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The Ihya' is Encyclopedic
The Ihya' is truly encyclopedic. It is not just one book but consists of forty books in four volumes as follows:
Volume I: On Worship ('Ibaadaat)
Book 1: Knowledge
Book 2: Foundations of the Articles of Faith
Book 3: The Secrets of Purity
Book 4: The Secrets of Ritual Prayer
Book 5: The Secrets of Zakah
Book 6: The Secrets of Fasting
Book 7: The Secrets of the Pilgrimage
Book 8: The Proprieties of Qur'anic Recitation
Book 9: Invocations and Supplications
Book 10: The Arrangements of Regular Invocations and Division of the Night Vigil
Volume II: On The Proprieties of Daily Life ('Aadaat)
Book 1: The Proprieties of Eating
Book 2: The Proprieties of Marriage
Book 3: The Proprietes of Acquisition and Earning a Livelihood
Book 4: The Lawful and Unlawful
Book 5: The Proprieties of Friendship, Brotherhood and Companionship
Book 6: The Proprieties of Seclusion
Book 7: The Proprieties of Travelling
Book 8: The Proprieties of Audition and Ecstacy
Book 9: Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
Book 10: The Proprieties of Living as Exemplified in the Virtues of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
Volume III: The Ways To Perdition (Muhlikaat)
Book 1: Expounding the Wonders of the Heart
Book 2: Disciplining the Soul, Refining the Character and Curing the Sicknesses of the Heart
Book 3: Breaking the Two Desires
Book 4: Harms of the Tongue
Book 5: Condemnation of Anger, Rancour and Envy
Book 6: Condemnation of the World
Book 7: Condemnation of Miserliness and of the Love of the World
Book 8: Condemnation of Status and Ostentation
Book 9: Condemnation of Pride and Conceit
Book 10: Condemnation of Self-Delusion
Volume IV: On The Ways To Salvation (Munjiyaat)
Book 1: Repentance
Book 2: Patience and Thanksgiving
Book 3: Fear and Hope
Book 4: Poverty and Abstinence
Book 5: The Unity of God and Reliance Upon Him
Book 6: Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment
Book 7: Intention, Truthfulness and Sincerity
Book 8: Holding Vigil and Self Examination
Book 9: Meditation
Book 10: The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife
Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal Wakeel
Allah is Sufficient for us and (He is) the most excellent Trustee (3:173)