بداية الهداية
Bidayat al-Hidaya
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About The Book
Bidayat al-Hidaya is Imam al-Ghazali's practical beginner's manual on the daily disciplines of worship and the cultivation of character. Composed before the Ihya as a kind of seed-text for it, the work covers the practical disciplines that the wayfarer needs from the moment he wakes: the manners of rising, of wudu, of salat, of the daily Quran portion, of dealing with people throughout the day, of work, of eating, of sleep — and the inner disciplines that accompany them: avoiding the sins of the heart (envy, pride, ostentation), cultivating sincerity, dealing patiently with affliction.
Where the Ihya unfolds these themes across four large volumes, Bidayat al-Hidaya remains the most accessible single-volume introduction to al-Ghazali's spiritual programme, and is universally read in Sunni-Sufi circles as the first practical text on the path.
About The Author
Imam al-Ghazali (450-505 AH / 1058-1111 CE), Hujjat al-Islam, is among the most influential thinkers in the history of Islam. Born in Tus in Khurasan, he taught at the Nizamiyya college in Baghdad before withdrawing into a long spiritual retreat from which he emerged with the Ihya. Bidayat al-Hidaya was composed in the same closing phase of his life.
عن الكتاب
"بداية الهداية" للإمام الغزالي دليلٌ عَمَلي للمبتدئ في عبادات اليوم وآداب النفس. كَتَبَه قبل "الإحياء" كأنّما هو بَذْره الأوّل. يتناول الكتابُ الآداب العملية التي يحتاجها السالك من ساعة استيقاظه: آداب القيام، والوضوء، والصلاة، والورد القرآني، والمعاشرة، والكسب، والأكل، والمنام؛ وآداب الباطن المُصاحبة لها: تجنُّب الحسد والكِبْر والرياء، وتحقيق الإخلاص، والصبر على البلاء.
عن المؤلف
الإمام أبو حامد الغزالي (٤٥٠-٥٠٥ هـ)، حجّة الإسلام. درّس بالنظاميّة ببغداد، ثم اعتزل في رياضة روحية طويلة. صنَّف "بداية الهداية" في المرحلة نفسها التي صنَّف فيها "إحياء علوم الدين".
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About the author
al-Ghazali: Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (450-505 AH / 1058-1111 CE) was born in Tus, in the Khorasan region of Persia, and is remembered as one of Islam's most influential thinkers. Losing his father young, he studied at Nishapur and was appointed, while still in his thirties, to the prestigious Nizamiyya college in Baghdad. He was Shafiʿi in law and Ashʿari in creed, and his contemporaries honored him as Hujjat al-Islam, the Proof of Islam. At the height of his fame al-Ghazali passed through a profound spiritual crisis, recounted in his autobiography al-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error). He abandoned his teaching post, traveled, and devoted years to the inward discipline of the Sufis before returning to instruction with a renewed purpose. His landmark work, Ihyaʾ ʿUlum al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), reconstructs the religious life across four parts, acts of worship, social custom, the vices that ruin the soul, and the virtues that save it. In philosophy he wrote Tahafut al-Falasifa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers), a careful critique of the Hellenistic thinkers of his age. Bridging law, theology, philosophy, and mysticism, al-Ghazali shaped the direction of Sunni thought for centuries, and his books remain widely read and translated. His many works are available here in English translation.
Specifications
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Dar Kashida
Author
al-Ghazali
Pages
112
Year Published
2024
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W- | H- | D-
Number of Volumes
1
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