إحياء علوم الدين
Ihya
'Ulum al-Din
Authored
By: Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali
Tahqiq By: Imam al-'Aydarus
Hardback 500 Pages
per volume (10 Volumes)
Published by Dar al-Minhaj
ABOUT
THE BOOK
The
Ihya Ulum al-Din is widely regarded as one of the great work of Muslim
spirituality, and has, for centuries, been the widely read work in the Muslim
world. The masterpiece of Imam al-Ghazali, unquestionably one of the greatest
thinkers and theologians of Islam. It is divided into four parts each containing
ten chapters. First part deals with knowledge and the requirements of faith
spiritual purity, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, recitation of the
Qur'an, etc.; Part two concentrates mostly on people and society the manners
relating to eating, marriage, earning a living, friendship, etc.; Parts three
and four are dedicated to the inner life of the soul and discuss first the vices
that people must overcome in themselves and then the virtues that they must
strive to achieve.
| THIS
COPY IS THE LATEST EDITION OF IHYA AND HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY EDITED. IT HAS
BEEN AGREED ON THAT IT IS THE BEST PRINT SO FAR.
LARGE
EASY READABLE FONT WITH GOLDISH PAPER AS WELL AS TASHKEEL THROUGH THE
WHOLE BOOK.
FIRST
VOLUME CONTAINS A STUDY OF THE BOOK IN ITS VARIOUS MANUSCRIPTS AS WELL AS
THE HAND WRITTEN COPY OF IMAM GHAZZALIS COPY. |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Abu Hamid Muhammad,
famous in the world of learning as al-Ghazzal was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D). in
Persia . He graduated from the Nizamia Madressa at Nishapur, with distinction.a
very famous educational institution in Nishapur. Later he was appointed as a
teacher at the Nizamia College in Baghdad, where he proved very successful in
imparting knowledge to the scholars under his care. This valuable gift of
sustaining interest of his pupils and passing on his knowledge to them made him
so famous that students from all parts of the country flocked to study under
him. Imam al-Ghazzali was fondly referred to as the 'Hujjat-ul-lslam', Proof of
Islam, He is honoured as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the
world.
Al-Ghazali is generally acclaimed as the
most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam, in his autobiography
The Deliverance from Error, the Imam describes his education and his
intellectual crisis, which left him so paralysed by doubt that he he gave up his
academic pursuits and worldly interests and became a wandering ascetic. This was
a process (period) of mystical transformation. Later, he resumed his teaching
duties, but again left these. An era of solitary life, devoted to contemplation
and writing then ensued, which led to the authorship of a number of everlasting
books.
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