Author: Ezatulhada Ismail Total Pages: 460 Published date: March 2024 Publisher: Alhada Publishing Buy on Amazon @ USD 30 Malaysians may buy from TikTok shop: Alhada Publishing at RM 139 |
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 Akhirahh 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 Eight: 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 |
9 |
Shaykh Abdul Aziz Fredericks |
8 |
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 |
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