Foreword

Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, who went to the Prophet for advice, was given this counsel: ‘Fear God, for He is the one Who sets right all that concerns you. Read the Qur’an and keep remembering God. For then you will be remembered in the heavens. And that will be a light for you on the earth.’ HADITH OF AHMAD IBN HANBAL. 54 ‘The heart becomes rusted like iron in water.’ When asked how to banish this corrosion, the Prophet replied, ‘Remember death frequently and recite the Qur’an.’ HADLTH OF AN-NASA’L ON THE AUTHORITY OF ‘ABDULLAH IBN ‘UMAR.