RECTIFYING UNDESIRABLE INTERNAL ATTRIBUTES: 8 (talk by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB)

 So, the purpose of going to a Shaykh shouldn’t just be to ask how much Zikr (remembrance) should he perform, how many Tasbeehat should he recite each day, or how many Nawafil should he pray each day. These Nawafil, Tasbeehat, Zikrare all aides on the way to Tazkiyah, but they are not the primary goal. The primary goal of Tasawwuf is that a person keeps critically evaluating every moment of his life and should keep reflecting on his behaviour; whether he performed any actions under the influence of Takabbur, whether he became unduly and excessively angry at some point, whether he did something under the influence of greed, or whether he is suffering from excessive love of this material world. He should keep evaluating all his behaviours, keep informing his Shaykh about his spiritual ills, keep asking him about how to treat them, and keep practicing the remedies his Shaykh tells him to perform. If he finds it difficult to follow any of the remedies for some reason, he should inform his Shaykh about those difficulties too. In essence, he should keep informing his Shaykh about every aspect of the purification of his inner-self.

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