Suhaib Webb – Master Your Thoughts- Avoid Dangerous Habits

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The speaker discusses the importance of avoiding bad thoughts and dealing with them in order to achieve desired outcomes. They also mention the use of the holy grail for prevention, which is seen as beneficial for individuals. The speaker warns that the Prophet has warned against individuals who constantly occupies their minds with "there's a" and "there's a" to avoid dangerous consequences.

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			Ibn Qayyim has a great statement.
		
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			He said, Be careful of bad thoughts, because
		
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			bad thoughts can lead to desires.
		
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			If they lead to desires, you have to
		
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			deal with them.
		
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			If you don't deal with them, they'll lead
		
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			to aspirations.
		
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			If you don't deal with them, they'll lead
		
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			to actions.
		
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			And if you don't deal with them, they'll
		
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			lead to habits, and then it's hard to
		
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			stop.
		
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			And one thing about Islamic law, there's a
		
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			great axiom, prevention is better than cure.
		
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			And then he says, As the saying goes,
		
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			the letter A leads to B.
		
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			And thinking about the forbidden might eventually lead
		
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			one to commit what is forbidden.
		
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			However, we know that the Prophet ﷺ said
		
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			that, my ummah is forgiven for their thoughts.
		
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			So that's why the Sheikh is a little
		
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			cautious.
		
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			He's not going hard on the person.
		
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			He said, Be careful, look after yourself, be
		
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			mindful.
		
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			He said, It's better.
		
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			He didn't say it's faruq.
		
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			It's better for a person to avoid this
		
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			as much as possible.
		
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			A person who constantly occupies their mind with
		
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			such things is only tormenting themselves.
		
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			And it could potentially have some dangerous effects
		
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			on people.