Khuṭbāt-e-Ḥakīm al-Ummat, Volume 1

I Al-Murād: The Objective ›

Purpose of the Discourse Contemplation (Tadabbur) in the Qurʾān Standard Translations The Necessity of a Teacher Benefits of Recitation (Tilāwat) The Importance of Deeds The Fruit of Intention Resolve and Capability The Darkness of Sin The Importance of Intention This World and the Hereafter Subtleties and Nuances Method of Annotation

II Al-Dunyā: This World ›

Love of the World The Virtues of Women The Importance of the Home The Reality of Ownership Man’s Helplessness The Various Conditions of Man Everything is a Trust (Amānat) The Trial of Children The End of Nimrod Children as a Blessing Children as a Burden The Benefits of Speaking Little

III Gharīb al-Dunyā: A Stranger in the World ›

The Reason for Choosing This Topic The Residents of the World are Travellers Everyone is Certain of Death But One Does Not Act on What One Knows The Example of the Strong-Hearted Elders The Condition of the Hard-Hearted The Story of Shaykh Chillī The Story of Shaykh Saʿdī Consider Death to be Near The Reality of the Abode of the World The Levels of Renunciation of the World (Zuhd fī al-Dunyā) The Secret of Iblīs’s Error Man Possesses Free Will and Volition The Reality of Hope and Expectation Man is Naturally Greedy An Incident of Sayyidunā Mūsā (peace be upon him) A Detailed Explanation of Renunciation of the World Do Not Take Pride in Knowledge Maintain a Relationship with the World According to Need An Example of Misplaced Reliance The Station of Sayyidunā Jibrīl (peace be upon him) The Gnostics are the Linguists of Prophethood The Prohibition of Possessions Beyond Need A Malady More Prevalent Among Women Live in the World as a Stranger Without a Homeland The Goal is Actions, Not States Three Essential Lessons The Beginning and End of Islam

IV Al-Riḍā bi’l-Dunyā: Contentment with the World ›

Introduction Praiseworthy Qualities Are the Foundation of Divine Pleasure A Sinful Muslim Is Better Than a Disbeliever The Punishment for Indifference Towards Religion The Meaning and Explanation of Imitation (Tashabbuh) Punishment and Purification in Hellfire Merely Expressing Love Is Not Sufficient for Salvation An Easy Method of Conveying Reward (Īṣāl al-Thawāb) A Detailed Explanation of the Punishment for Indifference The Difference Between Divine Pleasure (Riḍā) and Contentment (Iṭmiʾnān) The Lack of Appreciation for Religious Knowledge Encouragement to Acquire Religious Knowledge The Widespread Affliction of Being Pleased with Worldliness The Method of Removing Love for the World from the Heart

V Al-Iṭmiʾnān bi’l-Dunyā: Tranquillity in the World ›

Love of the World is the Root of All Spiritual Diseases The Primary Disease Must Be Treated First How Love of the World is the Fundamental Disease The Levels of Faith (Īmān) Differ The Levels of Love of the World Differ Love and Hatred are Based Upon Actions The Secret of Eternal Punishment A Response to a Student’s Difficulty Complacency in the World is Blameworthy The Categories of Journeying Towards the Hereafter Reflection and Its Obstacles Time is Extremely Precious The Condition of Gatherings Nowadays Seclusion and Its Reality The Pleasure of the Creator Must Be Preferred Over the Creation Every Action of a Muslim is an Act of Worship! A Practical Point

VI Matāʿ al-Dunyā: The Provisions of This World ›

Introduction, Objective, and Need The Denialist Attitude of Muslims The Need for Measures to Rectify the Hereafter Greater Concern for the Hereafter is Necessary than for the World The World and the Abode of the Hereafter The Worldly Person’s Fear of Death The Effect of Keeping the Reality of the World in Mind The Meaning of al-Dunyā Sijn al-Muʾmin How Much Attachment Should One Have to the World? The Method of Reducing Love for the World

VII Al-Fānī: The Perishable ›

The Perfection of the Qurʾān and Ḥadīth The Consequence of Failing to Reflect The Effect of Frequent Hearing and Observation Heedlessness of the Perishing Nature of the World Heedlessness of the Everlasting Nature of the Hereafter The Need for a Perfect Guide The Illumination of the Sun of the Spiritual Path The Need to Ask from Allah The Consequence of Not Asking from Allah Everything We Possess Belongs to Another People Do Not Remember Death Longing for Death Out of Desire for the Divine Meeting is Permissible Practical Shortcomings Despite Belief in the Perishing Nature of the World Even Failure Can Be a Cause of Reward Women’s Preoccupation with Worldly Matters The Effect of the Gaze of the Pious The Practical Method of Treatment

VIII Al-Bāqī: The Everlasting ›

The Question of the Resurrection (Maʿād) The Perishing of the World and the Affirmation of the Hereafter The World’s Lack of Entitlement Man is Constantly Travelling Man’s Lifespan Diminishes with Every Hour Provisions for the Journey to the Hereafter The Cunning of the Nafs (Lower Self) The Effect of Intentions Upon Worship Insistence on Usury and Avoidance of Zakāt The Need for Practical and Continuous Murāqaba (Vigilance) The Promise of Allah The World Demands Accountability, Yet Has Nothing to Offer Mere Belief is Not Sufficient The Doubts of the Fashionable People, with Responses The Duties of Spiritual Guides (Shuyūkh) The Method of an Unripe Shaykh The Method of the Perfect Shuyūkh Strictness (ʿAzīmat) and Dispensation (Rukhṣat) in Deeds The Ability to Give Thanks and Its Method The Types of Trials and Afflictions A Clear Example of Strictness and Dispensation The Effect of Sharīʿa’s Facilitations The Meaning of Acting According to the Sunna The Goal of Knowledge is Action The Question of Divine Decree (Qadar) One Who Denies Divine Decree Will Lack Patience Probing Into the Secrets of Allah The Divine Will and the Divine Purposes The Qurʾān Karīm is a Light The Effects of This Light Belief in Perishing and Permanence is Necessary Nothing in the World is Useless The Reality of Self-Sufficiency Through Allah Understanding the Reality of This World and the Hereafter Methods of Purification of the Soul (Tazkiya-e-Nafs) The Reality of the Shuyūkh’s Hand and Existence The Facilitation of the World The Path of Reaching Allah

IX Al-Dunyā wa’l-Ākhira: This World and the Hereafter ›

A Great Prophecy of Old The Promise of Allah is Never Broken Servitude (ʿUbūdiyya) and Its Effect The Speech of Allah is Free from Sound Children Should Have a Knowledgeable Scholar Involuntary Belief and Action Have No Value The Need for and Reality of Miracles A Great Prophecy The Treatment Method of Untrained Physicians The Disease of Love of the World and Forgetting the Hereafter The Distress of the Shuyūkh The Difference Between Earning Worldly Provision and Love of the World The Level of Love of and Greed for the World The Dominance of Love of the World in Old Age The Need for Reflection The Worldly Person is Never Free from Worry The Degrees of Submission to the World The Friends of Allah are Not Led Astray by Sentimentality The Wealth of Imān is Beyond Value The Method of Turning One’s Attention to the Hereafter The Vastness of Paradise and Sustenance The Etiquette of Seeking Today There is Struggle Everywhere

X Hamm al-Ākhira: Concern for the Hereafter ›

A Shortcoming of Muslims The Difference Between Charity (Tārīkh) and Ṣadaqa The Advancement of Religion Was the Aim of the Companions The Superficial Sympathies of Well-Wishers of the Nation The Method of Seeking the Hereafter The Reality of Objections Against the ʿUlamāʾ The Reality of Imān The Forms of Theft from Religion The Meaning of “Without the Qurʾān” From the Verse The Distinction Between Worship and Religion and Imān Distance From the Sharīʿa The Weak Excuses of the Wealthy Shortcomings Regarding Spending in the Way of Allah The Conditions of Gifts for Acceptance The Likeness of False Spiritual Guides The Etiquette of Gifts The Conditions for Collecting Donations Encouragement Towards Lawful Donations A Complete Example of Love of Religion The Virtues of a Students’ Residence (Dār al-Ṭalaba) The Virtues of Ongoing Charity (Ṣadaqa Jāriya)

XI Tijārat-e-Ākhirat: The Transaction of the Hereafter ›

The Difference Between the Worship of the ʿĀrif (Gnostic) and the Layman The Reality of the Companions’ Knowledge The Reason for Avoiding Seclusion The World in the Eyes of the Gnostic The True Path to Reaching Allah Everything Depends Upon Inner States The Effect of Early Poor Education The Investigations of Science and Philosophy The Need for the Company of Scholars Earning the World and Love of the World The Effect of Boldness in Minor Sins Religion and Progress The Shortcomings of the Outwardly Religious The Shortcomings of the Ṣūfīs The Need for Dhikr and Action The Reality of Bayʿa (Pledge of Allegiance)

XII Tadhkira al-Ākhira: Reminders of the Hereafter ›

Allah’s Complaint The Degrees of a Harmful Thing The Level of Heedlessness Prayer as a Barrier Against Indecency The Result of Giving Preference to Worldly Expenditure The Result of Heedlessness Towards the Hereafter The Complete Effect of Tawḥīd The Reality of a Word The Station of Belief in the Sharīʿa The Prohibition of Sin After the Seal of Repentance The Branches of Wealth and Status It is Not Permissible to Use Something Without Consent The Result of Harshness and Lending with Interest The Corruption of Donations Religion Has Been Made Subject to Worldly Interests The Harms of Desire The Need for Moral Rectification More Beloved Than the Ignorant The Consequences of Love of Ignorance The Mere Outward Form of Religion is Not Religion The Relationship Between the Soul and the Body The Need for Sincerity (Ikhlāṣ) The Absolute Prohibition of Seeking the World Reviving the Prophetic Practice The Condition of the Shuyūkh’s Clay The Recompense of the Nafs The Will Towards the World and Its Harm The Linguistic Meaning of the Word “Dunyā” The Qualities of the Hereafter The Occurrence of the Hereafter

XIII Tarjīḥ al-Ākhira: Preferring the Hereafter ›

The Relationship Between the Grave and the Soul The Reason for Dread of the Hereafter The Effect of Coveting the Blessings of the Hereafter Rewards Reach the Deceased Through Charitable Acts Sharing in the Blessings of Worldly Expenditure The Charitable Beginnings of Paradise The Hereafter is Better Than the World Paradise is Free from All Hardship The State of Souls (Arwāḥ) The Reality of Happiness and Felicity The Ability to Perform Righteous Action The Second Kalima The Reality of Knowledge

XIV Dār al-Masʿūd: The Abode of the Blessed ›

The Relationship Between the Grave and the Soul The Reason for Dread of the Hereafter The Effect of Coveting the Blessings of the Hereafter Rewards Reach the Deceased Through Charitable Acts Sharing in the Blessings of Worldly Expenditure The Charitable Beginnings of Paradise The Hereafter is Better Than the World Paradise is Free from All Hardship The State of Souls (Arwāḥ) The Reality of Happiness and Felicity The Ability to Perform Righteous Action The Second Kalima The Reality of Knowledge

Khuṭbāt-e-Ḥakīm al-Ummat, Volume 1 – This World and the Hereafter

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