Ibn Daud - A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

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Academic Treatment
Repenting to Allāh
& Doing Good Deeds
You repent to Allāh and increase your love
for Him, for indeed you understand that this is
more satisfying and purer than anything else
You reflect on His attributes revealed in the
Qur’ān, about Himself (His awesome majesty,
knowledge, and power) in order to deepen
your love for Him and your desire to follow
His commandments, and thus prepare for the
Hereafter
You fear Allāh and the occurrence of a
harm as a consequence of your fantasies,
which is more hateful to you than leaving your
fantasy
You realise that each time you obey Allāh
out of love and fear, and leave a prohibited
action out of love and fear, your love and
fear become stronger, and any love or fear
of anything else besides Allāh begins to
disappear from your heart
Qur’ānic, Prophetic
& Scholarly Evidence
The Prophet
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said:
“Indeed every host loves that
people come to his table spread,
and indeed the table spread of
Allāh is the Qur’ān, so do not
abandon it” [Al-Bayhaqī in Shu’ab Al-Īmān
1857]
“Allāh decreed good deeds and
bad deeds, then He explained that.
Whoever thinks of doing a good
deed then does not do it, Allāh
will write it down as one complete
good deed. If he thinks of doing a
good deed and then does it, Allāh
will write it down between ten
and seven hundred-fold, or many
more. If he thinks of doing a bad
deed then he does not do it, Allāh
will write it down as one complete
good deed, and if he thinks of it
then does it, Allāh will write it down
as one bad deed” [%a#ī# Al-Bukhārī
6491, %a#ī# Muslim 131:207]
Being Conscious of Allāh
You realise that modern technology has made
it easy for you to commit practically any evil or
sinful act behind the privacy (and anonymity)
of your laptop or phone screen
You remind yourself that Allāh is watching
you, and therefore make sure that your private
persona is ‘in sync’ with your public one
The Prophet said, “Have taqwā (fear) of
Allāh wherever you may be, and follow up
a bad deed with a good deed which will
wipe it out, and behave well towards the
people.” [At-Tirmidhī 1987]
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