Controlling Desires And Temptations *REMINDER*

[ABDULLAH SAOOD]

Assalamo-alaikum-warahmatullahi-wabrakatu

Prophet Muhammad (sallallah-ho-alahi-wassalam) by way of a warning and as a reminder said, “I have not left a fitnah (trial, calamity or cause for calamity) more than (the fitnah) with women for men.”

Indeed, this world is full of temptations, which leads those who cannot resist them to the Hellfire, and amongst them is that which comes from women. However Allah the Most Merciful who has created man with all his inherent biological traits has also offered him solutions for overcoming these tendencies. To possess sensuous desires is human; to control them is being a Muslim.

Allah (s.w.t.) says: “Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty, that will make for better purity for them… and say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty… O you believers, turn you all towards Allah that you may attain success.” (Qur'an 24:30,31)

Thus Allah guides us against our own evil desires and worldly temptations and promises true success to the one who is truly guided. The provision that we need to protect ourselves is to fear Allah:

“And as for him who feared standing before his Rabb and restrained himself from impure evil desires, verily Paradise will be his abode.” (Qur'an 79:40,41)

Another important fact that we must remember is that anything that leads to haraam (unlawful) is haraam itself. Thus watching television and or movies must be avoided as we are unconsciously violating Allah’s laws. Besides movies, as a form of entertainment, is letting a lot of un-Islamic values and ideas creep in our minds and thus must be totally censored from our lives.

In addition, any other activities where there is unnecessary intermingling of sexes must be avoided. We need to pin point how each one of us is a culprit of this satanic practice and make a conscious effort of rectifying ourselves and then helping others around us to avoid any unlawful or evil deed that can destroy our eeman (faith).

[Halima]

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Jazakhllah Brother for giving us this very informative information. I will move this because such cases like like these are indeed a reminder and essential to know when your are abstaining from lustful gazes or fasting from marriage.

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[Tasneem]

A Reminder benifits the believer

Shurkran for the article

SaLaMz

[~ Sabr ~]

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[Marina-Aisha]

its easy said then done..some are really hard to give up..like music i delete the all them then i just downloaded them back..

[~ Sabr ~]

^ Sister that is something that takes time - I've been struggling with music for the past 6 years since I started to practise Islaam.

[Hulk]

Your nafs is like a child, the more you give in to it the more spoilt it will be.

[CosmicPathos]

i am still undecided on music as Islamic ruling (free of any cultural bias of scholars) about it is unclear to me. I do not say it is allowed. But I am unsure of its strict impermissiblity as well. If Muslims can justify watching hollywood movies then listening to beautiful Persian santoor is the least of fitnas.