Bismillah.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Build Your Character
Intention
Sincerity
Determination
Enthusiasm
Mannerism
Interaction
Focus
Humility
Purification
Trust
Contentment
Chapter Two: Polish
the Whole of You
Discipline yourself
Prep for Ramadan
Devote time to charity
Migrate to a better you
Repent and reset
Be patient and persevere
Loving companion
Remember God
Chapter Three: Know
His Lordship
Interacting with the
Divine
Alone with the Alone
Loving Him
Divine Offers
Oneness of God
God’s Beautiful Names
Experiential Tauhid
Togetherness
Chapter Four: Love the
Beloved of Allah
On Prophet Muhammad’s
leadership
On being Prophet
Muhammad’s Ummah
Prophet Muhammad as the
greatest gift for mankind
On the Prophet’s Night of
Ascension
Complement your adoration
with knowledge
Study and practice the
Prophet’s Sunnah
On learning the Prophet’s
attributes
Prophet Muhammad’s lesson
for his daughter Fatimah
Prophet Muhammad’s noble
characters
Lessons on hope from Rasulullah
Emulate the manners of Rasulullah
Prophet Muhammad’s
supreme rank
God’s praises for Prophet
Muhammad
On loving Prophet
Muhammad
On Prophet Muhammad’s
companions
Reflect on Prophet
Muhammad’s journeys
Salawat Adnan
The Prophet’s unconditional
compassion
Chapter Five: Scholars’
Speeches
On selected
aphorisms of Ibn Ata’allah al-Iskandari and the true friend
On
etiquette and manners of a good writer
On
Kitab Qatrul Ghaisiah
Sufism
offers healing to the 21st Century
On
being grateful for Islam and its last messenger
Hajj as a journey of love and the importance of unconditional
compassion
On
celebrating Mawlid ar-Rasul
Make
your face radiant
Bring
yourself closer to the Heavens
Follow
in the footsteps of Muadz bin Jabal
On
being Allah’s guest at His House
There
is only one Ummah
Feel
the presence of the Prophet and the righteous men
On
loving the Beloved of Allah
On
muraqabah
On
cleansing one’s blemishes
Glorify
Allah with your heart
Love
one another for the sake of God
Work
towards Akhirah with ibadah and knowing Allah
On the
ultimate presence
Prophet
Muhammad is kind and merciful
On
Prophet Muhammad’s life story
On
the values of good behaviours
On
the virtue of Mawlid Majlis
On
striving for muraqabah
On
the blessings of Prophet Muhammad
Be
conscious of God’s presence
On
seeing with the eyes of the heart
On
the privileges of the Prophet’s Ummah
On
loving Ahlul Bayt
Prophet
Muhammad as mentioned in Kitab Torah, Injil and the Quran
None
shall leave empty-handed from Majlis Zikir
Study
hadith and revive the Sunnah
On hadith
regarding the virtues of knowledge and scholars
On Imam
Busiri and Qasidah Burdah
On
the spirit, the intellect, the soul, and the heart
On
three criteria for a successful and profitable deed
We
don’t need any other love, other than the love of Allah and Rasul
Use
your aqal based on the light of Iman granted by Allah
Chapter Six: Saintly Wisdoms
Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali
Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani
Shaykh Najmuddin Kubra
Shaykh Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi
Shaykh Wali Raslan ad-Dimashqi
Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Shaykh Sharafuddin Ahmad bin Yahya al-Maneri
Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq al-Barnusi al-Fasi
Imam Abdullah al-Haddad
Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi
Chapter Seven: Read in the Name of Your Lord
Forty Sufi Gems
The Path
'The
Clarifications of Noble Character' by Habib Umar bin Hafiz
'The
Gardens of Truth: The Vision and Promises of Sufism, Islam’s Mystical Tradition' by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
'The
Basic Research' by Shaykh Ahmad Ajiba, Revised and edited by Shaykh Abddalqadir
as-Sufi
The Journey
'The Book
of Safar' by Shaykh Dr Abdalqadir as-Sufi
'Commentaries on Shaykh Wali Raslan’s Risala fit-Tauhid' by Shaykh Zakariya al-Ansari and Shaykh Ali al-Hamawi
'Spiritual Subtleties for the Swiftly Ascending People
of God' by Shaykh Nur al-Din al-Raniri
'The Sufi Rules of Conduct' by Shaykh Abdul Rahman
al-Sulami
The
Stations
'A Treatise on the Heart' by Hakim al-Tirmidhi and 'Stations of the Righteous' by al-Sulami
'Illuminating Guidance on the Cessation of
Self-direction' by Shaykh Ibn Ata’Allah al-Iskandari
'Letter of a Sufi Master' – The Shaykh ad-Darqawi
The
Arrival
'Fifteen Letters' by Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani
'The Shape of Light' by Shaykh al-Suhrawardi
'Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment' by Imam
al-Ghazali
Chapter 8: Poetry
Remembering a Sufi of
Kashmir
A dedication to my
Capetonian friends
For You
Rain on Bussorah Street
Reminiscing Madinah
O Light Upon Light
That Nuh on the Knoll
In each other all along
Oh, Ibnu Mashish!
Loving al-Jazuli
Oh, Rumi!
Afterword
Glossary
Bibliography
Recommended Readings
List of Scholars cited in 'Boost Your Faith'
1. Shaykh Fahmi Zamzam al-Maliki
2. Shaykh Dr Muhammad bin Yahya al Ninowy
3. Habib Umar bin Hafiz
4. Shaykh Dr Fadlallah Haeri
5. Habib Ali Zaenal Abidin al-Hamid
6. Shaykh Muhammad Adeyinka Mendes
7. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
8. Shaykh Abdul Aziz Fredericks
9. Habib Muhammad Abdullah al-Saggaf
10. Habib Ahmad bin Hussein al-Aidid
11. Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
12. Habib Salim bin Umar bin Hafiz
13. Habib Musa Kazim al-Saggaf
14. Shaykh Abdul Mahmud al-Hayfan
15. Shaykh Muhammad Ismail az-Zein
16. Ustaz Ali bin Haji Muhammad
17. Shaykh Sayyid Salman al-Hussaini an-Nadwi
18. Ustaz Dr Shamsul Mohd Noor
19. Habib Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Aydrus
20. Habib Alwy bin Abdurrahman al-Habsyi
21. Shaykh Mokhtar al-Maghraoui
22. Habib Muhammad bin Alwi al-Haddad
23. Habib Syech al-Saggaf
24. Habib Mahdi Abu Bakar al-Hamid
25. Habib Husein bin Alwi bin Agiel al-Maliki
26. Shaykh Fuad al-Maliki
27. Shaykh Dr Usama al-Azahari
28. Habib Jindan bin Novel
29. Shaykh Prof Dr Faruq Hamadah
30. Prof Dr Ahmad Obaid
31. Ustaz Dr Mohamed Feisal Mohamed Hassan
32. Shaykh Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Kattani
33. Dr Afifi al-Akiti
34. Shaykh Abdul Aziz Shafie al-Fatani
35. Shaykh Nuh Keller
36. Habib Hassan bin Muhammad al-Attas
37. Shaykh Mustafa an-Nadwi
38. Habib Ali bin Shaykh Abu Bakar
39. Habib Umar bin Hamid al-Jailani
40. Shaykh Afeefuddin al-Jailani
41. Habib Yusuf Bakhour al-Hassani
42. Habib Abdul Rahman Mashoor
43. Habib Salem Ba'abad
44. Habib Soleh al-Jufri
45. Habib Ali al-Jufri
46. Habib Munzir al-Musawa
47. Shaykh Dr Saad Ghawish al-Hussaini
48. Prof Shaykh Dr Jamal Faroq ad-Daqqaq
49. Shaykh Dr Muhammad Fadhil al-Jailani
50. Habib Muhammad bin Soleh al-Attas
51. Shaykh Muhammad Shukri al-Banjari
52. Dr Habib Ahmad al-Kaf
