Healing of the souls

Author: Dr. Turki Al-Maiman Number of pages: 80 pages Category: Islamic Morality Summary: This book is a summary of a brilliant genius that filled the world, occupied people in its time and afterwards. Its author, Abu Muhammad Ibn Hazm Al-Andalusi, embedded his life experiences, living between blessings and hardships, between a long-standing noble status and difficult days. He was a wanderer, exiled among the elite of the people, the country's noblemen, and statesmen, and among ordinary people in their work, morals, behavior, fluctuations, conditions, ambitions, and goals. He observes the intersections, similarities, differences, and oppositions among them, extracting the constants of human nature, what can change and transform within it, and what can be repaired. He sees the cycles of the world and its people over time, looks to the hereafter, and what Allah has prepared for His servants of eternal reward. He weighs people's conditions with the scale of the Qur'an and Sunnah, with his sharp mind and far-sighted vision, and summarizes all of that in few words or brief lines, in lofty language and captivating, penetrating style. These words are meant to serve as a constitution for scholars to adopt and for wise people to be guided by, so they do not repeat past experiences nor fall into mistakes that harm others, but rather avoid them. They see the paths of human progress and follow them, ascending to higher levels. Ibn Hazm, may Allah have mercy on him, saw that uprightness in behavior is a result of the uprightness of the soul and mind. He offers effective medicine for this, so that people may be enlightened and guided. He poured all he could of this medicine into this book, in his view.