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for accounting of your deeds in front of Allah and surrounded on all sides by the
angels with ferocious faces. No friend will come near you at that time. The
people of the Firmament will take pity on you! O Abu Darda! Only the Allah’s
favored persons will have pity on you!’ Abu Darda says, “ By Allah! I never saw
any other Companion of the Prophet so intense in prayer and fearful of Allah!”
THE THIRD FRUIT
CONFRONTING THE PSYCHE
One’s baser self ( Nafs e ammara ) is more damaging than even the influence of
the Satan! One who is able to control his baser instincts for the fear of the Day of
Judgement, will be eligible for entry to the Heaven. On the Day of Judgement
Satan would tell those who were misguided by him,” Was I your monarch that
you obeyed my orders? Why do you blame me? Blame your own baser self! “
Fighting with Satan and Nafs e Ammara is more than confronting mortal
enemies in Jihad! The Jihad of the psyche ( Mujaheda e nafs ) is keeping away
from the baser urges of the mind for doing things that are contrary to the norms
of Shariah.
• Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) narrates that the Prophet of Islam (a.s.) sent his
men for Jehad. When they returned, he said,” I am happy, you have
accomplished the Minor Jehad . Now you have to make the Major Jehad!”
The people asked, “ What is the Major jehad?” The Prophet (a.s.) said, “ The
biggest Jehad is the struggle against one’s baser instincts ( Jehad e Nafs ).”
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Prophet (a.s.) said to Abu Dharr, “
O Abu Dharr! Allah has not created any Prophet (a.s.) but for teaching his
people to be honest, pious, righteous, truthful and punctual in offering
prayers. But the most important thing for them is their behavior with the
fellow human beings. If they are right in this, they will earn their place in the
Heaven. When a person entrusts his valuables to another, Satan will have an
opportunity to influence the mind of the person who has the trust of the
valuables! If the man resists Satan’s temptations, it is Jehad e Nafs! This
Jehad is more valuable than the Jehad with weapons!” “ O Abu Dharr! If a
person tortures his own psyche by doing undesirable things harmful to his
own person, Allah might punish or forgive him! But the injustice that a
person does to other humans is not at all pardonable in the eyes of Allah!” “
O Abu Dharr! There are three types of tyranny (Zulm ). The first type is
pardonable in the eyes of Allah. Here a person inflicts it on himself because
of his baser instincts. The second type of tyranny is that which Allah never
forgives. Here a person adopts polytheistic tendencies. The third type of
tyranny or injustice is that which is caussed by a person to fellow human
beings. This sin is not pardonable in the eyes of Allah!”