Controlling Ones Desire
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This document discusses controlling one's desires and provides examples from the life of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam Jilani. It explains that for 25 years he roamed jungles in Iraq, for 40 years he performed dawn prayers with the ablution from evening prayers, and for 15 years he would stand on one foot until dawn while reciting the entire Quran, sometimes going 3-40 days without eating. It also notes that for one year he only ate vegetables and drank no water, another year he only drank water and ate nothing, and another year he did not eat or drink at all, and sometimes did not sleep. The document emphasizes the importance of controlling one's inner self and desires in
Controlling Ones Desire
- 1. CONTROLLING ONES DESIRES It is very important for one who is striving in the path of spiritualism to learn to control his desire for the world. One must be sincere and firm if one wishes to attain spiritual elevation. An excellent example of this is Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam Jilani (radi Allahu anhu). Once whilst delivering a lecture, Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) said, ¡°For twenty five years, I roamed the jungles of Iraq. For forty years, I performed my Fajr Salaah with the wudhu of Esha and for fifteen years, I used to stand on one foot until Fajr and complete (recitation of) the entire Quran. During this time, I sometimes spent between three and forty days without eating even a morsel.¡± Hazrat Abul Mas¡¯ood bin Abu Bakr Hareemi (radi Allahu anhu) reports that Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) once said to him, ¡°Year after year, I spent struggling with my nafs by putting myself through various strenuous and intense
- 2. tests. For one year I ate only vegetables and drank no water. The following year I only drank water and ate nothing, and the year after that, I did not eat and drink for the entire year. There were times when I did not sleep a wink.¡± Allahu Akbar! Look at how Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam controlled his Nafs (desire & innerself). Today we are not able to control ourselves in the slightest degree. Pray that Almighty Allah blessed us with control over our innerself. The Beloved Rasool said that the greatest battle is the battle against ones Nafs (inner self).