The Imam Al Ghazali Collection
Selected books from his magnum opus the Revival of the Religious Sciences Ihya Ulum al-Din
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In this ongoing series of lectures Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad takes us through Imam al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum al-Din, the Revival of the Religious Sciences, elucidating its meanings through its original text, focusing on one book each year:
• The Secrets of the Prayer (2018)
• The Condemnation of Anger, Hatred and Envy (2019)
• Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness (2020)
• The Faults of the Tongue (2021)
• Condemnation of Status and Ostentation (2022)
• The Properties of Friendship and Brotherhood (2023)
Ordinarily delivered in Alqueria de Rosales in Spain, these lectures are a helpful guide for those seeking spiritual refinement in particular aspects of their worship and conduct.
Your Lecturer
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Dr Timothy Winter) was educated at Cambridge, Al-Azhar and London universities. He is currently the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University and Director of Studies in Theology at Wolfson College. He has published and contributed to numerous academic works on Islam, including as Director of the Sunna Project, and is a leading figure in inter-faith activity, notably as one of the signatories to the Common Word statement. He is well-known as a contributor to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’.
Cambridge Muslim College was the original vision of Abdal Hakim Murad, who continues to oversee and contribute to its work. More: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/about/people/
Curriculum
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StartLecture 1: The Prophetic Tradition and Inward Discipline (55:37)
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StartLecture 2: Introduction to the Book (41:33)
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StartLecture 3: Condemnation of Fame and Status (71:47)
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StartLecture 4: Nature of Status and Reasons Why it is Beloved (34:45)
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StartLecture 5: Perfection, Blameworthy Status, and its Remedies (62:04)
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StartLecture 6: Nature and Types of Ostentation (82:44)
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StartLecture 7: Hidden Ostentation and Remedies (35:33)
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StartLecture 1: Realities and Mysteries of Speech (110:08)
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StartLecture 2: Irrelevant, False and Ostentatious Speech (130:55)
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StartLecture 3: Disputation, Foul Speech, and Cursing (121:01)
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StartLecture 4: Frivolity, Mockery, Secrets and False Promises (104:57)
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StartLecture 5: Gossiping, Praising, and Questioning the Divine Attributes (122:04)
“I’m really happy with the way the course has gone because it’s taken the practical and the metaphysical and really merged them together into something that can benefit humanity in a complete sense.”
– May Nasr
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