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NINE STEPS to purification of the mind

NINE STEPS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF THE MIND

Excerpt from - http://www.islamfortoday.com/yusufestes.htm

The Conversion Story of Yusuf Estes, US Federal Prison Chaplain The amazing tale of how an American former "born again" Christian and his father, both ordained ministers, plus their friend, a Catholic priest, all became convinced of the truth of Islam.

Many people ask me how a preacher or priest in Christianity can ever go to Islam, especially considering all the negative things that we hear about Islam and Muslims everyday. I would like to thank everyone for their interest and offer my humble story, God Willing.

NINE STEPS to purification of the mind ............

1.) Clean their mind, their heart and their soul real good.

2.) Clear away all the prejudices and biases

3.) Read a good translation of the meaning of the Holy Quran in a language that they can understand best.

4.) Take some time.

5.) Read and reflect.

6.) Think and pray.

7.) And keep on asking the One who created you in the first place, to guide you to the truth.

8.) Keep this up for a few months. And be regular in it.

9.) Above all, do not let others who are poisoned in their thinking influence you while your are in this state of "rebirth of the soul."

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Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h))

SAHIH AL-BUKHARI HADITH

The Prophet (PBUH) said "Pass on knowledge from me even if it is only one verse"

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Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

"I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than
safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a
better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did
not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all
types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good
advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better
sustenance than patience."
Umar(R.A)

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Narrated by Ibn Abbas (Radhiallaho anho):
I heard Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam)saying, "If
the son of Adam (the human being) had two valleys of money, he would
wish for a third, for nothing can fill the belly of Adam's son except
dust, and Allah forgives him who repents to Him."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 44 (Warding off the affliction of wealth)
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Narrated by Abdullah (Radhiallaho anho):
Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam)said,"Who among you
considers the wealth of his heirs dearer to him than his own wealth?"
They replied, "O Allah's Apostle! There is none among us but loves
his own wealth more." The Prophet said, "So his wealth is whatever he
spends (in Allah's Cause) during his life (on good deeds) while the
wealth of his heirs is whatever he leaves after his death."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 449 (Spending money on good deeds)
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Narrated by Sahl(Radhiallaho anho):
I heard Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) saying, "A
(small) place equal to an area occupied by a whip in Paradise is
better than the (whole) world and whatever is in it; and an
undertaking (journey) in the forenoon or in the afternoon for Allah's
Cause, is better than the whole world and whatever is in it"

Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 424 (This world in contrast with the Hereafter)
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Narrated by Mirdas Al Aslami (Radhiallaho anho):
Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam)said, ""The righteous
(pious) people will depart (die) in succession one after the other,
and there will remain (on the earth) useless people like the useless
husk of barley seeds or bad dates."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 442 (The righteous people will die)

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Narrated by Mirdas Al Aslami (Radhiallaho anho):
Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam)said, ""The righteous
(pious) people will depart (die) in succession one after the other,
and there will remain (on the earth) useless people like the useless
husk of barley seeds or bad dates."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 442 (The righteous people will die)
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Narrated by Ibn Abbas (Radhiallaho anho):
Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam)said, "There are two blessings

which many people lose: (They are) health and free time for doing good."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 421 (Health and Leisure)
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Narrated by (Radhiallaho anho):
Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said, "Whoever says,

'Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi, Subhan Allah Il Adheem'

one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his

sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 414
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Narrated by Anas (Radhiallaho anho):
Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam)said, "None of you should long

for death because of a calamity that had befallen him, and if he cannot but long

for death, then he should say, 'O Allah! Let me live as long as life is better for me,

and take my life if death is better for me.' "

Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 : No. 362

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