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Al-Ghazali on the Manners Related to Eating - Book XI of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Al-Ghazali on the Manners Related to Eating - Book XI of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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"Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating" is the eleventh
chapter of the "Revival of the Religious Sciences" (Ihya Ulum
al-Din), which is widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim
spirituality. In "Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating",
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali helps to bring to light the religious and
spiritual dimensions of one of the most basic of human needs:
eating and the conduct connected with it.---First, Ghazali
discusses what a person must uphold when eating by himself: that
the food is lawful, that both the person and the surroundings
should be clean, that one must be content with what is available,
and how the person should conduct himself while eating and after
eating. Ghazali then proceeds to discuss eating in company and says
that to all the above should be added the necessity of courtesy,
conversation and the proper presentation of food. Finally, Ghazali
expounds the virtues of hospitality and generosity and the conduct
of the host as well as that of the guest. Other topics that are
discussed are: abstention from food, fasting and general health.
Whilst the focus of this chapter of the "Revival" is upon the
question of eating, Ghazali also presents the importance of
aligning every aspect of one's life with religion and spirituality.
Referring extensively to the example of the Prophet and to that of
the early Sufis, Ghazali illustrates how the simple activity of
eating can encourage numerous virtues that are themselves necessary
for the remainder of the spiritual life.---In this new edition, the
Islamic Texts Society has included the translation of Abu Hamid
al-Ghazali's own Introduction to the "Revival of the Religious
Sciences" which gives the reasons that caused him to write the
work, the structure of the whole of the "Revival" and places each
of the chapters in the context of the others.
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