Breaking the Two Desires & Repentance, Patience and Gratitute

Module Description
We intend to cover from the third quarter of Ihyā’, The Qualities Leading to Perdition. The book Breaking the Two Desires and from Ihyā’s fourth quarter, The Qualities Leading to Salvation, the book on Repentance and the book on Patience and Gratitude.
Module Outline
Week | Topic | |
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Week 1 | The Book of Breaking the Two Desires – Merits of Hunger and avoiding satiety | Hadith that mention the merit of hunger. The physical and spiritual benefits found in hunger. |
Week 2 | Methods of diet when considering one’s intake and how frequently one should eat. | How to gradually lessen one’s food intake and varying durations of hunger |
Week 3 | When is hunger praiseworthy and the two afflictions needing to be avoided as a result | Eating in solitude and wanting to be known for observing a disciplined diet. |
Week 4 | The two main benefits of sexual desire. | The act of intercourse and how its pleasure is understood as a semblance of what awaits in Paradise and the main reason for procreating is to ensure the continuity of humans. |
Week 5 | The Book of Repentance | The necessity and merit of repentance |
Week 6 | Integrals for a valid repentance | How to perform repentance and when one should never doubt their repentance being accepted. |
Week 7 | Asking for forgiveness and the fruits it bears | The causational effect of Istighfar. |
Week 8 | The Book on Patience and Gratitude | The merits of patience as mentioned in the Quran and Hadith. The reality of patience and how it is shown for different situations. |
Week 9 | Gratitude and it’s states. | The merit of gratitude as mentioned in the Quran and Hadith. The reality of gratitude and the different modes it is manifested in. |
Week 10 | Gratitude and it’s states. | The merit of gratitude as mentioned in the Quran and Hadith. The reality of gratitude and the different modes it is manifested in. |
Module Text
al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad. lhya’ ‘ulum ai-din. Ten vols. Edited by lajnahtu Ilmiya Dar al-Minhaj Jeddah, Dar al-Minhaj (2011)
al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad. Lubāb al-lhya’. Edited by Mahmud Bayrutī, Dar al-Bayrūti (2021)
Ahmad, Salih al-Shāmi. al-Muhadhab min lhya’ ‘ulum ai-din. 2 vols, Damascus, Dar al-Qalam (2018)

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Location
Bury Park Community Centre, 161, 161b Dunstable Rd, Luton LU1 1BW.
Zoom: links will be provided via email
Date/Time
Starting – 13th January 2024 for 10 weeks
Saturday – 11.30am to 12.30pm
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