The Mother of Diseases
Umm al-Amrāḍ — ام الامراض
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About this book
A collection on the condemnation of arrogance, its signs and its cure, drawn from the discourses of Shaykh Muḥammad Zakariyyā Kandhlawi (Raḥimahullāh), along with sayings of the Mashāyikh and points of reflection for the pious.
Contents
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Introduction
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Introduction and Purpose of Writing
A Statement of the Spiritual Pole, Imām ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʿrānī
Guidance of the Spiritual Imām, Haḍrat Gangohī̄ (Raḥimahullāh)
I
Condemnation of Arrogance
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Condemnation of Arrogance (Qurʾānic Verses)
Arrogance is More Severe than Disbelief
Worldly Harms of Arrogance
Definition of Arrogance
Sayings of the Elders Regarding Arrogance and Humility
The Story of Haḍrat Junayd (Raḥimahullāh)
Whoever Establishes Humility for Himself is Arrogant
Sayings of the Shaykh of the Time (Dāmat Barakātuhum)
The Natural Disposition of Haḍrat Shaykh al-Hind (Raḥimahullāh)
A Saying of Haḍrat Nānotwī̄ (Raḥimahullāh)
The Jurists Have Written that Performing Wuḍūʾ from a Pond is More Virtuous
An Incident of Shaykh Andalusī (Raḥimahullāh)
An Incident of an Alchemist
A Letter of Haḍrat Mujaddid Ṣāḥib (Raḥimahullāh)
Levels and Degrees of Arrogance
II
Signs of Arrogance
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Signs of Arrogance
The Worst Trait of Arrogance
The Condition of Some Qurʾān Reciters, A Discussion by Imām al-Ghazālī (Raḥimahullāh)
The Rank and Virtue of the Qurʾān Reciters
An Important Warning
Situations in Which Backbiting and Listening to It are Permissible
III
Treatment
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Treatment
Forty Days with the Tablīghī Jamāʿah
Some Other Methods of Developing Humility
A Moment of Reflection for the Pious
Objections and Answers
Guidance of Haḍrat Shaykh al-Hadīth (Dāma Majdahum)
Statements of Haḍrat Shāh Sayyid Aḥmad Shahīd (Raḥimahullāh) Regarding the Travellers on the Path of Truth