purification of soul
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Purification
of Soul
WhyDo We
Need to Purify our
souls?
"And Allah loves those who make themselves pure"
At-Tauba: 108
Islam
CorrectActions
Based on Qur’an& Sunnah
Iman
Correct Knowledge (aqidah)
Ihsan
Correct Motivations
Three Dimensions of Islam
Having the correct motivations means purifying our souls from
hypocrisy, caprice, heedlessness, and everything
else that keeps us from serving Allah SWT for His sake alone.
This purification of the soul is called tazkiyah.
Types of Hearts
Sick Heart Healthy Heart Dead Heart
Arrogance
MiserlinessResentment
Jealousy
Arrogance
Lets Analyse!
Suspect Yourself
Symptoms:
- Self Praise- Self Likeness- Disobedience of Allah- Feeling Higher than Others- Not making Du’a
Arrogance means
“rejecting the truth and
looking down on people.”
1st Stage
2nd Stage
3rd Stage
Its Like Cancer
Vanity
Pride
Arrogance
VanityCauses:- Some Quality we Possess
- People’s Praise
Symptoms:- What will I wear today?- What do I eat today?
- What People Think of me?- How do I look in this Pose & How about in that?- Thinking that people just think about us.
Thoughts
Words
Don’t be Sad!
Its Curable!
Pride
Symptoms:- Boasts & brags about own self- Talk about own self- Discussing ourselves- Discussing our routine, our family, our kids etc.
Words
Actions
Don’t Worry! There is Hope……
Symptoms:- The feeling of superiority- Considering oneself to be great- Contempt for others- Mocking Others- Not Listening Attentively- Planning & Plotting against those who
don’t listen to our ideas
"He who has a grain of pride in his heart will not enter Jannat."
Arrogance
Arrogance
About Self With Allah
FamilyBeautyWealthStatusPower
Knowledge
No SalahNo ZakatNo Hajj
Disobedience
No Sunnah
Media(Promoting Face Beauty)
Superiority Complex
Inferiority Complex
Cure
Stop Talking about Yourself!Reduce Mirror Time
Don’t Comment on OthersDon’t Over Praise Others!
Don’t Compare One with anotherReflect on Allah’s Splendour
Ask Allah for Help
Stinginess"He who is stingy is in fact stingy
because of his nafs.“ Qur’an
"Save yourself from Bukhl, for it has destroyed nations before you"
Stinginess
Allah People Emotions Time
FamilyFriendsGuests
Servants
SalamHappiness
SadnessKindness
SalahZakatHajjFasts
Obedience
WorkDawahDeen
Ibadahs
Some Other Diseases
"Jealousy devours good deeds like fire devours wood."
Name: JealousyType: Chronic heart diseaseCause: love of world, someone have a blessing you don’t haveAnalysis: lower respect
Symptoms:-To be displeased with another's good position- To wish for its elimination -
Cure: 1. Accept that you are Jealous2. Praise the one you are jealous of3. Discuss his good qualities with others4. Turn to Allah and ask him to lift the jealousy from your heart
Name: LazinessType: Chronic heart diseaseCause: weak heart, lack of fearAnalysis: lower grades and weight gain Symptoms:-getting a heavy heart when any work is mentioned-postponing everything until he last moment-always being burdened with work-never doing your chores-always trying to enjoy-overeating to forget your problems Cure: 1. Accept that you are lazy2. Get up 2 hours early for one week and complete your work, so it doesn’t conflict with your schedule3 eating less will make you more active4. Turn to Allah and ask him to lift the laziness from your heart
“avoiding work will get you nothing but move work”-
Name: ObsessionType: heart diseaseCause: lack of knowledge and understandingAnalysis: highly contagious Symptoms:-only thinking and talking about one certain thing-lack of sleep due to fantasizing-constantly relating everyday things to one specific thing-trying to find ways to do that thing all the time-losing track of family and studies
Cure: 1. Accept that you are obsessed2. Stay away from that specific thing, at first t will be hard but you’ll get used to it3. Turn to one thing that you should be thinking of all the time. Islam
Name: HypocrisyType: fatal heart diseaseCause: love for worldly things, lack of fearAnalysis: causes hatred and self conflict Symptoms:-acting like an angel in front of your parents but doing horrible things with your friends-showing respect to teachers when they look at you, but as soon as they turn away mocking them-telling people to stop doing something you just finished doing-acting good infont of one friend and bad infront of the other Cure: 1.Accept that you have been inflicted by hypocrisy2. Act the way you act at home at school3. Pray for forgiveness
Name: Lying Type: Soul & heart disease Cause: Pride Analysis: Social Rejection
Symptoms: - when hearing someone talk about something you have never heard of before you claim that you have heard it - you find it difficult to admit that you have not read or watched something that is of high popularity- you feel like you would take any course of action to be in the crowd- You break promises and trespass on the trust of those that are
close and far to you.
Cure:1. Accept that you lie. 2. The next time you converse with someone keep in mind that you don’t have to lie to impress them; in fact if you stick to the truth you will probably impress them more. Try to remain bonded to the truth and Insha’Allah Allah will reward you.4. Stop trying to please people and turn to please Allah
Acting fake will earn you fake friends, and speaking the truth will earn you true friends”
Cure:1. Accept that you lie. 2. The next time you converse with someone keep in mind that you don’t have to lie to impress them; in fact if you stick to the truth you will probably impress them more. Try to remain bonded to the truth and Insha’Allah Allah will reward you.4. Stop trying to please people and turn to please Allah
NOTES: the prophet (SAWS) said a Muslim can not be a liar…Apart from this keep in mind that if you are ever caught lying by someone you know then the respect they have for you will fall dramatically, this level of respect may possibly even push down to nothing.
Quotes: “Acting fake will earn you fake friends, and speaking the truth will earn you true friends”-
Qiyam al LailNawafil Qur’anDu’aDhikr
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