Purification of the Soul

Tazkiya Nafs [91:9]

• ~ Purification of the Soul – Tazkiya Nafs
• ~ Purification of the Heart – Ibn Rajab al Hanbali
• ~ What is the Unseen World and Where is It: Explaining the Technical Terminology of the Scholars
• ~ Who was Al Khidr : On the Quantum Universe, Allah Creating Man in his Image and Human Consciousness
• ~ Quantum Teleportation and the Uwaisi Transmission
• ~ Maqasid al Tasawwuf and How to Reach Ihsan (Human Perfection) – Imam Nawawi
• ~ The Basis of Inner Peace or Peace of The Heart
• ~ Rectifying the Heart
• ~ The Lives of Man
• ~ The Fortress Of Iman
• ~ Fiqh of Ahl-Allah: On Reflection – Imam al-Haddad
• ~ Jihad in the Way of Allah
• ~ Jesus Christ The Son of Mary and His Blessed Mother
• ~ Gatherings of Dhikr
• ~ The Ummayyid Caliph And Abu Hazim (ra)
• ~ The Woman: a parable
• ~ Abdaal – The Substitute Saints Mentioned in the Sunnah
• ~ The Existence of the Abdal in al Shaam al Shareef [Syria]

Definitions

• ~ Tawhid – The Oneness of Allah
• ~ Tawbah – Repentance from Sin
• ~ Definition of Suluk
• ~ The Meaning of Nafs
• ~ Dhikr – Remembrance of Allah
• ~ Hamd – Praise
• ~ Fear, Hope, and Love
• ~ Jihad
  • → Jihad al-Nafs – By Imam Nawawi
  • → Jihad al Nafs – By Imam al Ghazali
  • → Jihad al Nafs – Hakeem al Tirmidhi
  • → The Fiqh of Jihad – in Times of War

Qualities

• ~ Haya – “The innate character of Islam is modesty (haya).”
• ~ Taqwa – Consciousness of Allah
  • → Taqwa – Benefits and Scope
  • → A Description of the God Conscious

• ~ Tawaadhu – Humility
• ~ Sabr – Steadfastness
• ~ The Book of Patients (Sabr) – Sahih Bukhari
• ~ Sincerity – “worship only Allah, being sincere towards Him” (98:5)

Diseases of the Heart

• ~ The Diseases of the Heart
• ~ The Four Poisons of the Heart

ο The Diseases and Their Cures

→ Diseases of the Heart – Introduction

• ~ Bukhl – Miserliness
• ~ Batar – Wantonness
• ~ Bughud – Hatred
• ~ Al Baghyu – Harming creation when their is no just cause
• ~ Madah – love of praise
• ~ Hasad – Envy
• ~ Shuh – Covetousness
• ~ Mudahana – using religion to benefit your dunya
• ~ Extended Hopes
• ~ Tattayur – superstition
• ~ Dhann – Bad opinion of others
• ~ Ujub – exalting the blessing and forgetting who gave you the blessing
• ~ Al-Ghish – Fraud
• ~ Ghadhab – Anger
• ~ Ghill – when the heart is bound to treachery or khiyana
• ~ Fakhar/Kibr – Pride
• ~ Dhull and Dha’a – abasement or humiliation
• ~ Blame Hating
• ~ Antipathy towards Death
• ~ Oblivion to Blessings
• ~ Al Hazu’u – Derision or making fun of people

→ General Treatment Plan for the diseases of the heart

→ Actions that purify the heart

Perfecting our Self

ο The Knowledge behind the Terminology and Concepts in Tassawwuf and it’s Origin

ο Itmamun Ni’am – Perfection of Morals

• ~ Knowledge
• ~ Taubah – Repentance
• ~ Ikhlas – Sincerity
• ~ Namaaz – Prayer
• ~ Solitude and Asceticism
• ~ Time
• ~ Dhikr of Allah
• ~ Fikr – Contemplation
• ~ Zuhd – Asceticism and its Significance
• ~ Poverty
• ~ Evils of the Nafs
• ~ Moderation in Hopes and Wishes
• ~ Adaab of Dua
• ~ Acknowledging Allah’s Command and Abandoning one’s own Choice
• ~ Patience at the time of Calamities and Hardship
• ~ The Mercy and Kindness of Allah on His servants
• ~ Suhbat – Companionship
• ~ Tama’ – Desire
• ~ Tawaadhu – Humility
• ~ Istidraaj – Respite
• ~ Wird, Wazifah and the Anwaar which flow into the Heart
• ~ The Different States Of The Saalikeen Regarding The Beginning And End (of The Spiritual Sojourn)
• ~  Qabd and Bast – Depression and Exhilaration
• ~ Anwaar And Their Categories
• ~ Natural Disposition And Divine Proximity
• ~ Allah’s Proximity To Creation
• ~ Some States Of The Aarifeen
• ~ Firaasat And Istidlaal – Insight and Deduction
• ~ Wa’z (lecturing), Naseehat (good Counselling) And Their Effects On The Heart
• ~ Shukr – Gratitude
  • ~ The Author, about the Work and Dua of the Author

Works of The Scholars

Imam al Haddad

• ~ The Book of Assistance

Imam al Ghazali

• ~ Deliverance from Error – Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
• ~ The Foundations of the Islamic Belief
• ~ The Mysteries Of The Human Soul – Abu Hamid Al Ghazali
• ~ Al-Ghazali’s Treatise on Direct Knowledge from God (al-Risala al-Laduniya)
• ~ The Sayings Of Jesus

     From Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship.

1. ~ The Inner Dimensions of Fasting
2. ~ The Inner Dimensions of Prayer
3. ~ The Inner Dimensions of Zakat
4. ~ The Inner Dimensions of Hajj

     From Ihya Ullum al Deen (the Revival of Religious Sciences)

• ~ Book 3: Mysteries of Purity
• ~ Book 4: Mysteries of Worship
• ~ Book 7: Mysteries of Pilgrimage
• ~ Book 12: On the Etiquette of Marriage
• ~ Book 20: Etiquette of Living and the Prophetic Mannerism
• ~ Book 33: On Fear and Hope

     ~ A growing number of Arabic manuscripts are now available online.

• King Saud University manuscript collection. A link to one such ms copied in 12th cen AH by ʿA. A. Kanānī, a partial ms. More manuscripts are available here: link2, link3, link4, link5, link6, link7, link8, link9, and a summary here, Mukhtaṣar Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn: link10. (source Ghazali.org)
  

Shaykh Abdul Qadir al Jilani

• ~ Absolute Trust in Allah
• ~ The Shariah And The Awliya
• ~ Purification of the Mind – Shaykh Abdul Qadir al Jilani

     From Futuh al-Ghaib

1. ~ On removing the cares of the heart [qalb]
2. ~ On drawing near to Allah
3. ~ On submission to Allah’s command
4. ~ On trust and its stages
5. ~ On not complaining
6. ~ On the testing of the believer’s faith
7. ~ On contentment with one’s lot from Allah
8. ~ On not resenting Allah
9. ~ On censure of envy
10. ~ On the two conditions of the self [nafs]

     From Kitab Sirr al-Asrar wa Mazhar al-Anwar – Baz publishing

1. ~ The reduction of the human being to the lowest of the low.
2. ~ Explanation of the Sacred Law [Shari’a], the Spiritual Path [Tariqa], Direct Knowledge [Ma’rifa] and Reality [Haqiqa].
3. ~ Repentance [tawba] and verbal instruction [talqin].

Ibn Rajab al Hanbali

• ~ The Nature of Intention

Imam Nawawi

• ~ Sincerity (ikhlas) and having a conscious intention in all actions
• ~ Actions Are According To Intention

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

• ~ Preparation for Returning to Allah
• ~ Fiqh of the next life: The Chapter on Dhikr

Various Works

• ~   Al Hikam of Ibn Ata Allah
• ~   Fusus al Hikam – Imam Ibn Arabi
• ~   Perfection of Morals – Shaykh Ibn Ataullah Iskandari
• ~   One Hundred Ascetics and their Chief Muhammad
• ~   Muslim Saints and Mystics – Tazkira tul Awliya
• ~   Miracles Of The Saints

Tazkiya Nafs [91:9] in Islam

• ~ Words of Wisdom from Allah Almightys Most Beloved
• ~ The Companions on Tazkiyah Nafs, Salmn al-Farisi, Ali bin Abi Talib, Abdullah Ibn Masud, Abu Ddarda…
• ~ Ali ibn abi Talib (ra) The Father of Tassawuf (Tazkiya Nafs) and his being the Gate of Knowledge
• ~ Asceticism of Rasul Allah (pbuh) – Jami at-Tirmidhi
• ~ Asceticism, Piety And Softening Of Hearts – Sahih Muslim
• ~ Moral Perfection – Sahih Muslim
• ~ Good Character – Imam Malik’s Muwatta
• ~ Dhikr, Dua, Repentance and Forgivness – Sahih Muslim
• ~ Repentance – Sahih Muslim
• ~ Ibn al-Mabrid’s Work On Tasawwuf
• ~ Foundations of the Spiritual Path 
• ~ Islamic Spirituality: the forgotten revolution
• ~ Tasawwuf Established with Three Verses of the Quran and a Hadith
• ~ 10 Principle Investigations in Tasawwuf – (Tazkiyah Nafs)
• ~ The place of Tasawwuf in Traditional Islam
• ~ Tasawwuf/Sufism in Islam
• ~ Tasawwuf and Shari’ah

Scholars on Tazkiya Nafs [91:9]

• ~ Islamic Scholars on Tassawuff
• ~ Ibn al jawzi’s Meeting with Shakh Abdul Qadir al Jilani