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The pretext for the good deeds of Sharia law

الذريعة إلى مكارم الشريعة

Author: أبو القاسم الحسين بن محمد المعروف بالراغب الأصفهانى (المتوفى: 502هـ) (d. 502)

About this work

الذريعة إلى مكارم الشريعة كتاب ألّفه أبو القاسم الحسين بن محمد المعروف بالراغب الأصفهاني (المتوفى: 502هـ) من أهل (أصبهان) سكن بغداد، واشتهر، حتى كان يقرن بالغزالي ، يعنى بتأصيل النظرية الأخلاقية عند المسلمين، والذي يجيب فيه على السؤال: "كيف يصل الإنسان إلى منزلة العبودية التي جعلها الله شرفاً للأتقياء، وكيف يترقى عنها إذا وصلها إلى منزلة الخلافة التي جعلها الله تعالى شرفاً للصديقين والشهداء؟

Translation

The pretext to the good deeds of Sharia is a book written by Abu al-Qasim al-Husayn bin Muhammad, known as al-Raghib al-Isfahani (died: 502 AH), from the people of Isfahan who resided in Baghdad, and who became famous, to the point that he was associated with al-Ghazali. It is concerned with establishing the moral theory of Muslims, in which he answers the question: “How does a person reach the status of servitude that God made an honor for the pious, and how does he rise from it if he reaches the status of the caliphate that God made it?” May God give honor to the righteous and martyrs?

Topics covered

  • The pretext for the good deeds of Sharia law
  • Author's introduction
  • Mention the seasons and their types
  • The first chapter is about human conditions, powers, virtue, and morals
  • Like the people of the world and what they were nominated for
  • The nature of man and how he is composed
  • In human powers
  • The cooperation of spiritual forces and the ability to perceive them
  • Explaining the virtue of man over other animals
  • Explaining what a person prefers
  • The human being is between the beast and the king
  • What is the purpose of human beings?
  • The policy by which he deserves the succession of God Almighty
  • The difference between the prohibitions of Sharia law and worship and building the land
  • What is lost in the purity of the soul
  • Explaining the conflict between passion and reason
  • The difference between what is determined by reason and what is determined by passion
  • In mentioning the thoughts that are presented from the perspective of reason and passion
  • Praiseworthy character is achieved through purity of the soul
  • The difference between nature, character, character, and habit
  • The possibility of changing creation
  • A person increases in virtues and vices by using them
  • The difference between praise and condemnation of creation
  • The reason why people differ in their morals
  • The necessity of acquiring praiseworthy virtue

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