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Say: Who has prohibited the embellishment of Allah, which He has brought forth for His servants
and the good provisions? Say: These are for the believers in the life on this world, purely theirs on
the resurrection day.
Chastity requires self‐restraint and guardianship against full release of the whole mental lusts, the
intemperance of which corrupts the life, enfeebles the spirituality, and leads to failing. Ethicists
said, “Lusts are infinite. If time is extended, lusts will surely lead to others and so on. Finally, man
will be the captive of endless lusts and the slave of untold caprices. Virtue is not the associate of
such men.”[1] Chastity requires man’s full dominion of trends and lusts, and moderation in
passions, and temperance in eating and drinking. For instance, man is advised of avoiding
excessive grief in cases of calamities. Means of developing chastity:
Ethicists mention several means leading to chastity. They are:
‐ Moderation in inclination to lusts
‐ Avoidance of associating with the evil who exaggerate and decorate the vices
‐ Acceding to the virtuous and the religious individuals who advance to moralities and warn
against evil‐doing
‐ Avoidance of reading erotic books that deconstruct the structures of virtue and perfection, and
leaving the places of immoral entertainment
‐ Using self‐control in states of wrath, which is a short‐termed insanity.
‐ Retreating the unwelcomed customs such as arrogance and self‐esteem since they lead to excite
for any valueless matter because of the illusion of indignity
‐ Avoidance of thinking in vile and violation because such a thinking is the pioneer of will and
work. The prolixity of licentious imaginary and vile misgiving lures on falling in the depths of vices.
‐ Avoidance of carrying irate and pessimistic thoughts, and agreement with those who disregard
this life and disassociate with people
‐ The exploitation of the legal and acceptable provisions of the mundane affairs[2]
God says:
And seek by means of what Allah has given to you the future abode, and do not neglect your
portion of this world.
WILLPOWER
Willpower and self‐determination are primary intendments of Islamic mental education. First,
Islam has been concerned with establishing a firm will, a constant determination, and a fixed spirit
in the minds in order to save from drifting with the trends of occurrences, and challenge the
seditious events. Islam has scorned extremely the languid and described them as dead. God says:
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