Hilal Said
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Bissmillah,
The Types of Souls and some ways to purify and refine it by Ash-Shaykh Saalih al-Fouzaan.
Question: What types of souls are there? And what are some techniques to purify and cleanse it as Allah says: {Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself}91:9.
Answer: The types of souls that are mentioned in the Noble Quran are three: The soul that is inclined towards evil, the self-reproaching soul and the soul that is in complete rest and satisfication.
As for the Soul that is inclined to evil: It is the soul which incites its master with what it craves for from forbidden pleasures and following falsehood.
And as for the Self-reproaching soul: Then it is the one who scolds and reprimands its master upon that which it misses from good and it regrets that lost.
(Lastly) as for the Content soul: It is the soul that has found peace with its Lord, His obeidience, His command, His rememberance and does not find this in other than Him (Allah).
The Illustrious Scholar Ibn al-Qayyim may Allah have mercy upon him said: The fact that it (the soul) is Mutamainnah (content) is a praiseworthy description for it, and the fact that it is Amaara bis Soo' (gravitated towards evil) is a disgusting description for it and as for it being Lowwaamah (self-reproaching) divides into either being something praiseworthy or blameworthy regarding what it is reproaching (the self) about*.
And some methods to purify the soul are: to coerce it upon the obeidience of Allah, prevent it from disobeying Him and ban it from its prohibited cravings and salacities.
Footnote:*Ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jowziyyah
Taken from: Al-Muntaqa min Fataawah Fadilah Ash-Shaykh Saalih al-Fouzaan. (#430 Pg.424)
Translated by: Abu Fouzaan Qaasim
The Types of Souls and some ways to purify and refine it by Ash-Shaykh Saalih al-Fouzaan.
Question: What types of souls are there? And what are some techniques to purify and cleanse it as Allah says: {Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself}91:9.
Answer: The types of souls that are mentioned in the Noble Quran are three: The soul that is inclined towards evil, the self-reproaching soul and the soul that is in complete rest and satisfication.
As for the Soul that is inclined to evil: It is the soul which incites its master with what it craves for from forbidden pleasures and following falsehood.
And as for the Self-reproaching soul: Then it is the one who scolds and reprimands its master upon that which it misses from good and it regrets that lost.
(Lastly) as for the Content soul: It is the soul that has found peace with its Lord, His obeidience, His command, His rememberance and does not find this in other than Him (Allah).
The Illustrious Scholar Ibn al-Qayyim may Allah have mercy upon him said: The fact that it (the soul) is Mutamainnah (content) is a praiseworthy description for it, and the fact that it is Amaara bis Soo' (gravitated towards evil) is a disgusting description for it and as for it being Lowwaamah (self-reproaching) divides into either being something praiseworthy or blameworthy regarding what it is reproaching (the self) about*.
And some methods to purify the soul are: to coerce it upon the obeidience of Allah, prevent it from disobeying Him and ban it from its prohibited cravings and salacities.
Footnote:*Ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jowziyyah
Taken from: Al-Muntaqa min Fataawah Fadilah Ash-Shaykh Saalih al-Fouzaan. (#430 Pg.424)
Translated by: Abu Fouzaan Qaasim
