Mukhtasar Minhaj Al Qasidin

<p>This volume is an authoritative abridgment of Ibn al-Jawzī's <em>Minhāj al-Qāṣidīn</em> itself a refined recension of Imām al-Ghazālī's <em>Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn</em>. The work distills the juristic ethical and spiritual architecture of early Sunnī scholarship into a structured four-part framework grounded in Qur'ān Sunnah and the inherited method of uṣūl al-fiqh. The manuscript opens with acts of worship-knowledge purification ṣalāh zakāh ṣawm ḥajj Qur'ān and dhikr-presented through their legal foundations and devotional rationale.</p><p>The second chapter treats customs and social dealings: hospitality marriage livelihood lawful and unlawful earning brotherhood travel ethics and al-amr bi'l-maʿrūf. The third section examines destructive flaws of the soul-anger appetite pride ostentation envy and the diseases of the heart-offering a disciplined analysis of their causes and prescribed remedies. The final chapter outlines the means of salvation: repentance patience gratitude fear hope zuhd tawḥīd trust sincerity intention self-scrutiny contemplation and remembrance of death.</p><p>Drawing exclusively upon the manuscript this edition maintains juristic sobriety and textual restraint providing scholars students and libraries with a reliable doorway into classical Islamic legal-ethical literature.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gist of Subjects Covered in the Book </strong></p><ul><li><ul><li><strong>Foundations of Worship and Faith</strong></li><li> Acts of devotion including prayer charity fasting pilgrimage Qur'an remembrance of Allah and supplication.</li><li><strong>Social Customs and Everyday Conduct</strong></li><li> Islamic guidelines on food marriage earning a livelihood social interactions enjoining good and prophetic manners.</li><li><strong>Inner Corruption and Its Remedies</strong></li><li> Analysis of spiritual diseases such as pride anger envy ostentation and their treatment through self-discipline and ethical reform.</li><li><strong>Path to Salvation and Spiritual Growth</strong></li><li> Virtues like repentance patience sincerity love for Allah and remembrance of death-central tools for personal transformation and nearness to God.</li></ul></li></ul><p></p>