Kamis, 11 Juni 2009

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HABIT

"Ward of passing thoughts, for if you do not, they will become ideas.
Ward off ideas, for you if you do not, they will become desires.
Fight the desires, for if you do not, they will become resolve and determination.
And if you do not ward them off, they will become actions.
If you do not resist them with its opposite, they will become habits.
And it will be difficult for you to get rid of them."

Taken from Al-Fawaid by Ibnul Qayyim Aljauziyyah ( May Allah Have Mercy on him)
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In this excerpt Imam Ibnul Qayyim has verv candidly expressed the developmental stages on the process of habit formation.

Passing thought > Idea > Desire > Resolve > Action > Habit

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