Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship

This text covers those dimensions of Islamic rituals of worship - prayer, alsmgiving, fasting and pilgrimage - which are considered essential to inner fulfilment.

Religion & Spirituality

Abû Hâmid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazâlî

Holland, Muhtar

Islam

The Islamic Foundation

Al-Ghazzali begins his masterful Alchemy of Happiness with the topic based on the famous Tradition of the Prophet, "One who knows one's self, knows one's Lord." In al-Ghazzali's view, everything begins by knowing who you are. He says that you should know that you are born with an outer form and an inner essence and it is that inner essence or the spiritual heart that you hve to come to know in order to know who you are.

Al-Ghazzali On Knowing Yourself and God

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This is the third and fourth topic of the Introduction of al-Ghazzali to his masterful work Alchemy of Happiness. In addition to knowing yourself and God, you need to have some idea about this world and the Hereafter. According to al-Ghazzali, without an understanding of the passing nature of this world and the permanence of the Hereafter, you may operate out of a different set of values than the ones with which the Creator blessed you.

Al-Ghazzali On Knowing This World and the Hereafter (Great Books of the Islamic World)

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In Book XII of Part Two of the Alchemy of Happiness entitled On Mutual Relations, al-Ghazzali discusses the benefits and harms of marriage, the manner of contract and its rules, the qualities a man should look for in a wife and the qualities a wife should look for in a husband among other topics.

Al-Ghazzali On Marriage (Alchemy of Happiness)

Al-Ghazzali addresses the spiritual reward and virtue of seeking the lawful, the degrees of the lawful and the unlawful, the separation of the lawful from the unlawful, stipends given by rulers, and the relations with rulers and the officials of rulers. This selection is Book XIV of Part Two of the Alchemy of Happiness entitled On Mutual Relations.

al-Ghazzali On the Lawful, the Unlawful and the Doubtful

For al-Ghazzali, the duties of friendship and brotherhood in association with people include that friendship be for the sake of true love of God Most High. He describes enmity for the sake of God Most High and the degrees of anger against the opponents of God Most High. He also discusses the rights and conditions of association and friendship and the rights of Muslims, neighbors, relatives, mothers and fathers, children and captives in war. This selection is Book XV of Part Two of the Alchemy of Happiness.

Al-Ghazzali On the Duties of Brotherhood

Al-Ghazzali discusses the difficult issues involved in listening to music and attaining ecstasy through topics like what is unlawful and what is lawful, where listening to music is unlawful, the effects of music and its rules of conduct and the rules of conduct of the whirling dance (sama). This is Book XVIII of Part Two of the Alchemy of Happiness entitled On Mutual Relations.

Al-Ghazzali On Listening to Music (Great Books of the Islamic World)

Al-Ghazzali addresses the necessity of enjoining good (amr al-maruf) and forbidding wrong (nahy an al-munkar), the conditions of safeguarding public morality, the fear of the consequences that may occur to oneself from trying to safeguard public morality, the rules of conduct for the guardian of public morality and objectionable acts that are common in custom. This selection is Book XIX of Part Two of the Alchemy of Happiness entitled On Mutual Relations.

Al-Ghazzali On Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong

Al-Ghazzali places great emphasis on the virtue and spiritual reward of having a good disposition. He also discusses how to recognize the sicknesses of the spiritual heart, the signs of a good character, the raising and training of children, and the prerequisites of becoming a disciple. This is Book XXI of Part Three of the Alchemy of Happiness entitled The Destroyers.

Al-Ghazzali On Disciplining the Self (Alchemy of Happiness - the Destroyers)

Al-Ghazzali speaks out against the harms of the tongue like lying and backbiting or maliciously damaging another's reputation as destroyers of one's achieving a good disposition. He also speaks on the spiritual reward of silence and what to do when one is praised. This is Book XXIII of Part Three of the Alchemy of Happiness entitled The Destroyers.

Al-Ghazzali On the Treatment of the Harms of the Tongue (Great Books of the Islamic World)

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