Disciplining The Soul

Safar 18, 1445|September 3, 2023

Created by: Ummkutubah Al’Garland

Disciplining the Soul Worksheet

Answer the following questions…

1. Who is Al-Harith Ibn Kildah?

2. What is the meaning of anger according to Ibn –al-Jawzi?
3. According to the book what is the meaning of stingy?
4. When is envy justified?
5. Which companion has twelve patches on his garment?
6. What is the cure for the dispraise of a liar?
7. Why should a person reframe from hoarding wealth?
8. What did the Messenger say to Abu Dhar concerning him having
responsibilities?
9. What did the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬say concerning the strong person?
10. Who is Umar Ibn Maymun?
11. What is said about the generous man and the stingy man?
12. According to the Shaikh what should the earning of a wise person be?
13. What happens when one becomes excessive in regards to sexual intercourse?
14. What are the three stages of leadership?
15. What is the cure for conceit?
16. What is the cure for arrogance?
17. What are the names of Abu Sufyan Al-Thawri’s students?
18. What are the two traits that are not found in a believer?
19. What is the difference between the sitting and standing Muslim when anger
overcomes them?
20. What is death according to the Shaikh?
21. When should the lash be used on the camel and why?
22. What are the two stages of forgiveness?
23. What are five things that one can do to stop anger?

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24. What are the harms of excessive thinking?

25. What is the one thing that will cause sorrow and sadness to disappear?
26. Why does stinginess resemble a disease?
27. Which Sahâbah made this statement, “O Allâh you know that I did not love this
world and living long in it for the beauty of flowing rivers or planting trees…”?
28. According to the book what is the best cure for sadness?
29. What was the statement of Abdul Samad on his death bed?
30. What brings about the call to sorrow and sadness?
31. What are the different categories of disciplining; give some examples from the
book?
32. How can one identify his/her flaws?

Provide the definition for the following vocabulary words…

1. Envy:
2. Fajar:
3. Fujur:
4. Ghamm:
5. Hamm:
6. Hawâ:
7. Hypernym:
8. Hyponym:
9. Riya:
10. Sharah:

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Beneficial Titbits…

“Know that within every human being there exist three capacities:
A lingual capacity, a lustful capacity and an anger capacity. That said, he who Allâh honored by
bestowing upon him the love of knowledge should care for perfecting his ‘lingual self’, by which Allâh
favored him over all animals and which he shared a common characteristic with angels. He should make
this self-capacity predominant over there other two capacities. So that it becomes the rider, his body
becomes like the horse because a rider should be predominant over a horse due to his elevation, so he be
able to lead it wherever he likes and he should be able to slaughter it if he so wishes. Likewise the lingual
capacity should be predominant over the other two capacities, using and ceasing to use them as it likes
and whoever is like that truly deserves to be called a human being.”

Taken from page 96 of the book

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