Ibn Daud - A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

غَضَب تَفَاخُر كِبْ‏ القَدَر
حَسَد إسْراف طُوْلُ‏ األمَل
أمَل خَوْفُ‏ الفَقْر غِشّ‏ قَسْوَةُ‏
القَلْب بُغْض غَفْلَة بَغْي حُبُّ‏
الدُّنْيَا بُْل رِيَء سُْعَة عُجْب
حِ‏ رْص كَراهِيَةُ‏ املَوْت التَواضُعُ‏
املَلْؤُم الكِبْكَراهَةُ‏ اإلسْتِنْكار
البُغْضُ‏ بِ‏ ا قَدَرَ‏ هللا تََيُّل
سُخْرِيَة األفْكارُ‏ السَّلْبِيَّة كُفْرانُ‏
النِّعَم التَّوَكُّلُ‏ علي غَيِْ‏ هللا
This spiritual guide to the self is a handbook of tazkiyah
or ‘self-purification’. Not only does it illustrate the
maladies of the human spiritual condition, it recognises
the struggles and insecurities we all succumb to from
time to time, and offers up the remedies too. The
antidotes to our ailments are drawn from Qur’ānic
verses and authentic a#ādīth (Prophetic sayings),
inspiring mindfulness of the Almighty Cherisher and
His Beloved Prophet . This guidebook, drawing on
the 11th and 12th Century works of the ‘Proof of Islam’
and wondrous sage, Imām Abū *āmid Al-Ghazālī ,
can be applied to our busy lives in the modern, hi-tech
era, and will prove accessible to people of all ages, all
denominations: believers and non-believers alike.
“ The ‘Handbook of Spiritual Medicine’ is to be commended as a clear
presentation of the science of internal purification in a format which
enables easy access to symptoms of spiritual illnesses and their cures.”
Shaykh Zaqir
Director of Darul Arqam Educational Trust
“A beautifully structured and well-presented work, highlighting
one of the most important aspects of Islamic teachings.”
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari
Director of the Institute of Islamic Jurisprudence (Darul Iftaa)
“ This work will enable the reader to self-analyse and assist
him or herself in meeting their Creator with a ‘sound heart’.”
Dr Shaykh Ashraf Makadam
Director of Trust, Madani Schools Federation, UK