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The Devastating Consequences of Following Carnal Desires
4. I will listen to the speech to reform and better myself.
5. Whatever I hear and learn, I will try to convey to others.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Can a Disease Itself Become a Remedy?
It is recorded in ꜤUyūn al-Ḥikāyāt (Volume 1, Page 367) that the renowned spiritual luminary of the Qādiriyyah Riḍawiyyah order, Sayyidunā Abū al-Qasim Junayd al-Baghdadi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, related:
One night, I experienced profound restlessness. I occupied myself in the worship of Allah Almighty, yet I could not find tranquillity. I exerted every effort to achieve focus, full attention, and humility (KhushūꜤ and Khuḍū) in my devotions, but I was unsuccessful. I then commenced the recitation of the noble Quran, yet focus and inner peace remained elusive. I was bewildered as to why I was unable to attain concentration and why my peace of mind had departed.
Eventually, during the final portion of the night, I placed my shawl over my shoulders and stepped outside. After walking a short distance, I encountered a man wrapped in a cloth.
Upon my approach, he raised his head and enquired, “Why are you so anxious? Has the Day of Resurrection been established?”
I asked, “Has the appointed Day of Resurrection arrived?”
He replied, “No. Rather, I am asking whether you have emerged in search of inner peace due to the agitation and restlessness of your heart?”
BOOK TOPIC
- The Devastating Consequences of Following Carnal Desires
- The Excellence of Ṣalāt on the Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Speech intentions
- Can a Disease Itself Become a Remedy?
- Definition: Following Carnal Desires (IttibāꜤ al-Shahawāt)
- Three Destructive Traits
- Paradise and Hell are Near to You
- Who is Intelligent and who is Foolish?
- Explanation of the Hadith
- 1. The Habit of Being Easily Influenced
- 2. The Evil Habit of Extravagance
- 3. Excessive Contemplation of Others’ Circumstances
- 4. Negligence Regarding Self-Reformation
- 5. Satiety (Overeating)
- The Calamities of a Living Body:
- The Onslaught of Sins upon the Glutton:
- Encouragement towards Pious Deed Number 29
- Pearls of Wisdom for Avoiding the Wasting of Water
- Announcement:
- The six ṣalawāt and two duꜤās recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering schedule for 12th February 2026
- Remaining Pearls of Wisdom for Avoiding the Wasting of Water
- Supplication for Protection from the Fitnah of Carnal Desires
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
