- Praise and dispraise of the Worldly Life
- Comparison of this life and the hereafter
- The trivial and finite nature of life in the dunya
- Seeking Allah's pleasure as the ultimate goal in this life
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
- People of righteousness and piety avoid celebrity
- The inner struggle against the love of prominence
- How the quest for status can destroy one's deen
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
- Definition of Sabr
- Types of Allah's Decrees
- Patience during times of ease and times of hardship
- The fruits of patience
- The relationship between patience(sabr) and gratitude (shukr)
- Definitions of ghurur
- Quranic evidence of the negative consequences of ghurur
- Causes of self deception
- Categories of those afflicted by self-deception
- Treatment for self-deception
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
