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Etiquette of souls

آداب النفوس

Author: الحارث بن أسد المحاسبي، أبو عبد الله (المتوفى: 243هـ) (d. 243)

About this work

آداب النفوس، كتاب للإمام الحارث المحاسبي المتوفى سنة 243 هـ، في باب التصوف السنّي، وهو من أوائل من كتب في التصوف.

Translation

Etiquette of Souls, a book by Imam Al-Harith Al-Muhasibi, who died in the year 243 AH, in the chapter on Sunni Sufism, and he is one of the first to write about Sufism.

Topics covered

Etiquette of souls for the accountant
God's treatment
Evidence of knowing God
The truth of pleading with the love of righteous people
Politics of the soul
Between the tongue and the heart
He preferred the work of the heart over the work of the tongue
Politics of the heart
The dangers of greed to the heart
Compelling oneself to seek the afterlife
Fear and sadness
Satan loves broken hearts
God Almighty's control
Observation and soliloquy with certainty
From the etiquette of surveillance
Justice and grace
Characteristics of people of justice
Keep people away from justice
Cleansing and work
Satan misleads people with good and evil
Demand as much knowledge
The qualities from which goodness is required
The right thing
Honesty
Thanks

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