AL- GHAZALI ABSTINENCE IN ISLAM Kasr al Shahwatayn (Curbing the Two Appetites) FROM Thya’ Ulam al-Din (Revivification of the Sciences of Religion) ‘Translation and Notes by Caesar E. Farah University of Minnesota BIBLIOTHECA ISLAMICA MinneapolisCopyright © 1992 by Caesar E. Farah m RY OF Manufactured the United States of America IN LOVING MEMO “Al Rights reserved Madelain ISBN: 0-88297.048-8 Paper . ISBN: 0-88297-049.6 Cloth GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES FEB 23 1995 BiauiorHeca Istamica, INc. Box 14474/ Minneapotie, MN 55414 / USA (612221 440 ~ Fax 612-332-1916CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE I. On The Virtue of Hunger and Rejection of Satiation IL The Benefits of Hunger and Ills of Satiation Ill. Exercising to Curb the Lust of the Stomach IV. Differences Concerning the Impact of Hunger, Its Virtues, and How it Affects Differently Conditions in People V. Impact of the Ailment of Dissimulation on Those Who Abandon Lustful Appetites and Eat Less VI. Sayings Concerning the Lust of the Genital VII. Marriage and Abstinence for the Novice VIII. The Virtue of the One Who Defies the Lust of the Genital and the Eye ANNEX BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 15 aL 35 aa 92 95 101 12 123, 125