This translation of Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin is an abridged version of ibn Al-Jawzi's summary of Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali's well-known book,
Ihya Ulum Ad-Din.
In Imam Al-Ghazalis Ihya Ulum Ad-Din (The Revitalization of Sciences of Religion) apparently has some defects that only scholars can realize, such as the narrations which have been traced back to the prophet while they are fabricated or inauthentic.
Therefore, Imam Ibn Al-Jawziyy compiled this book free of those defects while retaining the benefits of the original book. In this book, the author relied only on authentic and famous narrations and removed from or added to the original book what he seemed necessary.
Contents
Chapter One: ACTS OF WORSHIP
1. Knowledge
2. Purification and Salah
3. Zakah
4. Siyam
5. Hajj
6. The Glorious Qur'an
7. Dhikr and Dua'
Chapter Two: CUSTOMS
1. Serving Food, Sharing It, and Hospitality
2. Marriage
3. Earning Livelihood and Subsistence
4.The Lawful and the Prohibited
5. Friendship and Brotherhood
6. Morals of Traveling
7. Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
8. Customary Evils, and Commanding Rulers to Do Good and Forbid Wrong
9. Manners of the Prophet
Chapter Three: DESTRUCTIVE FLAWS
1. Within the Heart
2 Spiritual Exercise for the Soul, Gaining Good Morality, and Remedying the Heart Diseases .
3. The Appetite of Eating and Drinking and the Sexual Appetite
4. The Flaws Pertaining to the Tongue
5. Anger, Malevolence, and Envy
6. Jah (Prominence and Prestige) and Riya' (Ostentation and Loving to Be Seen by People): Analysis and Remedy
7. Pride, Arrogance, and Self-admiration
8. Ghurur
Chapter Four: MEANS OF SALVATION
1. Repentance
2. Patience and Gratitude
3. Hope and Fear
4. Asceticism and Poverty
5. Oneness of Allah and Trust in Him
6. Love and Pleasure with Allah
7. Intention, Sincerity, and Truthfulness
8. Self-scrutiny
9. Contemplation
10. Remembering Death and Life after It