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A treatise by Ibn Taymiyya expounding true rectitude: adhering to the Book and the Sunna, avoiding deviations, and persevering in obedience with sincerity and steadfastness.
Table of contents
Part 1
Section: The Newly Introduced Opinion in the Fundamentals—namely the newly introduced Kalam—and in the Branches it is the Ra’y
Section on the Disagreements Among Believers Concerning Sayings and Deeds in the Fundamentals and Branches
An important chapter of great significance in this section, for large groups of the people of…
Section: Likewise, the term al-Ḥarakah was affirmed by various groups among the People of the Sunnah and Hadith, and it is what he mentioned.
Section: And most of the imams of the people of kalam and philosophy, both the early and the later, have acknowledged that
Section on the Creed as Mentioned by Shaykh Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī in His Famous Treatise
Chapter: Abu al-Qāsim said, and Ibn ʿAṭāʾ said: When God created the letters, He made them a secret; and when…
Chapter on the Hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim Concerning Juwayriyah, the Mother of the Believers, When the Prophet Set Out
A section concerning samāʿ. Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayrī said in the chapter on samāʿ: “Allah said…”
Chapter on the Love of Beauty
Part 2
Section: And among the reasons for this is the occurrence of associating partners in the term ‘al-ghirah’ in the statements of the shaykhs.
Section on What al-Ustadh Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri Mentioned in the Chapter on Contentment from Shaykh Abi
Chapter on Intoxication: Its Causes and Rulings
Section: Among the strongest causes leading to intoxication is hearing suspicious sounds from two aspects of…
Section: Once this is clarified, know that pleasure and joy are desired, indeed they are the intended goal.
Section: And if pleasure is sought for its own sake, it is only condemned when it is followed by a greater pain.
Section: Now that it is clarified that intoxication is composed of two elements: an existential one, which is pleasure, and a negational one, which is non-existence.
Section: So when it becomes clear that the very nature of lacking reason and jurisprudence is in no way commended by the Sharia, but…
Section: Thus, the loss of the intellect through intoxication is of the same type as its loss through fainting, insanity, and the like.
Section: It has thus become clear that one of the two definitions of intoxication is, in essence, a benefit, while the other definition, likewise, is a sin.
Chapter: Allah the Exalted said, “When He sent Adam and those with him down to earth”
Chapter on Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
Section: And if all good deeds necessarily require two things: that they be intended for…
Chapter on Coercion and Related Matters