A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine by Ibn Daud

A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine by Ibn Daud

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'anic verses and authenticate ahadith (Prophetic sayings), inspiring mindfulness of the Almighty Cherisher (SWT) and His Beloved Prophet (PBUH). This guidebook, drawing on the 11th and 12th Century works of the 'Proof of Islam' and the wondrous sage, Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali 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.

"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 "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) "The Handbook of Spiritual Medicine is to be commended as a clear presentation of science of internal purification in a format which enables easy access to symptoms of spiritual illness and their cures." Shaykh Zaqir Director of Darul Arqam Educational Trust

The author, Jamal Parekh (Ibn Daud), grew up in Britain as a first-generation Muslim and realised in his adolescent years a need for such a book. Once settled in his professional life as an IT consultant, he settled down into married life. The ardent desire to create a handbook that addressed the daily struggles he faced himself was still there. Being neither a scholar nor a professional writer, he was deeply inspired by the text, 'Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart', by Hamza Yusuf Hanson, but he wanted to go a step further and give the antidotes to the insecurities we all face in the modern context. The ideas for the book were borne almost 20 years ago, yet it was only 3 years ago when he began his journey in earnest, and after a long and challenging self-publishing journey, with the help of some very special people (The Handbook Team), as well as his family, Ibn Daud managed to launch the book during the blessed month of Ramadan 2020.

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ISBN 13	9781838049201
ISBN 10	1838049207
Title	A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine
Author	Ibn Daud
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ibn Daud Books
Year published	2020-05-09
Number of pages	278
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