Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī,
Al-Ghazali letter to Mu'inul Mulk
“ Though you do not feel pity towards yourself, let me look at yourself with the look of mercy.You amuse yourself with drinking wine that blinds your eyes and heart to your duties toward your people, and an understanding of the laws of human nature. ”
Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī,
Al-Ghazali letter to Mu'inul Mulk
“ I advise you to give up drinking wine, even if it is hard for you to sever your ties with the cruel, corrupt government officials, for when personal sin is associated with cruelty it is beyond human power to separate one from the other, particularly in one's old age drinking wine is one of the worst crimes. When the frost of old age was upon his head Nizamul Mulk abandoned major sins, including drinking wine and other wicked things. Until the last days of the life he resolutely maintained his religious pledge never to drink wine or to abandon repentance. ”
Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī,
Al-Ghazali letter to Mu'inul Mulk
“ Undoubtedly, the one who has the ambition to conquer other countries is possessed of magnanimity and magnificence, and the one who does not restrain himself from evil, sinful acts and from forbidden things disturbs the world and pollutes it. It is futile to expect salvation without fulfilling the necessary conditions, and those who refuse to believe that salvation depends upon fulfilling the two conditions already mentioned are deceived by greed and led astray by the devil, because they do not act upon the teachings of the Koran. ”
