Book Name:Ittiba e Shahawat
deprived of these rewards and blessings and try our best to abstain from desires in order to attain these rewards and blessings.
There can be various reasons that entice one to follow desires. I will mention five of those reasons and their cure so that it becomes further easy for us to refrain from these destructive traits.
1 Habit of being impressed quickly
Upon listening to the praise of something or seeing someone having something, one develops the desire in the heart that I should also have this thing (i.e. someone’s nice mobile phone, laptop, iPad, house, shop, car, etc.). Upon looking at these things, whether we need them or not, we just want to obtain those things by hook or by crook. Now because obtaining all these things is very difficult, this person will cross all the boundaries of Halal and Haraam in order to fulfil his desires and end up being in the deep pits of destruction.
Its cure is that such a person should develop the habit of distinguishing between needs and unlawful desires. In this regard, he should consult with a righteous and sincere friend and should ponder over the harms and condemnation of desires. Moreover, in order to fulfil his lawful desire, he should only adopt lawful means.
2 Ill trait of extravagance
Similarly, another reason to entice one to fulfil his desires can also be the ill trait of extravagance. This is because an extravagant person will end up buying everything he likes without thinking whether it is useful to him or not. This way, such a person wastes a lot of money of his on fulfilling his desires.
The cure for this is that while spending money, a person should focus only on his needs. He shall not buy anything unnecessarily. If possible, the amount that was to be spent on useless thing, he should give it as sadaqah [charity].