Khutba: Purification Process (((audio)))
Princeton University MSA.
The spiritual science of Ihsan is based on excellence. A simple explanation of character development in Islam. as A person of ihsan or tazkiya puts God before everything. This Purification process begins with repentance. It leads a person to embodying the Prophetic character of “Worship God as though you see Him and if you cannot reach that stage, then He surely sees you”.
We live in an age of religious iconoclasm. Religiosity in materialistic world is often equated with eastern clothing, size of one’s beard, above ankle pants, and statements such as “kaifa halak ya akhi”, etc. Nevertheless, even with so many exoteric “sunnas”, the esoteric is bereft of Prophetic character and fear of God. What is the proof? Those who have ihsan are busy with their own shortcomings instead of pointing other people’s faults.
Ihsan is to be absent from people in the presence of God. May Allah guide us to the Straight Path.
“Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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