khadir
24-09-2004, 08:52 AM
Dear All
Just as many of the pious deeds begin with a hearty motion-which is superior in rank to action-like jihad, which originates from the love of sacrifice for a cause, and the attention during meditation, which originates from the love of meeting with The Divine, likewise many forbidden practices begin with a deviation in the heart’s axis. Therefore, the origin of what we are seeing of the forms of moral deviation is the forbidden passion
The objectionable passion is the intense hearty attraction towards some person, with the tendency to reach him by any means, even if it was on the expense of reason, the norm, and the sharia. Because it affects the behaviour, originates from greed and ceases by intercourse [reunion of lovers], wise men designated it as a “melancholic” malady. This is the origin of the saying that “Intercourse is the burying ground of passion”! In other words, its origin is the love of the character and it is known that the fairness of the character dies down with repeatedly looking at it
The original cause of the false passion is the spiritual emptiness and idleness. The heart in every state and by its nature needs something to cling to and if that vacancy is not filled with the right thing, inevitably it will be filled with the wrong thing. The best way to depict this notion is Imam Sadiq’s (P.U.H) saying: “ Those are hearts devoid of the love for Allah, therefore, He let them taste the sweetness of the love for others
Best Regards
khadir
Just as many of the pious deeds begin with a hearty motion-which is superior in rank to action-like jihad, which originates from the love of sacrifice for a cause, and the attention during meditation, which originates from the love of meeting with The Divine, likewise many forbidden practices begin with a deviation in the heart’s axis. Therefore, the origin of what we are seeing of the forms of moral deviation is the forbidden passion
The objectionable passion is the intense hearty attraction towards some person, with the tendency to reach him by any means, even if it was on the expense of reason, the norm, and the sharia. Because it affects the behaviour, originates from greed and ceases by intercourse [reunion of lovers], wise men designated it as a “melancholic” malady. This is the origin of the saying that “Intercourse is the burying ground of passion”! In other words, its origin is the love of the character and it is known that the fairness of the character dies down with repeatedly looking at it
The original cause of the false passion is the spiritual emptiness and idleness. The heart in every state and by its nature needs something to cling to and if that vacancy is not filled with the right thing, inevitably it will be filled with the wrong thing. The best way to depict this notion is Imam Sadiq’s (P.U.H) saying: “ Those are hearts devoid of the love for Allah, therefore, He let them taste the sweetness of the love for others
Best Regards
khadir