Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Prayer - Salat

Excellent Merits of Prayer
1 Call to Prayer – Adhan
2 Five Set Prayers – Salat
3 Correct Performance – Ta’dil
4 Congregational Prayer – Jama‘a
5 Prostration – Sujud
6 Humble Adoration – Khushu’
7 The Mosque and Place of Prayer – Masjid
Internal Prerequisites: Actions of the Heart
Humility and Conscious Awareness
Internal States Conducive to Perfecting the Life in Prayer
Awareness – Understanding – Reverence – Awe –Hope – Shame
Medication Conducive to Inner Serenity
Inner States at Each Stage of Prayer
The Call to Prayer – Ritual Purity – Covering Private Parts – Facing the Qibla – Standing Upright – Intention – Takbir – Opening Invocations – Reciting the Quran – Bowing Down – Prostration – Sitting and Testifying – End of Supplication – Salutation
Stories of the Humble

Chapter 2 Almsgiving – Zakat

1 Understand the Purpose and Significance
Testing the Degree of Love for God – Elimination of Miserliness – Expression of Gratitude
2 Payment at Proper Time
3 Give in Secret
4 Give Openly
5 Avoid Taunting and Hurting
6 Adopt Humility
7 Give the Best and the Dearest
8 Seek the Worthy and Deserving

Chapter 3 Fasting – Sawm

Three Grades
Inward Requirements
See not what displeases God – Speak not... – Hear not... – Do not... – Avoid Overeating – Look to God with Fear and Hope
Importance of Observing Inward Aspects

Chapter 4 Pilgrimage - Hajj

Its Excellences and Its Merit
The Pilgrimage
The Ka’ba and Makka the Ennobled
Residing in Makka
Madina the Radiant 3
Fine Points of Propriety; Internal Conduct
Purity of Intention and Means – Shunning Unlawful Taxes – Moderation in Expenditure – Forsaking Evil Conduct – Going on Foot – Modesty and Simplicity of Transport – Shabbiness in Dress and Appearance – Kindness to Beasts of Burden – Sacrificing Animals – Equanimity
Inner States at Various Stages of Hajj
Understanding – Yearning – Resolve – Severing Ties – Provisions – Transport – Purchase of Ihram – Leaving Home – Crossing the Desert – Putting on Ihram and Crying ‘Labbayk’ – Entering Makka – Seeing the Ka’ba – Circumambulating the House (Tawaf) – Touching the Black Stone – Standing at Multazam – Running between al-Safa and al-Marwa (Sa’y) – Standing at ‘Arafat – Casting Pebbles (Ramy) – Sacrificing Animals – Visiting Madina – Visiting God’s Messenger
Conclusions

Chapter 5 Night Vigil – Qiyam al-Layl
Quranic Verses – Traditions of the Prophet – Traditions of the Companions and Their Followers

Chapter 6 Invoking Blessings upon God’s Messenger

Chapter 7 The Merit of Seeking Forgiveness – Istighfar