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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF Tazkiyyah? Tazkiyah means The purification of one's heart and the soul.
"Allah conferred indeed a great favor on the believers when He sent
among them a Messenger (i.e., Muhammad-sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) from among
themselves reciting unto them His Verses (i.e., the Qur'an ) and purifying
them (from sins by their following him) and instructing them in the Book (i.e.,
the Qur'an ) and Wisdom (i.e., the Sunnah), while before that they had been in
manifest error." - The Qur'an 3:164. The Prophet's Companions and the rest of Salaf-us-Saliheen are also, as a whole, a fine model to follow in tazkiyah. There is no way of drawing closer to Allah except by adhering to what the Prophet Muhammad-sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam-came with. The Prophet-sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam-has said: "If anyone introduces into this affair of ours anything which does not belong to it, it is rejected." - Al-Bukhari and Muslim. There does not exist any specific set of acts which lead to tazkiyah rather the whole of Islam leads to tazkiyah. Allah says: "O you who believe! Enter perfectly into Islam (i.e., obey all the regulations of the Islamic religion) and follow not the footsteps of Satan, Verily! He is to you a plain enemy." - The Qur'an 2:208 The farce referred to as "Sufism" has corrupted the beliefs, deeds, and morals of the Muslims. The True Manhaj stands between the two extremes of mysticism (i.e., Sufism) and scholastic formalism. This Manhaj represents a true exemplification of piety. It is faith and not hypocrisy, purity and not filth. The Difference between Advising and Condemning From the Weapons of the Believers in Their War Against Shaytaan Satan Hinders the Slave from Acting by Means of Procrastination and Laziness Analysis of Piety From the Characteristics of the Salaf
THOSE WHO ENTER THE HELLFIRE
BUT WILL NOT REMAIN IN IT
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