Published - Tue, 21 Mar 2023

Tazkiyah #1 - Introduction to Tazkiyah - Purification of the soul

Tazkiyah #1 - Introduction to Tazkiyah - Purification of the soul


·      Allah created the human being of three components: the mind, the body and the soul. Islam addressed all three components because the human being cannot be upright unless he is balanced in all three aspects.

 

·      The topic of Tazkiyah is related to the soul which has been created with the potential of goodness, but also the gravitation toward corruption.

 

·      The prophet told us that when the human being is born, he is born upon the Fitrah, which is the pure disposition of the soul:



Every child is born upon natural instinct. Then, his parents make him a Jew, or a Christian, or Magian (or a polytheist)

However, as the Hadeeth indicates that this Fitrah is then polluted by external factors, parents being one of those factors.

 

·      Tazkiyah is the process of primarily safeguarding the Fitrah of the soul, while at the same time, constantly purifying it from corruption and contamination.

Allah says:


He has succeeded who purifies it, and he has failed who corrupts it

Therefore, it is Fardh ‘Ayn (individual obligation) upon every Muslim to purify his soul.

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