 The
second and third sessions of the seminar on "Purifying The
Self" deal with the faults of the self and the need to awaken
ourselves to the possibility that they may exist within  us. In ultimately fulfilling
our humanity we must take the first step of arising from a state
of heedlessness and move on to the state of obedience to Allah.
In order to do this, we must be aware of the very things that
prevent this growth process such as delusion of safety, experience
of dullness in worship, complacency in worship, being pre-occupied
with the faults of others, and talking too much. Sheikh Abdullah
Adhami analyzes each one of these faults in detail and presents
the solutions which are based upon a traditional text. He then
concludes with a fascinating observation of a dua commonly made
at bedtime that contains seven relevant points to serve as a
summary to the discussion of this particular seminar on purification. |
