Tazkiyah – Dr Hatem (Elhagaly) Al-Haj
Reference Book: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by Ahmed ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Reference Book: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by Ahmed ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Category: Tazkiyah
Tazkiyah – Ghurur (Self-Deceipt)
- 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
Tazkiyah – Pride, Arrogance and Self-Admiration
- The three levels of kibr (pride)
- Evidence of the seriousness of kibr as a sin
- Manifestations of pride in worship
- Remedy for pride and arrogance
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
Tazkiyah – Riya (Showing Off)
- The root of riya
- Riya in worship as a form of minor shirk
- Levels of riya and when riya is haram, makruh or mubah
- The “hidden riya”
- Evil consequences of riya
- Remedies for riya
- Evidence from the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah on the importance of steadfastness of doing things for the sake of Allah
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
Tazkiyah – Jah (Prestige)
- 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
Tazkiyah
Tazkiyah – Dr Hatem (Elhagaly) Al-Haj
Reference Book: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by Ahmed ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Reference Book: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by Ahmed ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Tazkiyah – Miserliness and Generosity
- The Prophet’s (saw) as the perfect role model for generosity
- Other examples of generosity from the sunnah
- Giving for the sake of Allah vs. just giving
- The dangers of miserliness
- Miserliness not limited to wealth alone
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
Advantages and Disadvantages of Wealth
The purpose of wealth
- Vices related to wealth
- When poverty is praiseworthy
- Remedies for greed
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
Tazkiyah – Worldly Life
- 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
Envy (Hasad)
- Permissible types of envy
- Forbidden types of envy
- Main causes of envy: Self-pride/Competition, Enmity and Wickedness.
- How to remedy envy