Description
Etiquettes of the Holy Month of Ramadhan, A comprehensive commentary about the Esoteric essence of the Holy Month of Ramadhan by Mirza Jawad Agha Maliki Tabrizi. Etiquette and codes of special deeds performed by Allah's most sincere servants during the Holdy Month; the self-restraint and asceticism practiced by them during these worships and the self purification achieved by them.
The book Spiritual Journey of the Mystics (Suluk al-Arifan) is an English translation of Al-Muraqebat fi A'mal al-Sunnah (The Book of Watchfulness), written by the renowned Islamic gnostic and jurist Grand Ayatollah Haj Mirza Javad Agha Maliki Tabrizi.
Core Themes and Etiquettes in the Book
• Understanding the Divine Invitation: Fasting is viewed not merely as abstaining from physical needs, but as entering into a divine feast and realizing Allah’s special hospitality.
• Three Classifications of Observers (Fasting Types):
1. The Common: Abstaining from food, drink, and physical invalidate-acts from dawn to sunset.
2. The Nobles (Khassa): Keeping the eyes, ears, tongue, and all body parts safe from sins and disobedience.
3. The Distinguished Nobles (Akhass al-Khassa): Keeping the heart completely detached from worldly thoughts, distractions, and anything other than Allah.
• The Wisdom of Hunger and Thirst: Reducing food and sleep purifies the heart, softens the soul, subdues passions, and heightens spiritual focus and charity.
• Suhur and Iftar Etiquette: Pre-dawn meals (suhur) and breaking the fast (iftar) carry specific spiritual inward states, including gratitude, sincere intentions, and lawful (halal) moderation (avoiding extravagance, which ruins spiritual receptivity).
• Qur'an Recital and Supplication: Emphasizes deep deliberation, weeping, understanding inner meanings, and overcoming obstacles to spiritual comprehension during night and day prayers.
• The Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr): Focuses on intense preparation, night vigils, meditation, Tawassul (recourse to the Ahl al-Bayt), and self-accounting.
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Author: Grand Ayatollah Haj Mirza Javad Agha Maliki Tabrizi (R.A.)
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Translator: Sayyid Hussien Alamdar
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Translated from: Farsi — Al-Muraqebat fi A'mal al-Sunnah
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Publisher: Ansariyan Publications
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Language: English
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Binding: Softcover
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Pages: 202
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Dimensions: Ru'qi / Small Trade (رقعي) — 5.51 × 8.27 in (14.0 × 21.0 cm)
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Edition: 2nd Edition 2005
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ISBN: 9789644380297
