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• Comprehensive treatment for the heart

  Deny the self of its desires<|>Enjoin hunger<|>Keep worship vigilance in the night<|>Be silent<|>Meditate in private
• Characteristics of good people to keep company with

  • Possess sincerity
  • Emulated in their states and statements
• Refuge


  In the One unto whom all affairs return
• This comprehensive treatment is the most beneficial for all the previous diseases
• You are like a man drowning or someone lost in a barren desert


  See no source of succor except from the Guardian, possessor of the greatest power
• The Guardian


  The One who responds to the call of the distressed
• Imam Mawlud's approach in offering the cures for these diseases is like the story of the Gordian Knot
• Diseases of the heart are like the Gordian Knot, and the best way to treat them is to cut through them
• One's faith is not complete until his desires do not conflict with the message the Prophet was given
• Severing the bonds of slavery to the whims of the soul leads to happiness
• Without discipline, religion is impossible
• Gluttony and lust are founded upon natural inclinations of hunger and sexual attraction
• The stomach is the source of one's primary impulse
• If one can learn to control the desire for food, other issues of disciplines begin to fall into place
• Gluttony is the fuel for lust, and fasting breaks gluttony
• The caloric intake of an average American far exceeds what is needed for physiological wellbeing
• The disbeliever eats with seven intestines, while the believer eats with one
• People nowadays consume much more food than ever before, especially meat
• Snacking has become so common now that many do not go for more than a few hours without consuming something
• The combination of overeating and breakdown of table manners impairs one's ability to build fortitude
• One can rob Ramadan of an important benefit by overeating at night in order to make up for what was missed during the day
• Hunger


  One of the comprehensive treatments for the heart