Category: Purification of the Heart

Leaving Sin
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Leaving Sin

وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ  [6:120] سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ [37:180-182] Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in the Qur’an-e-karim: وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ [6:120] Leave all sins that you do; the ones that you commit outwardly, and the ones that you commit inwardly. This ayah has two meanings 1. Leave all the outward […]

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8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student
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8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِين “And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.” (51:55) * The script within square brackets are Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed[db]’s personal comments on the text of the letter. Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah wrote a letter to one of his students and this student was a graduate from the Madrassa (Islamic Institution of Learning) that Imam Al-Ghazali was teaching […]

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Tazkiya – Spiritual Purification
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Tazkiya – Spiritual Purification

Allah swt has mentioned the word ‘Tazkiya at many different places in the Qur’an-e-karim قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا [91:9-10] قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّى وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى [87:14-15] وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ [2:174] This word tazkiya means to become pure. There are two ways a person can become pure – either a person is pure or they are purified; […]

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