self - tazkiyah
TRANSCRIPT
TazkiyahSome thoughts...
Surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition” (18:11). What better way to change your condition than to know what your condition is in the first place? The aim of this
session is to enable participants to examine themselves in a way no one else can and identify their successes and their shortcomings as individuals so as to change for the better.
Sign 1 - Gifts
Sign 2 - Power
Sign 3 - Proofs
Sign 4 - Evidence
Happiness!.
Happiness is the attainment of pleasure and delight by the acquisition of that which every ghariizah (natural inclination) longs for and desires in accord with its own nature.
Happiness and Purpose
What are we told?
Happiness and PurposeThe purpose of pencil
Happiness varies in quality and intensity
What is your purpose?
Then why is it so hard?
51:56
Stage 1 - Traditional
Limbs
‘Aql
Stage 1 - Problems
What is missing?
Stage 2 - Islam - Basic
Limbs
‘Aql
Qalb
26:87-89
17:72
22:46
Stage 3 - Intermediate
Nafs
Qalb
Ruh
7:179
The Problem: Mad Cow
The Problem: A Solution?
The Problem: THE Solution
A healthy diet of ‘ilm and mujaahadah.
‘ilm - Shaykh MokhtarShaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui is one of the most respected scholars in North America. He is a regular teacher at national and regional conferences throughout the continent, but is best known for his enlightening spiritual retreats and seminars that empower Muslims in their quest for nearness to the Allah.
Shaykh Mokhtar is thoroughly versed in both the external and internal Islamic sciences, including fiqh (jurisprudence), uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory), al-qawāʿid al-fiqhiyya (legal maxims), al-maqāṣid al-sharʿiyya (the higher objectives of the shari’ah), uṣūl al-ḥadīth (theory of hadith), ‘ilm al-rijāl (narrator critique), sīra (the prophetic biography), and ʿaqīda (Islamic belief and creed), and tazkiya (Islamic spirituality).
He also holds a doctorate that joined between the fields of physics and engineering.
mujaahdahThought experiment
Cognitive dissonance
Supporting Structure
My Four - S - Q - K - I
Beeminder
Commitment Contracts
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TazkiyahFinal thoughts...