About Me
Abdul Karim Pinckney was born and raised in The Bronx, NY, and converted to Islam in 1999. He was a student at Zaytuna Institute in Hayward, CA, for five years where he studied Maliki fiqh. He took bayyah with Sidi Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i as-Shadhili in 2009. He was also was an assistant to Imam Musa Abdul Ali in Mt. Vernon, NY, at Masjid Yusuf Shah from 2012-2015. From 2019 - 2023 he was the Imam at the Farm of Peace where his duties included giving classes, assisting events, and giving Friday sermons. He has a yearning for helping beloveds come to know their Lord with clarity through revelation and reason, in the hope of reaching direct experience, with the result of an increase in love of God.
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Currently, Cultivate Mercy came as a label for my life mission. My path in spirituality has lead me to witness mercy and love as essential to the fabric of our lives. Also, as ironic as it might sound, it is what most of us are missing out on. Our conversations both inwardly and outwardly, can be used as keys to unlocking our hidden treasure or used as dirt to bury our hidden treasure even deeper away from our awareness. I'll be teaching classes, creating short videos, holding retreats, using music and poetry, sharing spiritual practices, hosting book reading groups and more as a means to help cultivate mercy in our hearts. I look forward to sharing the journey with you.
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