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Purification of The Self
The actual standard of success
Dear Islamic brothers! People today define success in various ways. Some think success is to be wealthy, or famous, or to hold a high rank in society, and people spend their lives attempting to achieve this corrupted understanding of success. What is the basis of true success? What is success in the court of Allah Almighty? After taking 7 oaths, Allah Almighty says:
قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ زَکّٰىہَا ۪ۙ(۹) وَ قَدۡ خَابَ مَنۡ دَسّٰىہَا (ؕ۱۰)
Translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān: Indeed, he who purified himself attained prosperity. And he who covered it in sin failed.[1]
The criterion for success is not honour, fame, wealth, pleasure or rank, rather it is the purification of the self. The one who cleanses his self and protects it from corrupt beliefs, bad mannerisms, harmful habits, and spiritual illness is successful. Those who fail to do this will never be successful, regardless of what they achieve in this world.
Dear Islamic brothers! It is an easily understood matter. A slave who is bound by chains can earn as much as he can and attain an honourable rank in society, but nobody will call him successful unless he is free. Ponder! What is worse than being enslaved by your own self?
A king said to a pious old man, “Old man! Ask for something and I will give it to you.”
The pious man replied, “I do not ask for anything from the slave of my slaves.”
The king was astonished and said, “Me? A slave? I am a king!”
BOOK TOPIC
- Virtue of Sending ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- An important point
- Intentions of listening to Bayan
- A neighbourhood of people who fast
- (1) Love for Fasting
- The Fasts of Ramadan are Obligatory
- Benefits of Fasting
- (2) Virtues of suppressing the self
- Virtues of purifying the self
- Purification of the people’s selves is the purpose of Prophethood
- The actual standard of success
- King or slave of the slaves?
- How can we purify our Self?
- The Best Time to Defeat the Self
- The Most Superior Act
- IꜤtikāf
- 3 Methods of purifying the self
- (1) Abstain from desires
- (2) Burden your self with worship
- Adopt Pious Deeds
- Pious Deed 24
- (3) Request help from Allah Almighty
- Pearls of wisdom for the seeker of knowledge
- Department of Madrasa-tul-Madinah Balighan
- Announcement
- The 6 Duroods and 2 Du’as that are recited in the Sunnah-inspiring weekly Ijtima’ (congregation) of Dawat-e-Islami
- 1. The Durood for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. 70 Portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 duroods
- 5. Nearness to the distinguished Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. Durood-e-Shafa’at
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Halqa schedule for weekly Ijtima’ - overseas - 14 March 2024
- Remaining pearls of wisdom for the seeker of knowledge
- Supplication to recite before ablution
- Collective accountability – 72 Pious Deeds
- How to do collective accountability – 72 Pious Deeds
- The 56 daily Pious Deeds
- Record of Qufl-e-Madinah
- Weekly 10 Pious Deeds
- Monthly 3 Pious Deeds
- Yearly 1 Pious Deed
- Lifelong 2 Pious Deeds
- Du’a of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat
