This abridged translation of  Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin is an abridged version of ibn al-Jawzi's summary of Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's well-known book, Ihya Ulum Ad-Din.

Imam Ibn al-Jawzi was impressed with al-Ghazali's book Ihya, and its wide acceptance by the masses, and therefore took it upon himself to contribute to its benefit by checking the narrations and removing those which were inauthentic or fabricated. He also removed several problematic concepts and practices.

Imam Abu al-Abbas Ahmad Ibn Qudamah followed by summarizing the work of Ibn al-Jawzi in order to produce a shorter and more accessible presentation of the most fundamental aspects of Islamic spirituality.