Seekersguidance Podcast - Islam, Islamic Knowledge, Quran, And The Guidance Of The Prophet Muhammad

In this episode, Ustadh Amjad Tarsin continues this series on  Imam Ghazali’s Ihya Uloom ud-Din,  with an overview of the Book of the Mysteries of Purification. Imam Al-Ghazali highlights both the outward and inward importance of purification. Imam Al-Ghazali explains both the rulings of purifications from a fiqh perspective and the inner secrets of purification. The chapter begins by describing that the Quranic verses and Hadiths that detail the benefits and rewards for purification. The purification that is intended here is at the basic level the purification of the limbs. However purification has 4 degrees: [1] Purifying the outward from impurities and vile things. [2] Purifying your limbs from sins and corruption [3] Purifying the heart from blameworthy characteristics and destructive qualities [4] Purifying your inner most core of your being from everything other than the Exalted. The degrees described above correspond with the degrees of faith and a person will not be able to attain a higher l