The General Methods
of Self Purification
We have general and detailed methods to achieve self-purification.
As for the general ones:
1) Cleansing our souls from the immoral manners we mentioned
earlier like; hypocrisy, conceit, stinginess, avarice, greed and feeling secure
against Allah’s planning.
2) Adorning our souls with the noble manners, after we take the bad
ones out, such as; sincerity, turning to Allah, fearing Allah, being grateful
to Allah Rabbul Jallaluh and being humble.
3) Maintaining the acts of worship because they are the best
conduit to Allah Rabbul Jallaluh.
4) Doing as many voluntary acts of worship as we can. Allah Rabbul
Jallaluh says in the Divine Narration:
“…and my servant will keep
trying to get closer to me till I love him…”
5) Pondering the Qur’an because the Qur’an cleanses the hearts. Rasulullah
ﷺ says;
“The hearts get rusty just
like metal and this rust can never go out except by reading the Qur’an and by
remembering death.”
Allah Rabbul Jallaluh says;
“This is a blessed Book
which We sent down to you [Muhammad PBUH], for people to ponder over its
messages, and for those with understanding to take heed."
(TMQ, 38:29),
and, “Do they not ponder on the Quran?"
(TMQ, 4:82).
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