Mokhtar Maghraoui – Spiritual Purification #01 What is Tazkiyat Al Nafs

Mokhtar Maghraoui
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The speaker discusses the importance of tighter heart and compassion in Islamic culture. They emphasize the need to learn and accept the essential realities of Islam, including the practical mission of cleanse and defends one's true self. The speaker also mentions the importance of individual obligations and the desire for everyone to take on a collective obligation.
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The focus on on tizkia

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itself and not the focus on other

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elements of our Islamic dimensions,

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which are all very important,

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the focus on on this gear

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is,

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first of all, through my personal experience

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that,

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an intellect

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without,

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soft heart,

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without,

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polished heart,

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without,

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simply said, a beautiful heart.

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Beautiful in terms of the traits of safat

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and the characteristics

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of that heart

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of compassion,

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of merciful love,

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of kindness, of benevolence,

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of justice,

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of fairness, of humility, of humbleness,

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of forgiveness,

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of

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internal peace.

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A heart without that

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or an intellect without that is dry.

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And in our Islamic tradition,

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this dimension of the spiritual aspect of the

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aspect

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has always been very, very essential. Yes.

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Sometimes. At times,

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some of us,

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historically,

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have disregarded that,

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perhaps because of some factors, historic

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or social or political

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or otherwise.

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And

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to lose that dimension from our lives

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is to lose

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the beating heart in our lives,

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to lose the spiritual dimension,

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the moral dimension

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consequently,

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and the ethical dimensions,

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from Allah's

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is to lose the essence

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of our deen.

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Our deen,

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Islam,

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wants us to,

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internalize the most beautiful traits

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and to externalize them in real life.

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And in the absence of that process or

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that work of cleansing

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our traits and our characteristics and our thoughts

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and our feelings and what stirs us and

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what moves us

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to do things or not to do things,

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to agree or to to disagree,

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to see beautiful or to see ugly,

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to to live without that, without learning that,

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is to live with with the with the

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with the absence

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of the most important

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dimension,

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in our deen, Farasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam's

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purpose within

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the sphere

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of the

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tawhid, the affirmation, the active affirmation

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of the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Within the sphere of tawhid,

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his mission as described by Allah to us

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is essentially

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Allah says to us that, basically, that essential

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practical mission of Rasulullah

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within the context of tawhid

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is tazgiyah, is to cleanse and purge

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our hearts, our

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internal realities.

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Allah

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tells us

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After Allah

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swears, if you will, 11 times in Surat.

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At the end of that,

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the answer of that the answer of that

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the answer of that that of that very

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strong

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means to

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swear for something because it's important the answer

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of that is.

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Indeed has attained felicity

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or

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success or happiness.

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The one who strives

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to cleanse

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his self.

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These are the main and essential reasons

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why we we are here to emphasize that,

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because that's

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is essential

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to everybody's life.

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And,

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moreover,

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is

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a Whereas other sciences and other things in

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Islam,

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which are very important,

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are many of them.

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Is an individual

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obligation. Farb ul Kifaya is a collective obligation.

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And, indeed, if we have the choice between

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the 2, Farbawain

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takes priority over Farbawl Kifaya.

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But if we can do them both, we

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must do them both as well.

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