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[Lesson Six | 17/05/2025] Selected Benefits from Madārij Al-Sālikīn of Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله– By Shaykh Abu ‘Iyaad Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله. Monthly class at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.
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Some points discussed during this lesson:
– Recap of the previous lesson.
– Explanation of how al-Fātiḥah is a shifā’ (cure and healing).
– The two types of cures contained in Sūrah al-Fātiḥah.
– How al-Fātiḥah is a cure for the hearts.
– Two principles/foundations of all diseases of the heart: corruption in knowledge (فساد العلم) and corruption in intent (فساد القصد).
– Two fatal diseases that stem from these two principles: misguidance (الضلال) and anger (الغضب).
– Examples of how diseases of the heart return to Fasād al-‘Ilm and Fasād al-Qaṣd.
– The cure for Fasād al-‘Ilm.
– The greatest, most obligatory supplication upon every servant to make.
– The cure for Fasād al-Qaṣd.
– How Fasād al-Qaṣd leads to corrupted objectives and corrupted means to reach those objectives.
– Steps taken by those who seek temporal objectives to reject the truth.
– The eventual, inevitable regret and ruin of these types of individuals.
– The outcome of the one who has good intent and lofty objectives but takes incorrect means.
– Six components contained in the medicine إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.
– Two further diseases of the heart that lead to ruin and destruction, without fail: showing off (الرياء) and arrogance (الكبر).
– Repelling and curing riyā’ with يَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ and kibr with إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.
– The reason al-Ghamm (sorrow/grief) overwhelms the heart, and how to prevent it from settling in the heart.
– Using this knowledge to diagnose ourselves and treat the diseases that may afflict us.
– How al-Fātiḥah is a cure for the body.
– The one for whom the Qur’ān is a cure.
– Utilising the Sunnah, principles of medicine and personal experience to illustrate how al-Fātiḥah is a healing for the bodies.
– The Sunnah
– The ḥadīth where one of the Companions (رضى الله عنهم) performed ruqyah (using Sūrah al-Fātiḥah) on a chief from the pagan Bedouin Arabs when he was stung.
– A necessary factor that must be present within the one receiving the medicine.
– Principles of Medicine
– How the fiery rage of certain creatures becomes embodied in their sting.
– Countering diseases with their opposites.
– Preserving health by its like.
– A ḥadīth that highlights the powerful effect of emotions on health and disease.
– Experiments and research on psychogenic illnesses.
– Three affairs that necessitate healing when they come together.
– Personal Experience
– Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on the amazing effect of al-Fātiḥah in relieving him of painful illnesses.
– Summary of the lesson.
– The connection between sins and physical ailments.
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