It is often easy for people to slip into a view of the world as a duality split between spiritual and material with the notion that spiritual is good and material is bad becoming a common theme. Islam however rejects such ideas. While there is a value in seeing the difference between the 'spiritual' and the 'material', all 'spiritual' existence, just as 'material' existence, is created by God. It is created with a good purpose which we may, or may not, appreciate.
This is best illustrated in the relationship between good deeds and belief. Good deeds improve the material world around us. However, they are only truly good deeds if we are seeking that improvement according to God's guidance.
Good deeds and the inner 'spiritual' dimension of belief are dependent on each other. You cannot have one without the other. Hypocrisy results from saying and believing something but not acting upon it. Actions done without belief in God are futile. They are done for false gods; serving the purpose of whatever comes to mind.
A good book for you to read that explains the relationship between the spiritual and material aspects of Islam is Alia Izetbegovic's book, Islam between East and West.
For these reasons, you will not find many sites that focus on 'Islamic spiritualism' as distinct from Islamic law. Islamic spiritualism, if indeed we must use the term, is something that pervades Islamic law.
It may be useful to illustrate the issue by reminding ourselves of the problems that Jesus (peace be upon him) dealt with. In his time he found that some powerful elements among the Jews were so focused on the law that they neglected the spirit of the law, or we might say, the intention behind the law and behind obeying it.
With Christianity, as it was formed by the followers of Paul, a large part of the law was itself neglected. Christians were to be saved by faith alone - only having the right 'spirit' was required - this became dependent on esoteric knowledge and doctrines and divorced from the original simple teachings of Jesus.
Islam re-establishes the relation between the law governing the material world and the spirit of that law. According to Islamic teachings, all acts are judged by intention and part of a good intention is the requirement that you are seeking to follow God's laws.
Attempting to identify the underlying spirit and intention of the God's instructions is important and useful, but it is also an exercise which can lead people astray. By its very nature, it remains explained in analogies and abstract ideas and although we should reflect on these and discuss them, we must always resign ourselves to never fully knowing God's wisdom and mercy in making the law.
Instead, we trust that His laws are ultimately for our benefit. The way people are lead astray is by insisting on the truth of their insights into hidden or underlying meanings of God's law and seeking disputes with others that disagree with them.
*{He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its (ultimate) hidden meanings, but no one knows its (ultimate) hidden meanings except God. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.}* (Aal `Imran 3: 7)
*{God disdains not to use the similitude of things, lowest as well as highest. Those who believe know that it is truth from their Lord; but those who reject Faith say: "What means God by this similitude?" By it He causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path; but He causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path).}* (Al-Baqarah 2: 26)
A good intention, therefore, recognizes and follows the law. It seeks to understand what the law is and what its spirit is and recognizes that, ultimately, despite our best efforts, human knowledge is limited and that we must place our trust in Allah, that our actions are indeed good.
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