Disease and cure

Known as the sufficient answer for those who ask about the healing medicine

Author's name: Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya

In this book, Ibn al-Qayyim addresses the issues of the human soul and its roles, and outlines ways to reform and purify it. He explains the meaning of sin, its causes and effects on the soul and society, and its consequences in this world and the hereafter. He then presents an effective cure for this disease, drawing inspiration from the directives of the Holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah in reforming souls and society. His treatment of this subject is characterized by extreme precision and objectivity. He was a keen social scientist and educator who knows the hidden secrets of the human soul, its nature and tendencies, and identifies the causes of the disease that afflicts it. He then proceeds to prescribe the appropriate cure through the provisions of Sharia and its scope.