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Sufism

The Mother of Diseases

Umm al-Amrāḍ

Shaykh Muḥammad Zakariyyā Kandhlawi

On arrogance as the root from which the other blameworthy traits grow, and on the work of removing it.

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  1. Introduction Praising Allāh and sending blessings upon the Prophet and salutations of peace. To proceed: the Spiritual Pole (quṭb rabbānī), the great scholar...
  2. Condemnation of Arrogance Haḍrat Shaykh al-Ḥadīth writes in Sharīʿat wa Ṭarīqat that arrogance (kibr) is, in his view and in the teachings of the Qurʾān and Ḥadīth, the most...
    Sections 16
    1. Condemnation of Arrogance (Qurʾānic Verses)
    2. Arrogance is More Severe than Disbelief
    3. Worldly Harms of Arrogance
    4. Definition of Arrogance
    5. Sayings of the Elders Regarding Arrogance and Humility
    6. The Story of Ḥaḍrat Junayd
    7. Whoever Establishes Humility for Himself is Arrogant
    8. Sayings of the Shaykh of the Time (Dāmat Barakātuhum)
    9. Meekness and Self-Abasement
    10. The Natural Disposition of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh al-Hind
    11. A Saying of Ḥaḍrat Nānotwī
    12. The Jurists Have Written that Performing Wuḍūʾ from a Pond is More Virtuous
    13. An Incident of Shaykh Andalusī
    14. An Incident of an Alchemist
    15. A Letter of Ḥaḍrat Mujaddid Ṣāḥib
    16. Levels and Degrees of Arrogance
  3. Signs of Arrogance Arrogance (kibr) is, by its very meaning and definition, entirely clear: it means to consider oneself above others and to regard others as...
    Sections 5
    1. The Worst Trait of Arrogance
    2. The Condition of Some Qurʾān Reciters: A Discussion by Imām al-Ghazālī
    3. The Rank and Virtue of the Qurʾān Reciters
    4. An Important Warning
    5. Situations in Which Backbiting and Listening to It are Permissible
  4. Treatment One should reflect upon the warnings and punishments relating to arrogance (kibr) and bring its evil and its harms fully to mind. Then one should...
    Sections 2
    1. Forty Days with the Tablīghī Jamāʿah
    2. Some Other Methods of Developing Humility
  5. A Moment of Reflection for the Pious Allāh has, purely through His grace and mercy, granted this servant a humble connection with a religious environment in which dealings occur with old...
    Sections 5
    1. Objections and Answers
    2. Guidance of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh al-Ḥadīth (Dāma Majdahum)
    3. Statements of Ḥaḍrat Shāh Sayyid Aḥmad Shahīd Regarding the Travellers on the Path of Truth
    4. Objections and Answers
    5. Statements of Ḥaḍrat Shāh Sayyid Aḥmad Shahīd Regarding the Travellers on the Path of Truth
  6. Glossary