Category: Tazkiyah

• Evidence of the tongue as a major source of vice
• The Virtue of Silence and Contemplation
• Types of Flaws of the Tongue   
  • Frivolous talk – Speaking about Meaningless/insignificant matters
  • Engaging in Falsehood
  • Speaking Boastfully

Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah

• Controlling one’s desires for food, drink and sex
• Evidence of the need for moderation in eating in the Sunnah
• The two tests: Abstaining and abstaining from want of praise/ostentation
• The purpose of sex in Islam
• Controlling excessiveness in sexual desire.

• Pursuit of good morality as a life long pursuit
• Characteristics of those with good morals as mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah
• How to instill good character in children
• The three conditions of building good character
• The four kinds of hearts.

• Signs of the diseases of the heart
• Why it is difficult to diagnose the heart diseases
• Bringing yourself to a position of moderation as an antidote
• The highest station: when desires are in accordance to the Qu’ran and Sunnah
• Four means of identifying your shortcomings

Tazkiyah – Dr Hatem (Elhagaly) Al-Haj
Reference Book: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by Ahmed ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi

• Good Morals as a reflection of an inner state of being
• Hypocrisy as a sign of inconsistency between the interior and exterior
• The importance of the soul in Islam
• Finding a balance between excessiveness and abandonment
• Difference between hypocrisy and practicing what you are not (good character) for the sake of improvement

• Evidence of the importance of purifying one’s soul in the Qur’an
• Allah purifies whom He wills
• The need for active preparation of the heart and starting with one’s own nafs
• The role of Tawakkul in Tazkiyah