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Sufism

Sufism and Its Benefits

Tasawwuf aur uske Fawaid

by Allama Afaque Ahmad Mujaddidi عليه الرحمة والرضوان

The benefits and definitions of Sufism, the spiritual path, allegiance (bay'ah) and succession (khilafat), and the ten stations of the path (Parts 1 and 2).

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The book text is in Urdu; an English translation is not available yet. Chapter titles are translated here for reference.

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Chapters

54
  1. 1The author's life and servicespp. 25–38
  2. 2Benefits of Sufismpp. 39–52
  3. 3Sinceritypp. 52–67
  4. 4Protecting inner perfections (third benefit)pp. 67–78
  5. 5Awakening one's abilities (tenth benefit)pp. 78–91
  6. 6Man is the essence of all creationpp. 91–102
  7. 7The compilation of Sufismpp. 102–112
  8. 8Characteristics of the Sufispp. 112–122
  9. 96. The Ajami or Habibi familypp. 122–133
  10. 10Wearing the Sufi cloak (khirqa) and its kindspp. 133–144
  11. 11The connecting Shaykhpp. 144–155
  12. 12The essence of Sufismpp. 155–164
  13. 13Important warningspp. 164–175
  14. 14Sayings of Hazrat Mujaddidpp. 175–189
  15. 156. The great gateways of Satanpp. 189–199
  16. 16Ways of purifying the selfpp. 199–210
  17. 17(1) Benefits of spiritual exercisepp. 210–220
  18. 18Changing character through spiritual exercisepp. 220–232
  19. 19Ways to recognise one's faultspp. 232–245
  20. 20Noble hadithspp. 245–256
  21. 215. How minor sins become majorpp. 256–268
  22. 22A few major sinspp. 269–281
  23. 23Ways to remove the desire for status and positionpp. 281–295
  24. 24Meanspp. 295–304
  25. 25Ingratitude for blessingspp. 304–316
  26. 26Virtues of fear of Allahpp. 316–330
  27. 27Causes of a bad endpp. 330–340
  28. 28The virtue of the poorpp. 340–351
  29. 29Things that ruin one's faithpp. 351–361
  30. 30The wealthy who deserve envypp. 361–371
  31. 31The khanqahpp. 371–381
  32. 32The Sufis preserved the whole religionpp. 381–390
  33. 33Levels of amassing wealthpp. 390–403
  34. 34Signs of renunciationpp. 403–413
  35. 35Staying home or earning: which is better?pp. 413–422
  36. 36Trust in Allah for one with a familypp. 422–433
  37. 37The fourth matterpp. 433–445
  38. 38The highest pleasure is knowing Allahpp. 445–463
  39. 39The reality of contentment (rida)pp. 463–474
  40. 40The favours of the Shaykhspp. 474–487
  41. 41Benefits of hungerpp. 487–507
  42. 42(2) Sleeping lesspp. 508–520
  43. 43Those who sleep little, in the eyes of the Quranpp. 520–532
  44. 44Kinds of peoplepp. 532–543
  45. 45The second way of purifying the selfpp. 543–554
  46. 46The state of deathpp. 554–569
  47. 47A few bad traitspp. 569–579
  48. 48Kinds of backbitingpp. 579–591
  49. 49Six calamitiespp. 591–606
  50. 50Pointless permissible thingspp. 606–619
  51. 51Levels of envypp. 619–629
  52. 52Levels of showing offpp. 629–639
  53. 53Signs of sinceritypp. 639–650
  54. 54Signspp. 650–654