The Revival of the Religious Sciences By Imam, the Proof of Islam, Muhammad Al Ghazali He passed in Tus in the year 505 ah. It is the most elite book of admonition and its greatest. It was said, if all the books of Islam were gone and this remained, it would be sufficient. It is categorized into four quarters: the quarter of Worshipping Activities, the quarter of Daily Habits, the quarter of Self Destructive Behaviors, and finally the quarter about Salvation Activities. Each quarter has ten books. 1 Worshipping Activities Knowledge, Principles of Faith, the Secret of Purity, the Secret of Prayers, the Secret of Charity, the Secret of Fasting, the Secret of Pilgrimage, Recitation of Koran, Daily Remembrance, (Awrad) Personal Continuous Habits. 2 Daily Habits Manner of Eating, Manner of Livelihood, Manner of Marriage, the Lawful and the Forbidden, Manner of Companionship, Hermitage, Manner of Traveling, Listening, (re)Enforcing the Good, Manner of Lifestyle, the Ethics of Prophethood. 3 Self Destructive Behaviors Explaining the Wonders of the Heart, Training the Self, Shortcoming of the Two Desires, Shortcoming of the Tongue, Shortcoming of Anger, Condemning this Life, Condemning Money and Wealth, Condemning Influence and Showing Off, Condemning Pride, Arrogance, and Deception. 4 Salvation Attributes Repentance, Patience and Giving Thanks, Fear and Hope, Poverty and Going Without, The Oneness of God, Love, Intention and Sincerity, Watchfulness, Contemplation, Remembering Death. Praise be to Allah the High, in the beginning, with lots of praise When this book first arrived in Morocco, a Morrocan scholar rejected a few things, and wrote a book called, Dictation in Response to Ahya. Then he saw a vision which was a miracle for Ghazali and his pure intention. That scholar repented as reported by Ibn Suqqi in his Tabaqat (Layers of Scholars). Ghazali surprised people by the unique layout and style of his book. As far as Hadith and Prophetic sayings, some people objected that he did not stick to special ranks of authenticity, though he did not mention a single false Hadith. Al Hafiz Al Iraqi, who passed in 806 ah has written two books to defend the Hadith reported in Ghazali, one large one in 751 ah and a shorter one. This one is printed in many a margin in editions of Ghazali. He wrote the smaller one in 760 ah as an abridgement and follow up for some hadtih he searched out for 9 years. Ibn Hajar found even more. 751Al Iraqis large volume supporting Ahya with a hold on several Hadith for research 760Al Iraqis Abridgement of above, including those previously on hold 806Death of Al Hafiz Al Iraqi ???Ibn Hajar wrote a volume following up on his teacher Al Iraqis support of Ghazali 852Death of Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani 897Zain Adeen Kazim Qatalubagha wrote a book and added further support of Ghazali ???Sheikh Muhammad Al Ajluni wrote Best Ghazali abridgement 1/10th in size 812Death of Sheikh Muhammad Al Ajluni |
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