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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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A mindset preoccupied with the base aspects of worldly life.

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This is a mindset that traps its possessor in trivialities and petty matters,

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far removed from noble pursuits.

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Such as an obsession with the fleeting pleasures of this world, including wealth, status, and women.

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Indeed, for those who hold this mindset, it may even escalate

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to the pursuit of forbidden desires and the means to attain them.

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How vast is the difference between one whose thoughts are fixed on noble matters,

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such as the affairs of the Hereafter and preparing for it through righteous deeds,

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or the affairs of the religion and calling others to Allah—Mighty and Majestic is He—

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or striving in the path of Allah and supporting the religion and its people,

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and one whose thoughts hover around base desires, false hopes,

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and corrupt notions.

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Regarding this, Ibn al-Qayyim—may Allah have mercy upon him—speaks.

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This is the meaning behind the saying of some of the salaf:

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"Hearts are constantly roaming."

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There is a heart that circles around filth,

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and a heart that circles with the angels around the Throne.

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The greatest torment for the soul

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is its immersion and defilement in base deeds,

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its constant preoccupation with worldly pleasures,

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and its detachment from the purpose for which it was created and prepared.