Sheikh Nuh Notes III

Salaam,

Ihya Ulumdin; Imam Ghazzali

Imaan and Ihsaan are related to eachother. Distinctiveness by way of them being inter related or synonymous.

Iman is havig conction in th heart and also having outard submission. Its ideal to have both but even partial submission is still submission> is someone touhing someone else with the tip of his finger he’s still touching them, this still termed touching even f its not with the whole bdy. Therefore even if not full submission, it still is termed submission

Importantto distinguish between a mu’min – one who has true convicton and faith and a muslim – one who has faith

Iman>Ihsan in rank

Iman>Person who has even iota of faith will one day end up in heaven. But when is a person considered a Muslim? How little s neeed for a person to be considered a muslim? Some say mere convcition in Allah and the Prphet. Ohers – Coviction in the heart and the tongue needed. 3rd group say previous but perso also needs to do the basic actions of Islam. Top degree – one who does all previous three>all agreed that person with all three will eventually o to paradise.

2nd degree> first 2 of the above exist and the 3rd exists partially (Islamic acts) – still a muslim but committing a big sin by not doing these acts

3rd degree> believes with convction,testifies with tongue bt no actions done – disagreement with what happens to this person

AbuTalib Makki (Famous Sufi scholar) : utward practice of Islam is key; without this ones Islam is not complete.

Imam Ghazali; No word is “repeated” in the Quran; each word,sentence,vowel etc has t sow distinct special meaning bearing inmind the contxt its in.

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