About ; "Kamaal"!

" The subject is so huge. We really cant learn it from books.
We need to have a teacher that takes us through the stages. its all about mastering our ego. Tasawwuf is not a sect within Islam like many think, nor is it a Madhab (school of thought). It is simply a science within Islam, the same way Fiqh is not a sect or a scho ...ol of thought.
There have been many sciences drawn out of the Qur'an , Fiqh, n Tasawwuf among others.
Its all based on what our prophet was like. He was the" COMPLETE HUMAN BEING ".

Tasawwuf is just a science within Islam of how to attain that level of perfection.
He was the walking Qur'an. Tasawwuf is just a study of what made him master his ego n embody the teachings of the Quran n hadith.
The essence of the teachings of this science is how to become a complete human being (in Tasawwuf called" Ensaan e Kamel "- the Complete Human).
The goal as I said is to become a complete human. But also, how to bring oneself to realize that we r nothing, n that God is everything. We learn to efface ourselves so we make room for Him in our hearts.

We need to dominate our ego in order to be reach the maqam (spiritual level) of Ehsaan (worshipping God as if we see Him).
This is a level higher than those who will go to paradise. God will reveal Himself to them on the other side because instead of asking of paradise, they asked to see n be with Him. its for those who dont ask for rewards n those whose reward is to see n be w/ Him on the other side.
To reach that level, we need to remove 68 sicknesses of the soul. Here is the list of which our prophet (SAW) had embodied all of them. Saints also reached this level through this exercice that will last u a lifetime

I'd like to say that I am by no means a scholar !
I am simply a seeker, a student of this Quranic science, so please dont quote me on anything. All I can do is point u to the direction where digging is required.
I'm really glad to do mentioned God's 99 Names. They are an excellent subject to start with. In Tasawwuf, they are one of the major focal points of interest

This list is for what we call the blemishes of the Nafs:
UJUB- to be proud of ones spiritual state
RIYA - to show off
KIBR- arrogance
HASAD- envy
BUKHUL- miserliness
KIN- to be vengeful
KUFR- faithlessness
BIDAT- to distort religion and tradition
Kufran-i nimet- to deny the giver of gifts or to belittle the gifts
To be dissatisfied n complain about ones state
To cease to have hope for God's Mercy
To be sure of God's exposition
To condone tyranny and help tyrants

To speak against decent people
To keep the heart attached to this world
To keep wanting to be a leader
To expect approval and compliments
To fear criticism
Not to be able to prevent oneself from wanting
Instead of wishing to learn the truth, being an imitator
To fawn over people for personal benefit
To be happy about disasters that fall upon people, even your enemies
To be a coward
To be angry
To be a tyrant
Not to keep ones word
To believe in bad luck

To think unjustly about people
To love ones property
To be overly concerned with the world and the worldly/To be ambitious/ To lead an irresponsible life /To mix oneself into affairs that do not concern one /To be undignified / Not to keep the time of ones devotions due to laziness / To be shameless
To lament the loss of things/ To gossip /To be stubborn / To be an egoist /To be a hypocrite /To cheat /To be brutish
To be dishonorable in relations with women
To be lustful

Not to accept ones error and continue insisting on it
To be afraid of poverty
Not to believe in destiny or to talk about destiny
To make oneself depressed
To take pleasure in belittling others
To be indiscriminately happy
To be insincerely kind and fawning over rich people
To be disdainful of the poor
To boast and be proud of ones past
To show off ones physical prowess
To belittle others
To like to talk long unnecessarily
To be self centered in conversation

To forget about ones own shortcomings and be preoccupied with the shortcomings of others
To exclude from ones heart the fear of Allah and the shame and sadness of ones state
In distress to make excuses and to fall back on and encourage the nafs
To decline to help in a struggle for Allahs sake
To pretend to be friends with ones enemy
To cheat in ones work
To set traps for others
To identify with the world to the extent of forgetting Allah

And finally the last 2:
To take pleasure in peoples suffering
Not to suffer because of ones mistakes

No one will become a complete human bein unless he had mastered all these.
These r the ugly attributes of the human heart.
All this to have beautiful adab n be closest to God n this is how.
The reason why our prophet (pbuh) was considered a complete human being is coz he mastered all of them. Its not an easy task, it'll take us an inner journey within ourself n be willing to look within. "

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