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🤲Spiritual Refinement, Manners & Remembrance

Self-defects

عيوب النفس

Author: محمد بن الحسين بن محمد بن موسى بن خالد بن سالم النيسابوري، أبو عبد الرحمن السلمي (المتوفى: 412هـ) (d. 412)

About this work

هذا كتاب في التصوف والرقائق، جمعه مؤلفه استجابة لطلب بعض المشايخ، ليكون فصولاً في بيان عيوب النفس وشرورها، مستنداً إلى الآيات القرآنية والأحاديث النبوية وأقوال السلف. يهدف الكتاب إلى تعريف القارئ بمكامن الخلل في النفس البشرية، مثل توهم النجاة مع كثرة المخالفات، والفتور في الطاعة، والغفلة، والاشتغال بعيوب الناس، وغيرها من العيوب التي تعوق سلوك طريق الحق.

Translation

This is a book on Sufism and subtleties, compiled by its author in response to the request of some sheikhs, to be chapters in explaining the faults and evils of the soul, based on Qur’anic verses, prophetic hadiths, and the sayings of the predecessors. The book aims to introduce the reader to the flaws in the human soul, such as the illusion of salvation despite many violations, lack of obedience, heedlessness, preoccupation with people’s faults, and other faults that hinder walking the path of truth.

Topics covered

  • Introduction to the workbook
  • One of the defects of the soul is the illusion of salvation
  • One of the faults of the soul is seeking harm from someone who does not have it
  • One of the defects of the soul is lukewarmness in obedience
  • One of the defects of the soul is obedience and not feeling its pleasure
  • The soul is not familiar with the truth
  • The soul is accustomed to bad thoughts
  • Among the defects of the soul are heedlessness and laziness
  • One of the faults of oneself is preoccupation with other people’s faults
  • Working on decorating the exterior
  • One of the faults of the soul is laziness
  • Seeking the presidency with knowledge and arrogance
  • One of the faults of the soul is too much talk
  • Satisfaction when praised and anger when criticized
  • Too much wishing
  • Delving into the causes of the world
  • One of the faults of the soul is greed
  • Taking care of building the world
  • Self-pity
  • One of the faults of the soul is to take revenge on it
  • Caring for livelihood
  • One of the faults of the soul is the abundance of sins
  • Following passion
  • One of the faults of the soul is that it becomes too familiar with obedience
  • Security from Satan's deception

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