Preconditioning...
Preconditioning, Watching over the Soul and Self-examination Preconditioning [musharitah], watching over the soul [muraqibah] and self-examination [muhasibah] a) Preconditioning [musharitah] When man wakes up in the morning, he ought to pay heed to this fact that new capital has been placed in his hands: if we did not wake up from sleep and the soul left our bodies for ever, would our life not come to an end?
اللهُ يَتَوَفَّی الأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا فَيُمْسِكُ الَّتِي قَضَی عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الأُخْرَی إِلی أَجَلٍ مُسَمَّی إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لأَيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that die not during their sleep; then He withholds those on whom He has passed the decree of death and sends the others back till an appointed term; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.” [^2] Therefore, by sleeping, we pass through a…
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