About The Book

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 recognizes 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’ānic verses and authentic ahādīth (Prophetic sayings), inspiring mindfulness of the Almighty Cherisher and His Beloved Prophet. This guidebook, drawing on the 11th and 12th Century works of the ‘Proof of Islam’ and wondrous sage, Imām Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī, 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.

This guidebook, drawing on the 11th and 12th Century works of the ‘Proof of Islam’ and wondrous sage, Imām Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī, 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.

Ibn Daud has presented a fresh exposition of this traditional science in a contemporary format that can be applied to busy lives in the modern, hi-tech era. Its tabular design and colorful traffic light approach make it easy to reference for a new generation. Ibn Daud also presents the real and potential negative impact that social media has on our spiritual growth, and compares this with practical ways that its influence can be harnessed for benefit.

Ibn Daud draws from 1000+ Qur’ānic verses and authentic ahādīth, inspiring mindfulness of the Almighty Cherisher and His Beloved Prophet, as well as drawing on the 11th and 12th Century works of the ‘Proof of Islam’ and wondrous sage, Imām Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī.

Contents:

• A Continual Cycle of Self-Purification 

• How to Use this Book

1. Anger

2. Antipathy Towards Death

3. Blameworthy Modesty

4. Boasting, Arrogance & Pride

5. Displeasure with Blame or Disapproval

6. Displeasure with the Divine Decree

7. Envy

8. Extravagance

9. False Hope

10. Fantasizing

11. Fear of Poverty

12. Fraud

13. Hard-Heartedness

14. Hatred

15. Heedlessness

16. Iniquity

17. Love of the World

18. Miserliness

19. Mockery

20. Negative Feelings

21. Obliviousness to Blessings or Ingratitude

22. Ostentation or Showing Off

23. Relying on Other than Allah

24. Seeking Reputation

25. Vanity

26. Wantonness or Greed