Book of Assistance

Description

This classic text offers a complete guide to Muslim devotions, prayers and practical ethics. It connects the outward with the inward, carefully guiding us through various pitfalls and mishaps, so that we may be of those who are protected and guided on the straight path.

The Book of Assistance succinctly summarizes the stages of this spiritual journey and its most important milestones, such as certainty in the Afterlife, the stages of spiritual development, and presence of heart in acts of worship. Good character with other people, sincerity, gratitude, and love of God are some of the important topics.

The author, Imam al-Haddad (d. 1720), lived at Tarim in the Hadramaut valley between the Yemen and Oman, and is widely held to have been the “spiritual renewer” of the twelfth Islamic century. Imam Haddad had the unique ability to synthesize the knowledge that had come before him into works easily accessible for Muslims of his time. His legacy provides us with valuable information on how to act with wisdom.

Class-1
Introduction to the book and the Author
On certainty
Class-2
On Intention
On Vigilance
Class-3
On the Inner and the Outer Self
On Regular Devotions
Class-4
On Reciting the Quran
On Acquiring knowledge
Class-5
On Salutations and a Salutary Opinion
On Following the Sunna
Class-6
On Conduct in Mosques
On Prayer om Congregation
Class-7
On enjoying good and Forbidding Evil
On Gratitude
Class-8
On Reliance on God
On Divine love and Contentment