Al-Ghazali : On Conduct in Travel,
Kitab Adab al-Safar, New,
*[A5] Paperback - 150 pages,
by Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali,
Book XVII of The Revival of the Religious Sciences,
Translated by : Prof. Leonard Librande,
Published by The Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge.

 

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Description :

'Al-Ghazali on Conduct in Travel' is a translation of the seventeenth book of the Revival of the Religious Sciences - the Ihya Ulum al-Din. In it, Imam al-Ghazali, may Allah be pleased with him, explains the different outer and inner reasons for travel. Outer reasons include the pilgrimage, the search for knowledge, and the flight from danger; while inner reasons include the acquisition of virtue and the disciplining of the soul.


Imam al-Ghazali divides travel into four classes, and portrays the right inward and outward conduct for each. He then follows this with a practical chapter on the use of religious concessions while travelling, and concludes with a final chapter on how the traveller is to establish the proper direction and times for prayer.




Prof. Leonard Librande received a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from McGill University in 1976. He is a professor at Carleton University in Canada.





Table of Contents :


---Imam al-Ghazali’s Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences,
---Abbreviations  
---Preface,
---Introduction,
---Notes to Introduction,

The Book of Conduct in Travel
---Prologue,

Chapter [1]. On the Forms of Conduct from the First Start until the Final Return and On Travel’s Intention and Advantage,
---Section One : Travel’s Advantages, Merit and Intention,
---section Two : On The Traveller’s Forms of Conduct from His Initial Start Until His Final Return.

Chapter [2].  On What the Traveller Must Learn of the Concessions in Travel and the Indicators for the Qibla and the Times [for Prayer],
---The First Division : Knowledge of the Concessions in Travel,
---The Second Division : Tasks Rendered Necessary because of Travel,


---Notes.

---Appendix : Persons Cited in Text,
---Bibliography,
---Index to Qur’anic Quotations,
---General Index.



 

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