Governing Yourself and Your Family – Islamic Self-Reform Guide

Governing Yourself and Your Family According to What Allah Has Revealed:

Governing Yourself and Your Family by Shaykh Muhammad bin Jamil Zino (Darussalam) is a practical guide to self-discipline and family leadership according to Qur’an and Sunnah. This book explains how a Muslim can reform his character, establish a righteous home, and fulfill responsibilities as a parent, spouse, and community member. Ideal for anyone seeking to build a home upon Islamic values.

From Author:

Shaykh Muhammad bin Jamil Zino (1925–2010) was a renowned Syrian Islamic scholar, author, and teacher. Known for his clear and simple style, he wrote over 60 books on Islamic creed, worship, manners, and family life — including the famous Govern Yourself and Your Family According to What Allah Has Revealed. His works focus on practical guidance from the Qur’an and Sunnah for everyday Muslims.

Content:

Leadership Begins with Yourself

Although the subject of governance is often associated with rulers and leaders, the author emphasizes that every individual is responsible for those under their care—and, most importantly, for themselves. Just as a ruler is responsible for the welfare of a state and its people, each person has a responsibility toward their own soul and family.

Living According to Divine Guidance

The book seeks to clarify how Muslims can understand and apply the principle of ruling and living according to what Allah has revealed. It examines important questions surrounding obedience, submission, knowledge, and the practical responsibilities of the individual.

Understanding the Important Issues

The book explores topics including:

• Taking rabbis and monks as lords
  
• Ruling according to what Allah has revealed
  
• The importance of research and verification
  
• Ruling by other than what Allah has revealed
  
• Applying Allah’s guidance in all matters
  
• Complete obedience and submission
  
• Understanding priorities
  
• Every person as a ruler and chief
  
• The consequences of a lack of understanding
  
• Knowing Allah
  
• The harmful effects of sins
  
• The importance of knowledge
  
• Examples of pride and disdain
  Unity, Knowledge & Responsibility

The author stresses that the challenges facing the Muslim Nation cannot be addressed through the efforts of a single group alone. Instead, Muslims need correct knowledge, cooperation, productive work, patience, sacrifice, sincerity, and the struggle against their own desires.

Beyond Group Loyalty

Rather than defending a particular group, Shaykh Husayn al-Awayishah presents the work as an attempt to support truth and the Muslim Nation. The book encourages readers to look beyond lesser disputes and focus on matters that contribute to genuine improvement and progress.

A Call to Personal Reform

At its heart, this book reminds readers that meaningful change begins with individual responsibility. Governing according to Allah’s revelation is not presented as a concern limited to rulers—it is a responsibility that reaches into one's own life, family, choices, and conduct.

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GOVERNING
YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
ACCORDING TO WHAT ALLAH HAS REVEALED
Shaykh Husayn al-Awayishah
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GOVERNING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
ACCORDING TO WHAT ALLAH HAS REVEALED
Shaykh Husayn al-Awayishah
The subject matter of this work has preoccupied and continues to preoccupy the minds of our Nation's members; yet in spite of this preoccupation, many people lack a correct understanding regarding it. Because the issues that fall under the subject matter of this work are so important, I decided to write this work, through which I hope to make plain the way to live and act according to what Allah has revealed.
Contrary to what some may think, this work is relevant not just to leaders, but to every individual as well. Each and every human being is a leader and chief of sorts, for just as a ruler is responsible for the welfare of his state and citizens, each one of us is responsible for his flock - the members of his family and, more importantly, his own self...
Today, we as a Nation are afflicted with widespread ignorance. The Nations of the world gather against us, just as fellow eaters gather upon their dish. They use every tool at their disposal against us - their wealth, their strength, their technical advancement, their strategy, their deception, and their disbelief. We are in such a state of peril that it is senseless to imagine that a single group among us can put a stop to their constant onslaught.
Our hearts must unite; we must cooperate; we must have correct knowledge; we must work productively; we must be patient; we must make sacrifices; we must give; we must fight our own desires; and we must be sincere.
Taken from the author's introduction
لهداية الخلاعة والتوزيع
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Contents
Transliteration Table...
Introduction.
"Taking as Lords Rabbis and Monks".
Ruling According to What Allah Has Revealed: How?.
The Importance of Research and Verification.
Ruling by Other than What Allah has Revealed.
Judging by What Allah () has Revealed
in All Matters.
Complete Obedience and Submission.
Priorities?.
Every Person is a Ruler and a Chief.
A Lack of Understanding.
Knowing Allah (35)
The Ill Effects of Sins.
The Importance of Knowledge.
Examples of Pride and Disdain.
Conclusion
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this preoccupation, many people lack a correct understanding regarding it. Because the issues that fall under the subject matter of this work are so important, I decided to write this work, through which I hope to make plain the way to live and act according to what Allah () has revealed.
Contrary to what some may think, this work is relevant not just to leaders, but to every individual as well. Each and every human being is a leader and chief of sorts, for just as a ruler is responsible for the welfare of his state and citizens, each one of us is responsible for his flock - the members of his family and, more importantly, his own self.
Throughout this work, I have tried to defend and support not a group, a Shaykh, or the dictates of my desires, but the Muslim Nation and the truth. There would have been no real benefits had I stated in this work that such and such group is right and all others are wrong. Had I stated as much, some people would have been pleased, others would have been saddened, and yet others would have harboured a grudge, but we as a Nation would not have advanced even a single step forward. Our goal is too noble to be wasted on lesser matters.
Today, we as a Nation are afflicted with widespread ignorance. The nations of the world gather against us, just as fellow eaters gather upon their dish. They use every tool at their disposal against us - their wealth, their strength, their technical advancement, their strategy, their deception, and their disbelief. We are in such a state of peril that it is senseless to imagine that a single group among us can put a stop to their constant onslaught.
Our hearts must unite; we must cooperate; we must have correct knowledge; we must work productively; we must be patient; we must make sacrifices; we must give; we must fight our own desires; and we must be sincere.

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GOVERNING
YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
ACCORDING TO WHAT ALLAH HAS REVEALED
Shaykh Husayn al-Awayishah
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GOVERNING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
ACCORDING TO WHAT ALLAH HAS REVEALED
Shaykh Husayn al-Awayishah
The subject matter of this work has preoccupied and continues to preoccupy the minds of our Nation's members; yet in spite of this preoccupation, many people lack a correct understanding regarding it. Because the issues that fall under the subject matter of this work are so important, I decided to write this work, through which I hope to make plain the way to live and act according to what Allah has revealed.
Contrary to what some may think, this work is relevant not just to leaders, but to every individual as well. Each and every human being is a leader and chief of sorts, for just as a ruler is responsible for the welfare of his state and citizens, each one of us is responsible for his flock - the members of his family and, more importantly, his own self...
Today, we as a Nation are afflicted with widespread ignorance. The Nations of the world gather against us, just as fellow eaters gather upon their dish. They use every tool at their disposal against us - their wealth, their strength, their technical advancement, their strategy, their deception, and their disbelief. We are in such a state of peril that it is senseless to imagine that a single group among us can put a stop to their constant onslaught.
Our hearts must unite; we must cooperate; we must have correct knowledge; we must work productively; we must be patient; we must make sacrifices; we must give; we must fight our own desires; and we must be sincere.
Taken from the author's introduction
لهداية الخلاعة والتوزيع
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Contents
Transliteration Table...
Introduction.
"Taking as Lords Rabbis and Monks".
Ruling According to What Allah Has Revealed: How?.
The Importance of Research and Verification.
Ruling by Other than What Allah has Revealed.
Judging by What Allah () has Revealed
in All Matters.
Complete Obedience and Submission.
Priorities?.
Every Person is a Ruler and a Chief.
A Lack of Understanding.
Knowing Allah (35)
The Ill Effects of Sins.
The Importance of Knowledge.
Examples of Pride and Disdain.
Conclusion
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this preoccupation, many people lack a correct understanding regarding it. Because the issues that fall under the subject matter of this work are so important, I decided to write this work, through which I hope to make plain the way to live and act according to what Allah () has revealed.
Contrary to what some may think, this work is relevant not just to leaders, but to every individual as well. Each and every human being is a leader and chief of sorts, for just as a ruler is responsible for the welfare of his state and citizens, each one of us is responsible for his flock - the members of his family and, more importantly, his own self.
Throughout this work, I have tried to defend and support not a group, a Shaykh, or the dictates of my desires, but the Muslim Nation and the truth. There would have been no real benefits had I stated in this work that such and such group is right and all others are wrong. Had I stated as much, some people would have been pleased, others would have been saddened, and yet others would have harboured a grudge, but we as a Nation would not have advanced even a single step forward. Our goal is too noble to be wasted on lesser matters.
Today, we as a Nation are afflicted with widespread ignorance. The nations of the world gather against us, just as fellow eaters gather upon their dish. They use every tool at their disposal against us - their wealth, their strength, their technical advancement, their strategy, their deception, and their disbelief. We are in such a state of peril that it is senseless to imagine that a single group among us can put a stop to their constant onslaught.
Our hearts must unite; we must cooperate; we must have correct knowledge; we must work productively; we must be patient; we must make sacrifices; we must give; we must fight our own desires; and we must be sincere.