Ibn Daud - A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

The Messenger of Allāh
has also said:
• “The mujāhid is he who strives in the obedience of Allāh”
[Al-Bayhaqī in Shu’ab Al-Īmān 10611]
• “The believers most perfect in faith are those best in
character and those best to their spouses” [At-Tirmidhī 2612]
• “There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale
of a believer on the Day of Resurrection” [Sunan Abī Dawūd 4799]
SELF-PURIFICATION
Numerous other Qur’ānic verses and an untold number of ahādīth
explicitly indicate the obligation (far}iyya) of purifying the heart: the
significance of abstinence (zuhd), contentment (qanā’ah), modesty
(tawā}u’), sincerity (ikhlā]), patience (]abr), gratitude (shukr), love of
Allāh (#ubb AIlāh), contentment with the Decree (ri}ā bil-qa}ā),
trust (tawakkul), submission (taslīm), and so on.
A man came to the Prophet and asked, “What is tazkiyatun-nafs
(purification of the soul)?” The Prophet replied, “That a person
knows Allāh is with him wherever he is.” [Al-Mu’jam A]-%aghīr A{-^abrānī 555]
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