Guidance for Self-Restraint
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The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you, what is the guidance and advice for self-control?
The Shaykh:
Fear of Allah and acting in accordance with His Shari'ah; this is how the self is restrained. Yes.[Ash-Shams 91:9-10],
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. Some of the brothers leave the college after the Zuhr prayer, then he sleeps and does not wake up until after Maghrib. What is the ruling on this action?
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted said[An-Nazi'at 79:37-41] So it is the person who draws his self toward good, obligates it to good, raises it upon good, and purifies it with good, and does not neglect it or give it what it desires, for it will rush him into evil. Yes.
He says: May Allah reward you, what is the guidance and advice for self-control?
The Shaykh:
Fear of Allah and acting in accordance with His Shari'ah; this is how the self is restrained. Yes.
(9) He has succeeded who purifies it, (10) And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَاThe questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. Some of the brothers leave the college after the Zuhr prayer, then he sleeps and does not wake up until after Maghrib. What is the ruling on this action?
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted said
(37) So as for he who transgressed (38) And preferred the life of the world, (39) Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge. (40) But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination, (41) Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
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