ABOUT THE BOOK


The book is the English version of Imam Ghazzali's Ihya Ulum-ud-Dir.. It deals with worship and divine service. Imam Abu-Hamid al-Ghazzali is unquestionably the greatest theologian of Islam and one of its noblest and most original thinkers. He was bom in 1058 A.D. at Tu s, wherehe died in 1111. He reproduced in his religious experience all the spiritual phases developed by Islam.

REVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS LEARNINGS

A deep influence

The mysticism of this work vitalized the law its orthodoxy leavened the doctrine of Islam. In it and such other works of his as Falihal-al-Ulutn, Tahafut of Falasifah, Iqtisad fi-al-Itiqad, orthodox speculation reached its culminating point.

Chapter 1 Book of Knowledge Part 1
  • Acquisition of Knowledge
  • Excellence of Learning

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Chapter 1 Book of Knowledge Part 2
  • Praiseworthy and blameworthy learnings
  • Four Imams

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Chapter 1 Book of Knowledge Part 3
  • Meanings of some words now changed
  • Manners to be observed by teachers and students

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Chapter 1 Book of Knowledge Part 4
  • Signs of the learned of the Hereafter
  • Intellect and its noble nature

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Chapter 2 Foundation of Belief
  • Proof of belief
  • Attributes and actions of God
  • Rules of articles of belief
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Chapter 3 Mysteries of Cleanliness
  • Purification from impurites
  • Purification of body and mind
  • Clieansing the external Bodily growths
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Chapter 4 Signifcance of Prayer
  • Stories of prayer of God fearing men
  • Merits of Jumma Prayer
  • Optional prayers
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Chapter 5 Zakat
  • Some subtle rules of Zakat
  • Merits of optional Charity
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Chapter 6 Fasting
  • Optional fasts and its rules
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Chapter 7 Pilgrimage
  • Ten secret things of Haj
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Chapter 8 Recitation of the Quran
  • External and internal rules of reciting
  • Individual Interpretation
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Chapter 9 Zikr and Invocation
  • Rules of invocations
  • Invocations of sages
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Chapter 10 Division of Time for Actions
  • Merits of Night Prayer
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