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Mentioning Hajj, Its Virtues and an Encouragement to Undertake It
We will now continue our translation from Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali’s work, Lata’if al-Ma’arif. In this section, he begins a discussion of the Hajj and some of its virtues, pp. 400-402.
It is related in the…
Article: The Foundation of Spiritual States
You should know, may God have mercy on you, that truthfulness and sincerity are the foundations of every spiritual state. Patience, contentment, true asceticism, pleasure, and intimacy are branches of truthfulness. While sincerity branches out into certitude, fear, love, majesty, shyness, and magnifying [God]. Each believer has a place in one of these stations, which he passes, and which then is the state he is known by.
Hence, it is said of him, fearful, yet he has hope; or hopeful, but he has fear; patient, but he has satisfaction; loving, but he has shyness. The strength or weakness of every state is proportionate to the faith and spiritual maturity of the servant.
The foundation of each of these states has three signs by which it is known. Truthfulness is in three things, which are not complete without it: Truthfulness of the heart…
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treatise for the seekers of guidance
A Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance deals with the purification of the soul and has been translated in its entirety and explained with an in depth commentary. This new literary work with moving translation and insightful narrative will prove to be invaluable literature of enduring benefit, and is astoundingly relevant for our individual lives and society at large.
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