Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din – The Revival of the Religious Sciences – Vol 1
Imam Ghazali
Paperback, 352 Pages, Black&White
6 x 9 Inches
Dar Ul Thaqafah
In Ihya ‘Ulum ad-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), the author explores the spiritual depth of virtually every aspect of Islam. The book presents Imam al-Ghazali’s profound insights regarding man’s lifelong struggle to draw closer to Allah in a simple framework, providing the reader with a step-by-step tried and proven method for spiritual development. The result is an essential guide to improving one’s relationship with both the Creator and the creation and a perfect introduction to Imam al-Ghazali’s other great works.
About the Author
The Proof of Islam Imam Abu Hamid Muḥammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (d. 1111)-jurist, legal theorist, logician, theologian, and mystic was a master of both the outer and inner sciences of the Shari’ah who is regarded by many as the greatest Muslim thinker to have lived after the Pious Predecessors. Credited with dealing a death blow to Aristotelian philosophy in the Muslim world and bringing authentic Islamic spirituality into the mainstream, his life and thoughts were highly influential in shaping medieval society’s spiritual values and practices and are no less relevant today.
Table of Contents:
CHAPTER I Acquisition of Knowledge
Excellence of Learning
Praiseworthy and blameworthy
Imam Abu Hanifa
Imam Shafai
Imam Malik
Blameworthy Sciences
Harms of the science of polemics and evils
Manners to be observed by teachers and students
Evil of Knowledge and signs of the learned Intellect and its noble nature
CHAPTER II Foundation of Belief
Foundation of belief
Proof of belief
God’s attributes based on ten principles
Rules of Articles of Belief
CHAPTER III Mysteries of Cleanliness
Mysteries of Cleanliness
Purification from impurities
Purification of the body from excrement
Cleansing the external bodily growths
CHAPTER IV Prayer
Excellence of prayer
Open actions in prayer
Internal conditions
Imamate
Merits of Juma Prayer
Prayers other than obligatory prayers
CHAPTER V Zakat
Different kinds of Zakat
Payment of Zakat and its conditions
Fitness for receiving Zakat
Optional Charity and its excellence
CHAPTER VI Fasting
Fasting
Six compulsory duties of Fast
Secrets of Fast
Optional fasts and its rules
CHAPTER VII Secrets of Pilgrimage Secretes of Pilgrimage
Eight Duties of Haj from first to last Ten secret things of Haj
CHAPTER VIII Recitation of the Quran
Recitation of the Quran
Excellence of the Quran
External rules of reciting the Quran Internal rules of the Quran reading To interpret the Quran according
CHAPTER IX Zikr and invocations
Excellence of Zikr
Tasbih, Tahmid and other Zikrs Selected Invocations
CHAPTER X Division of times for actions
The excellence of night worship
