Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (814) | Education to control desires
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Cultivating the discipline of one's desires.
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Disciplining desires is a skill that a person trains for and a habit they cultivate.
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The earlier one trains in this during childhood, the more capable and proficient they become.
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They will find this discipline readily available when the need for it arises.
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For it is impossible for a Muslim to engage in calling others to Allah the Exalted or to strive in His path,
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without first disciplining their own appetites and desires.
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Even if those desires fall within the realm of the permissible, which carries no inherent sin.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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“Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (9:24)
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“Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (9:24)
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“Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (9:24)
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“Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (9:24)
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Everything mentioned in the verse is, in its essence, permissible.
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Yet, it becomes forbidden and sinful,
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if it causes one to neglect the duty of calling others to Allah or striving in His path.
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Disciplining desires does not mean depriving oneself of them if they are permissible.
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Rather, it means training the soul to be able to forgo them when the need arises.
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Based on this, an educator may train their students through programs where they are restricted from certain permissible desires of the soul,
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for a limited period, to accustom them to doing without them when necessary.