiritual guide and teacher. After converting to Islam when he was 20 years old, he travelled the Islamic world extensively, particularly North Africa and the Indian subcontinent. These varied insights and experiences would later influence his characteristic balanced and informed view of Islam. After his travels, he settled in the UK where he completed an ‘Alimiyya (religious sciences) course. He began his studies at the Tablighi Markaz in Dewsbury before moving on to study in India and later at Darul Uloom Bury, Europe’s oldest traditional Islamic college. He has since then worked as an imam at several mosques in the UK and Sweden, taught Islam at universities and other institutions, and is engaged in dialogue and debates about inter-religious cooperation and the role of religion in the modern world. He is often approached by the media to comment on issues relating to Muslims in Europe. A spiritual guide in the Chishti, Naqshbandi, Qadiri and Suhrawardi traditions, Shaykh Muslim is a fountain of guidance and spiritual instruction for seekers of all ages and persuasions, in Sweden as well as abroad.

David Sterling (Hajj Mustafa) has spent the better part of the last forty-plus years with Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri. During these years he has traveled throughout the world in the discovery of truth, ultimately finding that the truth lies within the heart and then realizing the world and all that is in it becomes an overflowing cornucopia of bewildering signs so effulgent and beyond the comprehension of its depth. Currently residing in Durham, North Carolina, David Sterling hold regular gatherings where he shares his experiences with enthusiastic souls in discovering the Ever-Present and Ever-Constant within the center of their hearts. He is also engaged in writing and establishing an organization dedicated to the teachings of Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri. He is the author of the highly inspirational memoir titled Journey in Grace: Gems Gathered from a Life on the Path in which he shares his amazing experiences with several enlightened beings.

Anuaar Athahb and Rikard Engström are mental health care professionals active in primary and specialist psychiatry respectively with decades of joint experience. On Saturday afternoon they will conduct a two hour workshop on the subject of blocks and shadows arising as a consequence of inner work, aiming to provide tools and strategies to deal with these feelings both during and after the retreat. This workshop on self care has a limited number of participants and will be conducted in Swedish.

Yusuf Muslim Eneborg will guide us in sessions of Moving into Meditation, while Abdulhadi Bengt Stendlert will lead us in morning meditations. They are both seasoned travelers on the spiritual path.