Episode 30

Cleansing the Heart of Ostentation, Conceit, Arrogance & Pride

Assalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Welcome back to the MISK women podcast series on Imam al-Ghazali's "Beginning of Guidance"!

After a longer break than expected, we are back to complete the book, seeking to benefit from the great knowledge, wisdom and advice of the author and our noble and beloved commentator, Imam al-Jawi, may Allah have mercy and be pleased with them both.

This episode is the recording of the last class we did on Zoom in October 2020.

At about 53 mins the statement "Whoever knows himself knows his Lord" is briefly mentioned. As a confirmation of the status of the statement, please note that the great scholar Imam Jalaluddin al-Suyuti wrote a short treatise on this statement and confirmed that it is NOT a Prophetic hadith, and is in fact attributed to a Sufi named Yahya ibn Mu'ath al-Razi.

Jazakum Allahu khairan.


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Imam al-Ghazali’s foundational guidebook to daily life and spiritual purification is studied via classical commentaries... for women listeners only.

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MISK Women

Umm Abdullah is the developer of MISK Women at the Muslim Institute for Sacred Knowledge and is a student of the Islamic Scholarly and Spiritual Tradition. She presents podcasts, Zoom classes and courses focusing on developing English-speaking Muslim womens' textual competence through the engagement of sacred texts and contextual competence through analysis and critique of the modern world from an Islamic perspective.