4. THE ERRS OF SCHOLARS (ULAMA) AND ASCETICS (ZUHHAD)
The worse thing for an ill person is eating too many different kinds of foods and there is no one in this world except that he is inflicted with the disease of lust (haiva). Dieting (himja) therefore (abstaining from complying with our unlawful lusts) is the best medicine we can take otherwise gluttony will elongate the illness.
The ones who are worried about the Hereafter and err as a result of not dieting (from over indulgence) are of two types:
- The first type is scholars (takhlit al-ulama) who accompany their opponents, such as the rulers who weaken their level of certainty (in Allah); the more time they spend with their opponents, the more their credibility becomes compromised among their students and followers. It is like if I were to see a doctor who consumes harmful food and yet advices me to eat healthy; I would become either doubtful or suspicious about him.
- The second type is ascetic people who err (takhlit al-zuhhad) when they start mixing with people whose focus is on worldly affairs and pleasures, or when pretending to be humble in order to gain people’s love.
Be mindful of Allah for He is the One who measures rewards and is the All-Seeing. Sincerity lies inwardly (ikhlas fil-batin), honesty lies in the heart (sidq fil-qalb) and the best path for safety (tariq al-salam) is to conceal (sitr) one’s self.
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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