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Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | Praiseworthy Heedlessness

ONE DAY, WE attended the burial of a young man. He had died when life was at its best for him. As we were waiting for the grave to be prepared I beheld the funeral goers engaged in much denouncement of the…

Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | Ignorant Ascetics

WHAT MADE ME esteem knowledge so? Here’s one experience. I beheld a group of people who distracted themselves from learning on the pretext that they had instead dedicated themselves to Allah’s worship. The result? They failed to attain to the practical realities…

Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | How to Prioritize Islamic Sciences Learning

IN MY EXPERIENCE, avidity in acquiring something tends to rob one of the benefit for which one so avidly sought to obtain it in the first place. So, for example, we see that one who covetously gathers wealth and acquires it in…

Calling the ‘Self’ to Account

ON THE DAY of Judgment, people will divide into two groups: Those who undergo an easy reckoning ( ḥisâban yasîran) and those subjected to a harsh one ( ḥisâban ʿasîran). The destiny of the former is all pleasure and bliss, that of…

Translations from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers)

The Proper Way to Contemplate the Quran THREE THINGS AID proper contemplation (tafakkur): (1) Thinking of the transience and shortness of this life and avoiding long hopes; (2) reflecting on the Quran; and (3) avoiding corruptions that ail the heart. To recognize…

Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Adab (Etiquette) – 2

Beautiful article on having proper adab with the Messenger (saw): "Abdullah ibn Al-Mubarak, God have mercy on him, said: "Whoever is neglectful of adab is punished by the missing of sunnas [recommended acts], and whoever is neglectful of sunnas is punished by…

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Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | Praiseworthy Heedlessness

Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | Ignorant Ascetics

Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | How to Prioritize Islamic Sciences Learning

Calling the ‘Self’ to Account

Translations from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers)

Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Adab (Etiquette) – 2

Translations from Madarij Al-Salikin by Imam Ibn Al-Qaiyym: The Station of Humility

Translation From Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) of Ibn Al-Qayyim

Translation from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Remembrance (Thikr) | Part 2

Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | Humum Al-Faqr (The Anguishes of Poverty)