Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

Amazing Book. Must have a one time reading atleast. Very simple and easy way of explaining concept of Purifying heart on a spiritual level.

Wonderful book deep knowledge Must read for every Muslim and for every human beings Love the book The book that takes you close to the al mighty

An eye opener. Must read for every muslim and non-muslim. If they want to lead a life in accordance to the Islam and protect their spiritual hearts from spiritual diseases.

The book precisely speaks about things that we need to un-learn and the importance of inward fiqh. Sheikh Humzah should consider writing more books. Calling this a self analyzing book is an understatement. A true master piece. I guarantee you that you will find yourself in one of the chapters if not in many. Adil Mir

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is simply brilliant ! He is a walking library !!!!!!!!! A true Genius and a legend .

Book is excellent for reading but printing is extremely bad, as it was printed in India. Also page quality is so bad and can't be read well. Best is to go online pdf and read their.

The book is pirated copy not able to read many pages.

I received a pirated copy, it seems! Low quality page and print sadly.

Would highly recommend this book, especially for any young adults trying to learn more about the faith. 2021 edit: This book is one of my favourites, one I turn to when I want to center myself. I've now purchased this for a friend who is reconnecting with the faith. I think tackling the diseases of the heart is the first thing a believer should do when on the path to strengthening their relationship with Allah (SWA). Once the nafs is in control, Islam becomes quite simple, inshaAllah.

This book is a masterpiece. Hamza Yūsuf does a great job translating a beautiful poem and adds excellent commentary. Excellent literature summarized in a beautiful way, with clear language. Only wise people and honest people can benefit from this book. Anyone concerned with self growth and personal development should read it regardless of you are a Muslim or not.

5 years ago, I met the first Muslim I'd ever known in my freshman year of college. From talking with him and researching a little bit, I was already intrigued by Islam both spiritually and intellectually, but then he suggested I read this book. I was also reading the Qur'an at the time, but honestly, for someone who doesn't understand the language or history and has little guidance, the Qur'an can be pretty daunting. So, while reading the Qur'an was a beautiful experience, I'll admit that I was totally lost that first time. It's hard to connect with something you can't fully grasp in the way that it's supposed to be grasped. This book, Purification of the Heart, is what solidified my feelings for Islam. Being raised a Christian and without many Muslim friends and no scholarly guidance at all, this book spoke to my heart the way that everyone craves the speaker to preach when they go to churches or mosques or synagogues. This book simplified things for me enough so that I could actually follow along and targeted my spirituality enough to encourage and inspire me to be a better person and to continue my research in Islam. This book gave me the little taste of deep Islamic spirituality that I needed to know that it would be worth it not to give up in my studies of Islam. This book had me engulfed in the preface, man. Hamza Yusuf is an amazing writer for sure, but I think it also helps that he's a convert himself and a native English speaker. I know it's important to hold the Arabic meaning of the Quran and hadith, but we need more sources like this for the western world so that converts like myself and even just curious westerners can learn about Islam from a trustworthy source and actually understand it/benefit from it. I will suggest this book to any Muslim, converts especially, and any non Muslim who asks about Islam or even just spirituality in general.

So I've been listening to the Shaykh for about 6 years now. And he is amazing. He is educated, well spoken and his philosophies aim to bring people together and making ourselves better people. After watching his audio series on purification of the heart (amazing) I was naturally led to this book. And I have to point out this is completely different to that series. This is a very calming book. It has sections on different negative human qualities and ways in how we can improve them internally rather then externally. The different sections range from anger, jealousy, laziness etc. And they are well laid out. It gives good explanations on each quality and how we can remove or improve of ourselves from these and also the cause of these. Now this book is primarily an Islamic book however I recommend this for all. It really soothes the heart and is a great self help book. It's not a big book, nor is it a long read. However it is a lot to digest so will take a while to get through. I have been reading this for about 5 years now and still learning. Tldr: Teaches you that we need to make the changes within ourselves rather then externally. An amazing book. Will light up your heart. Has a chapter on the different character diseases that can afflict a human. From jealousy to being selfish. And teaches us how to battle these within ourselves.

There are a lot of lessons and practical ways to purify the heart. The content of the book will make more sense once practised while reading.