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Introduction: What Is The School Of Yusuf?

steadfastness; indeed, it filled me with enthusiasm to gain
greater reward in the profitable, instructive exertions of this or-
deal, for as I said at the beginning of this treatise, I knew myself
to be in a good madrasah or school worthy of the title of
“Madrasa-i Yusufiya”. 2

Sincere believers have been consistently assailed by those who
deny the true religion, merely for seeking to live by the morality of
the Qur’an, and striving to teach others to do the same. Throughout
history, among the methods applied to weaken the believers has
been slander, according to fabricated evidence, and false witnesses,

in order to make them appear guilty in the eyes of the people and
the law, and thus to have them imprisoned.
Believers, who are punished with imprisonment, as a result of
such actions, are considered by others, who are deficient in their un-
derstanding, to be confined. In reality, however, they have an op-
portunity to concentrate on their spiritual development, to deepen
their insight. Ultimately, it is a chance to come closer to Allah. They
can also gain strengths in many further aspects, as one spending
time to meditate at a retreat, as did the Companions of the Cave,

over the passage of so many years. Therefore, those who seek to
harm Muslims, and to inhibit their efforts in the service of the faith,
in reality, only end up helping the Muslims in the earning of a great
reward.

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