Tag Archives: Imam Ghazali


Re: Pseudo-Salafi preacher on Imam al-Ghazali

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Marrying Distant Aunt

Can I get married to the niece of my maternal grandmother? She is the daughter of my mother’s maternal uncle. She calls my mother ‘sister’ and she is my distant aunt. Is it halal for me to marry her? Continue reading

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Qushayri on hunger/fasting

I have 2 different translations of Qushayri’s Risala. In the chapter on hunger, one of them translates: ..I heard Ibn Salim say: “The proper rule of one who practices hunger is to limit one’s daily meal to the size of a cat’s ear.” … Continue reading

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Dua “al-Mukhammas” of Imam Ghazali

I have been searching without much success for a fully vowelled Arabic transcript or a transliteration of the dua known as “al-Mukhammas al-Khali al-Wasat” .. Continue reading

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Learning Shariah

As I don’t know someone that I am able to trust and keep company with to learn sharia and adab I am resorting to nothing but to ask for a way to learn sharia… Continue reading

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Hujjat ul Islam

. I had some questions regarding Hujjat-Islam Imam Ghazali. You wrote on this site… Continue reading

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Cheikh Hisham and presidents.

Imam ghazali speak about the relations with sultans that the meeting between a ‘alim and the president ( it’s worse with tyrant and kafirum) is haraam… Continue reading

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Privacy when it comes to dreams

I find it very frustrating though when it comes to dreams, I feel like few actually require legitimate interpretation Continue reading

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What exactly is Nafs or Ego

I am still not able to understand the real and exact meaning of the words “NAFS”… Continue reading

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Musabba’at

The musabba’at found in Imam Haddad’s wird al kabir and mentioned by Imam Ghazali… Continue reading

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