Purification of Heart – Fear of Poverty
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POEM VERSES 75-77Fear of poverty originates in having a bad opinion of the Exalted, and its cure is in having a good opinionand...
Self Rectification
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Adopting Zuhd (Asceticism)Reality of Zuhd: It is the self’s aversion to the world and voluntary withdrawal from it despite the ability to acquire it.Fruits...
Are You A Human Being Or One Of The Three Kinds Of Animal?
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.Imaam Ghazali (Rahmatullahi alaihi) mentioned in his book, Ihya Ulumuddin that there are three...
Al-Istighfar (Seeking Repentance)
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IBN TAYMIYYAHThe Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said, "The master of invocations for forgiveness is that the servant says:O' my 'ilah You are my...
The lion, snake, mice and the honey comb
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.Imam Ghazali (Rahmatullah Alaih) told a story of a man walking in the...
The Story of Two Fishermen
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“There were two fishermen: one Muslim and the other a disbeliever; both of them went fishing. The disbeliever started to throw his net while...
Advice to ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-‘Aziz from Al-Hasan al-Basri
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When 'Umar ibn 'Abdul-'Aziz became Caliph, he wrote to Al-Hasan al-Basri to write him the description of a just Imam, and Hasan wrote him:"Know, Commander of...
Advice of ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib
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"Knowledge is better than wealth. Knowledge is a protection for you, whereas it is you that has to protect wealth. The zakat of knowledge is action,...
Purification of Heart – False Hope
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POEM VERSES 117 - 20Its quick-acting poison is extended false hope, which is assuring yourself that death is a long way offThis generates hard-heartedness...
Qazi Abu Yusuf’s Letter to the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid
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Commander of the Believers, Allah has invested you with a great matter, whose reward is the greatest reward, and whose punishment is the greatest...