Perspectives - SANAWEMA
- PART 1
- 1. THE HEARTS VARY IN THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO [RELIGIOUS] EXHORTATIONS
- 2. WORLDY PLEASURES VERSUS PLEASURES OF THE HEREAFTER
- 3. ANTICIPATING THE CONSEQUENCES GUARANTEES SAFETY
- 4. THE COMFORT OF ILLUSION
- 5. CAUTIOUSNESS IS THE PATH TO SAFETY
- 6. DO NOT LET PRIDE IN THE SIN TAKE HOLD OF YOU
- 7. PERFECTION OF THE HUMAN INTELLECT
- 8. THEY LOVE ALLAH AND HE LOVES THEM
- 9. PREPARE FOR WHAT COMES AFTER DEATH
- 10. CALAMITIES BEFALLS PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THEIR SINS
- 11. CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SCHOLARS OF THE WORLD AND THE SCHOLARS OF THE HEREAFTER
- 12. ALLAH WILL NOT CHANG THE CONDITION OF A PEOPLE UNTIL THEY CHANGE WHAT IS IN THEMSELVES
- 13. ENIGMAS BAFFLING THE BEWILDERED
- 14. THE VALUE OF TIME
- 15. THE HONOUR OF SUFFICIENCY (GHINA) AND THE DANGER OF DESTITUTION (FAQR)
- 16. DO NOT GRIEVE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN
- 17. TYPES OF SINNERS
- 18. THE SCALE O F JUSTICE KNOWS NO FAVOURITISM
- 19. FACTS OF LIFE IN THE SCALE OF KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE (JAHL)
- 20. WHAT COMES AFTER DEATH
- 21. SUBMISSION VERSUS OBLIGATIONS
- 22. RECTIFYING THE HEART REQUIRES LEAVING DESIRES
- 23. THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT IS SWEET
- 24. SOLITUDE IS MEANT TO AVOID EVIL NOT GOODNESS
- 25. THE BEST OF YOU IS WHO ACTS UPON HIS KNOWLEDGE
- 26. LOVING THE CREATOR IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF TRUE SERVITUDE (‘UBUDIYYAH)
- 27. INTELLECT MUST SUBMIT TO THE WISDOM OF ALLAH
- 28. THE WISDOM AND ETIQUETTE OF MARRIAGE
- 29. THE SWEETNESS OF GOOD DEEDS AND THE WARNING OF BAD DEEDS
- 30. NOTHING ESCAPES THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH
- PART 2
- 1. PEOPLE DIFFER IN RANK JUST LIKE METALS
- 2. OVERPOWERING IMPULSES IS AN IMMENSE
- 3. THE DISTRACTIONS OF LIFE
- 4. CRITICISM OF IGNORANT ASCETICS
- 5. DESIRES ARE DEADLY TRAPS
- 6. THE TRUE ASCETICISM
- 7. STRUGGLE AGAINST SELF-DESIRES (JIHAD AL-NAFS)
- 8. DO NOT PANIC IF THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYER IS DELAYED
- 9. DEALING WITH HARDSHIPS
- 10. KNOWLEDGE ((ILM) AND DEEDS (CAMAL)
- 11. THE CAUSE AND ITS ORIGINATOR
- 12. HUMANS (‘ INSAN) AND ANGELS (MALAK)
- 13. THE MYSTERY BEHIND CONCEALING THE ESSENCE OF ALLAH
- 14. THE WISDOM BEHIND THE EXISTENCE OF THE IGNORANT
- 15. THE REFLECTION OF NATURE
- 16. DEVOTING ONESELF TO ALLAH
- 17. ALLAH, MOST HIGH, CANNOT BE DECEIVED
- 18. HEALING THE BODY IS A REASON TO RECTIFY RELIGION
- 19. KNOWLEDGE FALSIFIERS (WOULD-BE PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE)
- 20. THE COMPASSION OF ALLAH TOWARDS HIS SLAVES
- 21. THE CAUSE AND THE CAUSER
- 22. ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF HYGIENE (NAZAFA)
- 23. THE DANGER OF LUXURY (AL-RAFAHIYYA)
- 24. PATIENCE (SABR) AND CONTENTMENT (RIDA)
- 25. WHOEVER TASTES THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS LORD SHALL SAVOUR THE TASTE OF HIS LOVE
- 26. SECURE YOUR INCOME
- 27. SCHOLARS AND ASCETICS
- 28. THE CONCEALED TRAPS OF SHAYTAN
- 29. STRENGTHENING THE SELF
- 30. FAKE NOT YOUR SERMONS
- PART 3
- 1. BEWARE OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGIANS
- 2. HOW ALLAH TAKES AWAY PEOPLE’S HEARING (SAM) AND SIGHT (BASR)
- 3. DIVINE LOVE
- 4. THE SUPPLICATION OF THE HEEDLESS
- 5. KNOWLEDGE IS TAUGHT TO THOSE WHO DESERVE IT
- 6. HIGH ENDEAVOURS
- 7. BE ATTACHED TO THE CAUSER AND NOT THE CAUSES
- 8. THE BELIEVER AND SINS
- 9. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARROGANT
- 10. ISLAM IS ONE OF ALLAH’S FAVOURS TO MANKIND
- 11. INNOVATORS (MUBTADAIN)
- 12. DEVIATION OF ASCETICS
- 13. NATURE OF TIME
- 14. RESTRAIN YOUR DESIRES
- 15. THE SECRET OF DELAYED RESPONSE TO SUPPLICATIONS
- 16. INSTINCT
- 17. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN AND GRACE OF OBEDIENCE
- 18. STAY AT THE DOORSTEP OF YOUR LORD
- 19. PRUDENCE GUARANTEES SUCCESS
- 20. CAUTION AGAINST FALLING INTO SIN
- 21. THE FRUIT OF GUIDANCE
- 22. ILL EFFECTS OF SINS
- 23. SOCIALISING VERSUS SOLITUDE
- 24. CONSEQUENCES OF SIN (MAASI)
- 25. UNDERESTIMATING SINS
- 26. CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTING DUA
- 27. DO NOT LET YOUR WORSHIP DECEIVE YOU
- 28. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TIMES
- 29. TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH WILL GRANT US HAPPINESS IN THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER
- 30. ABSTINENCE FROM SINS LEADS TO BASKING IN HONOUR
- PART 4
- 1. SUBMISSION OF INTELLECT
- 2. DISCIPLINE OF THE SELF BY WISDOM AND RESOLUTE
- 3. TIME IS LIKE A SWORD, IF YOU DO NOT CUT IT, IT WILL CUT YOU
- 4. THE ERRS OF SCHOLARS (ULAMA) AND ASCETICS (ZUHHAD)
- 5. REAPING THE FRUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AFTER ACTING UPON IT
- 6. ALLAH POSTPONES PUNISHING THE SINNERS
- 7. ADHERING TO WISDOM WHEN DEALING WITH PEOPLE
- 8. DEATH IS THE BEST ADMONISHER
- 9. EVERYTHING REMINDS THE AWAKENED ONE OF ALLAH
- 10. AVOID THE DOUBTFUL
- 11. THE DIVINE PUNISHMENT
- 12. THE REALITY OF ASCETICISM- ABSTENTION DUE TO PIETY AND RELIANCE
- 13.THE WONDERS OF ALLAH’S SIGNS
- 14. ENDURE CALAMITIES WHILE SUPPLICATING
- 15. THINGS THAT ASSIST IN PRACTISING PATIENCE (SABR)
- 16. THE WISDOM OF POSTPONEMENT OF SUPPLICATION (DU’A)
- 17. SCHOLARS WHO ACT UPON KNOWLEDGE ARE CLOSEST TO ALLAH
- 18. MODERATION IS THE BEST OF STATE
- 19. THE VIRTUE OF SEEKING A HIGH STATUS
- 20. WEALTH MAINTAINS THE RELIGION AND WORLDLY AFFAIRS OF PEOPLE
- 21. JURISPRUDENCE (‘FIQH) IS THE BEST OF ALL SCIENCES
- 22. FALSE PIETY
- 23. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CAUTIOUS WHEN DEALING WITH FRIENDS
- 24. BEWARE OF HUMILIATING YOURSELF BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF WORLDLY PLEASURES
- 25. A PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
- 26. HIDDEN DEEDS MANIFEST OUTWARDLY
- 27. PATIENCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF DESTINY
- 28. THE FLUCTUATIONS OF TIME ARE TESTS FROM ALLAH
- 29. PERFORM DEEDS THAT YOU CAN BEAR
- 30. WISDOM NECESSITATES LOOKING INTO THE CONSEQUENCES
- PART 5
- 1. A STUDENT OF KNOWLEDGE IS BETWEEN PHYSICAL PLEASURES AND INTELLECTUAL PLEASURES
- 2. AN ADVICE HELPING STUDENTS OF KNOWLEDGE TO MEMORISE
- 3. THE INTELLIGENT PERSON HEEDS TO THE CONSEQUENCES
- 4. ONENESS OF ALLAH’S NAMES & ATTRIBUTES
- 5. PEOPLE OF ENDEAVOURS STAND BETWEEN THE ULTIMATE DREAM AND THE BITTER REALITY
- 6. VIRTUES OF REFRAINING FROM THE DOUBTFUL
- 7. FOLLOWING SINFUL DESIRES INDICATES PERSON’S LOWLY ENDEAVOURS
- 8. LIFE IS A WARZONE AND A BATTLEFIELD
- 9. BEWARE OF FALLING IN THE TRAP OF THIS WORLDLY LIFE
- 10. HASTEN TO REPENT FOR THE OUTCOME OF SIN IS SEVERE
- 11. WHOEVER FEARS ALLAH, HE WILL MAKE A WAY OUT FOR HIM
- 12. THE WISDOM BEHIND DELAYING ANSWER OF SUPPLICATIONS
- 14. BEWARE OF SINS FOR CONSEQUENCES ARE SEVERE
- 15. THE ENCOMPASSING MERCY OF ALLAH
- 16. STAY IN THE NICHE OF REPENTANCE EVEN IF THE SOUGHT COMFORT IS LATE
- 17. BEWARE OF OUTCOME OF SINS
- 18. BLAMING THE “SELF’ THAT INCLINES TO EVIL PERSISTENTLY
- 19. WHOEVER ABANDONS SOMETHING FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH SOMETHING BETTER
- 20. DO NOT PAY A LIFETIME OF HUMILIATION FOR A MOMENT OF JOY
- 21. TRUE OBEDIENCE IS COMPLYING WITH ALLAH’S COMMANDS AND AVOIDING HIS PROHIBITIONS
- 22. DO NOT CONTEMPLATE THE PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD FOR THEY ARE DEBASED WITH IMPERFECTION
- 23. “IF YOU SHOULD COUNT THE FAVOUR OF ALLAH, YOU COULD NOT ENUMERATE THEM.”
- 24. AVOID THE DOUBTFUL
- 25. THE BARRIER OF DESIRES AND THE UNCONSCIOUS SINNERS
- 26. THE TRIAL OF THOSE WITH HIGH ENDEAVOUR
- 27. BENEFICIAL TIPS FOR STUDENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
- 28. ONE WHO REFORMS HIS INTERIOR, ALLAH ELEVATES HIS RANK
- 29. CAUSES OF DELAY IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF SUPPLICATIONS
- 30. INDEPENDENCE OF A SCHOLAR FROM PEOPLE’S WEALTH IS AN HONOUR TO THE SACRED KNOWLEDGE AND ITS PEOPLE
- PART 6
- 1. PONDERING OVER THE GREATNESS OF THE CREATOR PREVENTS DISOBEDIENCE
- 2. SELF-RESTRAINT (QANA’A) FROM WANTING WORLDLY WEALTH IS IN FACT PROTECTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND ITS SCHOLARS
- 3. FOLLOW THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH AND DO NOT BLINDLY FOLLOW MEN
- 4. FOLLOWING THE CLEAR AND PRECISE ISSUES – LEAVING THE UNCLEAR AND DOUBTFUL ONES ALONE
- 5. PATIENT FROM COMMITTING SINS HAS PRAISEWORTHY OUTCOMES IN THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER
- 6. REGARDING THE THINGS THAT HELP REFORM THE HEART (SALLAH AL-QALB)
- 7. FOLLOWING CONCESSIONS CREATE HARD-HEARTEDNESS AND DARKNESS
- 8. DO NOT SHOW ENMITY TOWARDS ANYONE FOR YOU ARE NOT SAFE FROM VICISSITUDES OF TIME
- 9. PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD ARE CONNECTED WITH CALAMITIES AND DARKNESS
- 10. SOLILOQUIZING
- 11. FORTUNATE IS HE WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF AND ASKS FOR HIS WELL-BEING (‘AFIYA) FROM ALLAH
- 12. DEVIATION OF SUFIS AND THEIR INNOVATIONS
- 13. PHILOSOPHY AND MONASTICISM ARE FROM THE MAIN INNOVATIONS THAT APPEARED IN ISLAM
- 14. IN THE COMPANY OF IDLE PEOPLE (AHLUL-FIRAQ)
- 15. ORGANISING THE TIME OF THE PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE AND VALUING IT
- 16. OBEDIENCE AMONG MANY IS A CUSTOM RATHER THAN AN ACT OF WORSHIP
- 17. A SCHOLARS INDEPENDENCE FROM PEOPLE AND LIMITED INTERMINGLING WITH THEM IS FROM HIS PLEASURE
- 18. SOME LIFE ACCOUNTS OF IBN AL-JAWZI
- 19. NOMADS ARE ELOQUENT
- 20. CONTEMPLATION IS THE REASON FOR SUCCESS AND ABANDONING IT IS THE REASON FOR CORRUPTION
- 21. A PERSON WITH DETERMINATION IS CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS HIGH HOPES AND SHORT ONES
- 22. ADHERE TO THE TRUTH AND DO NOT ADORN YOURSELVES FOR THE SAKE OF PEOPLE
- 23. GUIDANCE IS FROM ALLAH
- 24. AND IN YOUR OWN SELVES, WILL YOU NOT THEN SEE
- 25. THE VIRTUE OF PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE
- 26. SEEKS ALLAH’S PLEASURE AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE’S ANGER
- 27. SELECTING FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS CAREFULLY
- 28. WISDOM IS NECESSARY FOR ACHIEVING GOALS AND OVERCOMING ENEMIES
- 29. SEEK SECRECY WHEN ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS
- 30. THINGS THAT HELP IN MEMORISATION
- PART 7
- 1. VIRTUES OF SECLUSION (AL-KHALWA AL-NAFI) AWAY FROM OTHERS
- 2. PREPARATION FOR THE DAY OF DEPARTURE
- 3. PEOPLE OF KALAM (DEDUCTIVE REASONING) GAIN ONLY SORROW AND WASTE TIME
- 4. THE TRUE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD
- 5. DRAWINGS SIMILITUDE BETWEEN THE CREATOR AND HIS CREATION IS THE SOURCE O F ALL MISGUIDANCE
- 6. A HIGH STATUS CAN ONLY BE GAINED THROUGH HARDSHIP
- 7. TRUE BELIEF REQUIRES SURRENDERING AND CONTENTMENT
- 8. THE DANGER OF KALAM ON THE CREEDS OF LAYPEOPLE
- 9. THE REALITY OF DEATH
- 10. THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING SPEECH
- 11. IT IS A MUST TO SURRENDER TO THE WISDOM OF THE CREATOR
- 12. THE REWARD OF THE HEREAFTER SERVES AS CONDOLENCE FOR ANY CALAMITY
- 13. PEOPLE’S FORGETFULNESS OF DEATH IS PART OF ALLAH’S WISDOM
- 14. REGARDING FALSE ASCETICISM (ZUHD)
- 15. ALL SINS ARE AWFUL, BUT SOME ARE MORE AWFUL THAN OTHERS
- 16. ARROGANCE AND ITS DANGER FOR THE SCHOLAR
- 17. THE IMPORTANCE OF WAITING FOR AN ANGRY PERSON TO CALM DOWN
- 18. DO NOT TRUST THE FRIENDLINESS OF ONE WHOM YOU HAVE HARMED
- 19. A WISE MAN LOOKS FAR AHEAD AND ESTIMATES OUTCOMES
- 20. FORBIDDING FROM ACCOMPANYING SULTANS
- 21. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE RIGHT PATH
- 22. THE PATH TO PERFECTION AND ITS CAUSES
- 23. SURRENDERING TO ALLAH’S ORDER AND ACCEPTING HIS DECREE
- 24. NECESSITY OF PATIENCE DURING HARDSHIP
- 25. MANY SCHOLARS AND ASCETIC PEOPLE ARE SLAVES OF WEALTH
- 26. KNOWING ALLAH IS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THIS LIFE
- 27. PREPARE FOR THE MOMENT OF DEATH
- 28. THE PROPHET IS THE MASTER OF CREATION AND THE LEADER OF MESSENGERS
- 29. NO WOMAN IS FAULTLESS, SO BE CONTENT WITH WHAT ALLAH HAS GIVEN YOU
- 30. GLORY TO HIM WHO CREATES WHAT HE WISHES AND CHOOSES
- PART 8
- 26. DEVOTING ONESELF TO THE HEREAFTER CANNOT BE EXCEPT THROUGH SOLITUDE
- 1. THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH ARE THE BASIS OF THE RELIGION (DIN)
- 2. THE MUSNAD OF IMAM AHMAD
- 3. FOLLOWERS OF DESIRES (SHAHWAT)
- 4. CAUTION FROM THE OUTCOME OF SINS
- 5. THE HONOUR OF WEALTH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MODERATION IN GATHERING AND SPENDING IT
- 6. MODESTY WILL PREVENT YOU FROM THE JEALOUSY AND GLOATING OF OTHERS
- 7. THE HEREAFTER WILL BE GREATER IN DEGREES AND GREATER IN PREFERENCE
- 8. THE CONTENTMENT OF THE DWELLERS OF PARADISE WITH THEIR STATUS
- 9. THE WISDOM BEHIND MAINTAINING THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
- 10. THE MOST NOBLE OF SCIENCES AND SOME ADVICE TO STUDENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
- 11. ARROGANCE IS THE ESSENCE OF DISBELIEF
- 12. THE CONDITIONS OF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE
- 13. BENEFICIAL KNOWLEDGE CAUSES BELITTLEMENT OF ONE’S SELF AND ACTIONS
- 14. A GOOD LIFE IS CONNECTED TO PATIENCE AND CONTENTMENT
- 15. ALLAH PREVENTING A PERSON FROM CERTAIN THINGS MIGHT BE OUT OF LOVE
- 16. OPEN THE EYE OF INTELLECT (‘AYN AL-FIKR) TO SEE THE LIGHT OF WISDOM (DU’AL-‘IBR)
- 17. ABANDONING SUNNAH IS THE SOURCE OF ALL INNOVATIONS AND MISGUIDANCE
- 18. DESIRES NEVER END
- 19. A WISE PERSON SEEKS ADMONITION FROM OTHERS AND WORKS FOR THE HEREAFTER
- 20. CONFUSIONS RELATED TO MATTERS OF BELIEF (’AQAID)
- 21. SURRENDERING TO ALLAH
- 22. PARADISE AND ITS LEVELS
- 23. NO REST FOR A PERSON EXCEPT THROUGH KNOWING HIS LORD
- 24. THERE IS NO LIFE BUT THAT OF THE AFTERLIFE
- 25. CAUTION IS NECESSARY IN ALL MATTERS
- 26. A PERSON BECOMES OLD YET HIS GREED (HIRS) AND HOPE (AML) BECOMES YOUNGER
- 27. THE OLD MAN AND THE YOUNG WOMAN
- 28. A WISE PERSON ESTIMATES THE OUTCOME OF THINGS AND PROTECTS HIMSELF AGAINST THEM
- 29. SAFETY LIES IN SURRENDER
- 30. SECLUSION IS NECESSARY
- PART 9
- 1. DO NOT INSTIGATE A QUARREL
- 2. ETIQUETTES OF SUPPLICATION (DU’A )
- 3. PEOPLE ARE BETWEEN IGNORANCE (JAHL) AND KNOWLEDGE(ILM)
- 4. DOWRY OF PARADISE
- 5. DEALING WITH THE BELOVED
- 6. SUPPRESSING RESENTMENT
- 7. SERVICING OPPRESSORS IS OPPRESSION
- 8. DIGNITY
- 9. ADVICE FOR THE YOUTH
- 10. THE DANGER OF RHETORIC THEOLOGY (ILM AL-KALARN) FOR LAYPEOPLE
- 11. THE DISEASE OF INDULGING IN PLEASURES
- 12. CAUSES OF GOING ASTRAY
- 13. DISCIPLINING THE SELF TO BE HUMBLE AND HAVE HUMILITY IN FRONT OF ALLAH
- 14. BEING MINDFUL OF ALLAH WHEN ALONE
- 15. GUIDANCE (HIDAYAH) IS FROM ALLAH
- 16. ARROGANCE
- 17. MODERATION IN LIFE
- 18. LONELINESS IS MUCH BETTER THAN BEING IN THE COMPANY OF EVIL PEOPLE
- 19. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AWLIYA
- 20. WRETCHED PEOPLE
- 21. ALLAH IS GOOD AND ACCEPTS ONLY THE GOOD
- 22. FRUITS OF SINCERITY
- 23. JURISTS OF FITNAH
- 24. SUBMIT TO WHAT IS BEYOND YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- 25. TAKE EXAMPLE FROM YOURSELF
- 26. AWAKENING OF THE INTELLIGENT
- 27. THE TRUTHS OF RESURRECTION
- 28. SIGNS OF HIS EXISTENCE
- 29. CORRUPTED RELIGIOUSNESS
- 30. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SELF
- PART 10
- 1. THE ASCETICS OF THIS ERA ARE HYPOCRITES AND PRETENDERS
- 2. THE BELIEVER SHOULD PROTECT HIMSELF
- 3. THE BELIEVER SHOULD SAFEGUARD HIMSELF FROM WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO HAPPEN
- 4. THE SUCCESSFUL ONES CARE TO SAFEGUARD RELIGION AND BE CONTENT WITH THEIR SHARE IN LIFE
- 5. THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
- 6. INVESTIGATION AND CONSULTATION
- 7. BEWARE OF YOUR INTELLECT OTHERWISE IT WILL RUIN YOU
- 8. I BESEECH YOU BY THE GRACE YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON ME
- 9. BEING BALANCED IS PRAISEWORTHY
- 10. TEST THE ONE YOU WANT TO BEFRIEND
- 11. PEOPLE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED
- 12. KNOWLEDGE NECESSITATES FEARING ALLAH
- 13. FEARING ALLAH AFTER REPENTING
- 14. WE SEEK REFUGE WITH ALLAH FROM HAVING FAULTY UNDERSTANDING
- 15. ASCETICISM WITHOUT SINCERITY
- 16. THE WORLDLY LIFE IS A PLACE OF TRIAL
- 17. WARNING THE SCHOLARS FROM MINGLING WITH RULERS
- 18. MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE DEVIATED FROM THEIR TRUE STATE OF SERVITUDE ((UBUDIYYA) TO ALLAH
- 19. THE OUTCOME OF GOOD PATIENCE IS GOODNESS
- 20. BEING KIND TO THE WIFE IS FROM MANHOOD
- 21. HE WHO SEEKS TO DEDICATE HIMSELF FOR THE HEREAFTER NEEDS SOLITUDE
- 22. DO NOT CURSE TIME (AL-DAHR)
- 23. THE INCREASE OF REWARD IN THE HEREAFTER DEPENDS ON THE DEEDS IN THIS LIFE
- 24. KEEP THE SECRET
- 25. THE HABITS OF THE VIGILANT
- 27. PIETY IS THE VEIN OF LIFE IN GOOD HEARTS
- 28. THE RELIGIOUS ZEAL OF THE BELIEVER IS FOR THE HEREAFTER
- 29. THE PERFECTION OF IMAGE LIES IN ITS STRUCTURE
- 30. ALLAH TRANSCENDS PURPOSE AND WISDOM
- PART 11
- 1. BEING GENTLE WHEN PREACHING TO PEOPLE OF AUTHORITY
- 2. THE TRUTH CANNOT BE CONFUSED WITH FALSEHOOD
- 3. THE HAPPY ONE IS HE WHO SCRUTINISES HIMSELF
- 4. DIVERTING FROM WORLDLY PLEASURES AND ABANDONING THEM
- 5. ALLAH GIFTED HUMANS WITH INTELLECT TO ESTABLISH EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM
- 6. LET THE SLAVE TAKE PROVISIONS AS MUCH AS IS NEEDED FOR THE JOURNEY
- 7. IF YOU COUNT THE BOUNTIES OF ALLAH YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
- 8. ONE ATTAINS WHAT IT OCCUPIES HIMSELF WITH
- 9. O ALLAH, ALLOW US TO RECOGNISE THE REALITY OF EVERYTHING WE SEE
- 10. THERE IS A BENEFIT IN THE CREATION OF WHAT HARMS
- 11. INDULGING THE INTELLECT IN KNOWING THE CREATOR WILL MAKE ONE BASK IN LOVING HIM
- 12. MANAGE THE INTELLECT
- 13. CONVERSING WITH THE LAYPEOPLE
- 14. A TRUE PERSON PRESERVES THE LIMITS (HIFZ AL-HUDUD) AND SINCERITY OF DEED (IKHLAS AL-AMAL)
- 15. THE TYRANTS’ ASSISTANT IS A TYRANT AS WELL
- 16. ENVY IS HUMAN NATURE, RECTIFY IT
- 17. CHOOSE THE RELIGIOUS WOMAN OR SUFFER
- 18. THOSE DRIVEN BY DESIRE ARE NOT HOPELESS
- 19. THE WISE CONSIDERS CONSEQUENCES
- 20. DESPAIR NOT OF RELIEF FROM ALLAH
- 21. SINS RESULT FROM PURSING PLEASURES
- 22. FOLLOWING THE SOUND INTELLECT LEADS TO SAFETY
- 23. LEAVING THE UNLAWFUL PRESERVES YOUR RELIGION AND DIGNITY
- 24. VISIONS OF THE PROPHET ARE OF HIS EMBODIMENT
- 25. THE HADITH SCHOLAR MUST BE A JURIST
- 26. THE SOUND MIND (AL-AQL-AL-SALIM) IS IN THE SOUND BODY (AL-JISM AL-SALIM)
- 27. LET EACH OF YOU CONSIDER WHOM YOU BEFRIEND
- 28. THE PURPOSE OF KNOWLEDGE IS NOT MERE UNDERSTANDING OF WORDS
- 29. JURISPRUDENCE NEEDS ALL TYPES OF SCIENCES
- 30. THE RESOLVE OF EARLY SCHOLARS
- PART 12
- 1. IGNORING THE INTELLECT IN CONSIDERATION OF DEDUCTION IS NEGLIGENCE
- 2. THE DANGERS OF REVEALING SECRETS
- 3. THE SEEKER OF PEARLS MUST DIVE IN THE SEA
- 4. GIVE THE BODY WHAT IT IS USED TO
- 5. THE FOOL BRINGS ORDEALS UPON HIMSELF
- 6. BEGGING IS FROM THE WORST HUMILIATION
- 7. SOLITUDE LEADS TO A GOOD LIFE
- 8. BEING DISHEARTENED IN PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE FAILS TO ACHIEVE ONE’S DESIRE
- 9. LIFE OF PEOPLE OF TRUTH
- 10. WHOEVER HARNESSES INTELLECT IS SAFE
- 11. MINGLING WITH RULERS
- 12. THE WISE TAKE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION
- 13. LACK OF PATIENCE AGAINST DESIRES LEADS TO RUIN
- 14. COMBINING KNOWLEDGE AND DEEDS IS DIFFICULT
- 15. SELF-CONFIDENCE WITH ONE’S KNOWLEDGE IS A GRAVE CURSE
- 16. WOE TO THOSE WHO RECOGNISE PUNISHMENT YET PREFER PLEASURE
- 17. WEIGH YOUR DEEDS IN LIFE BEFORE THE SCALES OF HEREAFTER
- 18. ANIMOSITY OF RELATIVES IS DIFFICULT
- 19. GOOD MANNERS REVEAL GENTLENESS OF BODY AND CLARITY OF SOUL
- 20. NOT COMPREHENDING WISDOM SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
- 21. SIMILARITIES OF THE DAY OF ‘ID AND THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
- 22. ADVICE TO SCHOLARS AND ASCETICS
- 23. SUSPICIONS IN ASCETICISM AND THEIR CLARIFICATION
- 24. EVIDENCE FOR RESURRECTION
- 25. PREFERRING PLEASURES SQUANDERS MUCH GOOD
- 26. RELIGIOSITY DOES NOT COMPLIMENT ATTAINING OF PLEASURES
- 27. DIFFERENCES OF SCHOLARS IN PRIMARY (USUL) AND SECONDARY MATTERS (FARU’)
- 28. PLEASURES ARE MIXED WITH DISTURBANCES
- 29. FOLLOW THE QUR’AN AND THE SUNNAH TO BE GUIDED
- 30. TIME IS LIKE A SWORD
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