Various diseases affect the soul. Only a perfect Murshid (Spiritual Guide) can treat them. We should study ourselves and upon finding ourselves affected by any of these ailments, seek a remedy from a perfect Murshid.
Sufi Guide Imam Ahmad Rida Khan have mentioned the following diseases of the soul:
1. Showing off
2. Vanity
3. Jealousy
4. Malice
5. Pride
6. Desire of praise
7. Desire of status
8. Desire of world
9. Desire of fame
10. Reverence of the rich
11. Disrespect of the poor
12. Following desires
13. Flattery
14. Ingratitude
15. Stinginess
16. Desiring too much
17. Thinking ill
18. Hostility against truth
19. Persistence in falsehood
20. Deception
21. Treachery
22. Breach of trust
23. Negligence
24. Cruelty
25. Greed
26. Adulation
27. Reliance on creation
28. Forgetting the G-D
29. Forgetfulness of death
30. Committing sins openly and not fearing G-D
31. Hypocrisy
32. Obeying Shaytaan / Evil
33. Self worship
34. Inclination to idle matter
35. Laziness
36. Lack of fear of G-D
37. Anxiety
38. Lack of humility
39. Self-wrath in which case the anger could be used in the Path of G-D
40. Being lax in G-D’s commands and prohibitions.
[AlaHazrat, Fatawa Afriqah, Page 121]
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