Shaykh al-Sulami's Wasiyyah: Practical Spiritual Advice for Muslim Self-Care
Shaykh al-Sulami's Wasiyyah: Practical Spiritual Advice for Muslim Self-Care

Author: Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami

Publisher: Islamosaic

Published: 2020-03-24

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1944904166

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The Wasiyyah of Shaykh Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī contains forty-six counsels. Each counsel concerns actions Allah and His Messenger (may Allah bless him and give him peace) have commanded us to perform or avoid. Each of the actions in the counsels impacts one’s physical, moral, and spiritual well-being and development. The book is a lighter, kinder, and gentler companion to his "Infamies of the Soul and Their Treatments." Read together, these two provide a practical toolkit and plan for self-care and development.

Infamies of the Soul and Their Treatments
Infamies of the Soul and Their Treatments

Author: Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami

Publisher: Islamosaic

Published: 2018-11-12

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1944904115

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Infamies of the soul (ʿUyūb al-nafs) is one of Islam’s earliest comprehensive theories for the purification of the soul. In this short guide, the hadith narrator, Shāfiʿī legist, and historian of the early sufis, Imam Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī, presents sixty-nine wicked traits and habits of the soul, including anger, laziness, negligence, self-pity, envy, avarice, lying, and pride. Each infamy is described with its common causes and treatments, usually with relevant Prophetic narrations and statements from early Muslim sages. These infamies incline the soul towards evil and self-reproach. Treating them restores its serenity and certainty. With this translation, English readers can now benefit from the simplicity and practicality of Imam al-Sulamī’s classic self-help manual that Arabic readers have utilized for the past millennium.

Ibn Juzay's Sufic Exegesis
Ibn Juzay's Sufic Exegesis

Author: Ibn Juzay Al-Kalbi

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-22

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9781944904050

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Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi began his exegesis of the Quran with an introduction to the various disciplines related to explaining the Quran. One of these topics he included is sufism. The basic concern of sufism is the heart: knowing its good and bad qualities, how to rid it of bad qualities, and how to instill it with the good. Sufism is connected to the Quran since the Quran mentions divine knowledge, struggling against the self (nafs), and illuminating and purifying hearts via obtaining praiseworthy character and avoiding blameworthy character. In his tafsir he then covers twelve of these topics: thanks (shukr); Godfearingness (taqwa); remembrance (dhikr); patience (sabr); tawhid; love for Allah; reliance upon Him (tawakkul); vigilance (mur'qabah); fear and hope (khawf and raja); repentance (tawbah); and sincerity (ikhl?).

The Way of Sufi Chivalry
The Way of Sufi Chivalry

Author: Ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami

Publisher: Inner Traditions

Published: 1991-04-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780892813179

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A highly respected Sufi saint and scholar of the 10th century, Ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami compiled this book as a guide to enlightened behavior for the spiritual aspirant. In its pages, he records the teachings of renowned spiritual masters (available for the first time in English translation) as well as tales and quotations from the Koran and Hadith. The teachings reveal the true meaning of compassion, love, friendship, generosity, and hospitality, as well as the right actions associated with these virtues. According to the Sufis, Futuwwah is a code of honorable behavior that follows the example of the prophets, saints, and sages. By adhering to its precepts, the student learns detachment from the ego. The Way of Sufi Chivalry addresses the reader directly, providing the aspirant of today with living guidance on the path of perfection and the way of Sufism.

The Hadj
The Hadj

Author: Michael Wolfe

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 080219219X

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With this impassioned memoir, an American convert to Islam “lifts the veil on this ancient and sacred duty” of making a pilgrimage to Mecca (Publishers Weekly). The hadj, or sacred journey, is the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are enjoined to make once in their lifetimes. One of the world’s oldest religious rites, the hadj has continued without break for fourteen centuries. It is, like most things Islamic, shrouded in mystery for Westerners. Here, Michael Wolfe, an American-born writer and recent Muslim convert, recounts his experiences on this journey. Wolfe begins his narrative in Marrakech, Morocco. Beginning with the month-long fast of Ramadan, he immerses himself in the traditional Muslim life of Morocco. Then, in Tangier, he visits mystics and the American author Paul Bowles. From there, he journeys to Mecca, the sacred desert city in Saudi Arabia closed to all but Muslims. Though the buildup to the Gulf War hovers in the background, the age-old rites of the hadj are what most preoccupy Wolfe. His experience profoundly strengthens his bond to the faith he has embraced as an outsider, making it personal and alive. At a time when the eyes of the world are on Islam, The Hadj offers a much-needed look at its human face.

Connecting to the Quran
Connecting to the Quran

Author: Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya Al-Nawawi

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781944904135

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The key secret to unlocking the Quran and experiencing its innumerable benefits and wisdoms, and receiving its endless guidance is that one must approach it the right way: with "adab." This book explains the right conduct of the bearers of the Quran, and the characteristics of its memorizers and students.

A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine
A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

Author: Ibn Daud

Publisher: Ibn Daud Books

Published: 2022-04-05

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9781838049201

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This spiritual guide to the self is a handbook of tazkiyah or 'self-purification'. Not only does it illustrate the maladies of the human spiritual condition, it recognises the struggles and insecurities we all succumb to from time to time, and offers up the remedies too. The antidotes to our ailments are drawn from Qur'anic verses and authenticate ahadith (Prophetic sayings), inspiring mindfulness of the Almighty Cherisher (SWT) and His Beloved Prophet (PBUH). This guidebook, drawing on the 11th and 12th Century works of the 'Proof of Islam' and the wondrous sage, Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali can be applied to our busy lives in the modern, hi-tech era, and will prove accessible to people of all ages, all denominations: believers and non-believers alike.

Etiquette with the Quran
Etiquette with the Quran

Author: Abu Zakariyya Yahya bin Sharaf Al-Nawawi

Publisher: Islamosaic

Published: 2013-06-14

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780985884031

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An enduring classic work on the etiquette that a Muslim must or should have with regard to handling and reciting the Quran (the Muslim scripture). The topics this volume raises include: ritual cleanliness, opportune times for recitation, the etiquette that students have with their teachers (and that teachers must have with their students), and variety of other issues that every Muslim should know and frequently ask about.