Mukhtasar Minhaj Al Qasidin: Towards the Hereafter

This translation of Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin is an abridged version of ibn Al-Jawzi's summary of Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali's well-known book Ihya Ulum Ad-Din.In Imam Al-Ghazalis Ihya Ulum Ad-Din (The Revitalization of Sciences of Religion) apparently has some defects that only scholars can realize such as the narrations which have been traced back to the prophet while they are fabricated or inauthentic.Therefore Imam Ibn Al-Jawziyy compiled this book free of those defects while retaining the benefits of the original book. In this book the author relied only on authentic and famous narrations and removed from or added to the original book what he seemed necessary.ContentsChapter One: ACTS OF WORSHIP1. Knowledge2. Purification and Salah3. Zakah4. Siyam5. Hajj6. The Glorious Qur'an7. Dhikr and Dua'Chapter Two: CUSTOMS1. Serving Food Sharing It and Hospitality2. Marriage3. Earning Livelihood and Subsistence4.The Lawful and the Prohibited5. Friendship and Brotherhood6. Morals of Traveling7. Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong8. Customary Evils and Commanding Rulers to Do Good and Forbid Wrong9. Manners of the ProphetChapter Three: DESTRUCTIVE FLAWS1. Within the Heart2 Spiritual Exercise for the Soul Gaining Good Morality and Remedying the Heart Diseases .3. The Appetite of Eating and Drinking and the Sexual Appetite4. The Flaws Pertaining to the Tongue5. Anger Malevolence and Envy6. Jah (Prominence and Prestige) and Riya' (Ostentation and Loving to Be Seen by People): Analysis and Remedy7. Pride Arrogance and Self-admiration8. GhururChapter Four: MEANS OF SALVATION1. Repentance2. Patience and Gratitude3. Hope and Fear4. Asceticism and Poverty5. Oneness of Allah and Trust in Him6. Love and Pleasure with Allah7. Intention Sincerity and Truthfulness8. Self-scrutiny9. Contemplation10. Remembering Death and Life after It