Season 1
Introduction to the Path of the Seeker
The Beginning of the Path
Guarding the Heart
This opening episode introduces Imam al-Haddad’s Adab Suluk al-Murid and the purpose of the text. It explores the orientation of the seeker toward Allah and the Hereafter, the importance of intention, and the accessible spiritual path the book sets out to teach.
The first chapter begins with the powerful inner urge that turns a person toward Allah and the final abode. This episode explains how that urge is strengthened, protected and answered through remembrance, reflection, good company, gratitude and acting without procrastination when a door to good opens.
Why the heart must be protected from whispers and harmful influences, why it is more important than the outward limbs, and how knowledge and companionship affect its condition.
A discussion of authentic guidance, trustworthy teachers, purification of the heart, mercy, compassion and maintaining good opinion of others.