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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_knowledge, page : 48
The second is the piety of honest men, which guards against dubiosities , which
engender ambiguous and misleading interpretations. Thus the Prophet said:
“Discard that, which is dubious for that, which is indubious.” He also said: “Sin is
heart alluring.”
The third is the piety of the cautious, which entails desisting from perfectly lawful
deeds for fear that may lead to deeds, which are unlawful. In this connection the
Prophet said: “No man will be numbered among the cautious unless he is
inclined to avoid what is harmless for fear of what is harmful.” Of such is the
reluctance to discuss the affairs of people lest one be drawn into backbiting, and
the abstinence from eating and drinking of things, which when the appetite lest
that should stimulate passion and lust, which lead a man to commit that, which is
forbidden.
The fourth is the piety of the awlia (those close to Allah), which shuns all things
but Allah for fear of expending one single hour of life in things, which, although it
is clear and certain that they lead to nothing unlawful, do not help to bring the
individual nearer to Allah.
engender ambiguous and misleading interpretations. Thus the Prophet said:
“Discard that, which is dubious for that, which is indubious.” He also said: “Sin is
heart alluring.”
The third is the piety of the cautious, which entails desisting from perfectly lawful
deeds for fear that may lead to deeds, which are unlawful. In this connection the
Prophet said: “No man will be numbered among the cautious unless he is
inclined to avoid what is harmless for fear of what is harmful.” Of such is the
reluctance to discuss the affairs of people lest one be drawn into backbiting, and
the abstinence from eating and drinking of things, which when the appetite lest
that should stimulate passion and lust, which lead a man to commit that, which is
forbidden.
The fourth is the piety of the awlia (those close to Allah), which shuns all things
but Allah for fear of expending one single hour of life in things, which, although it
is clear and certain that they lead to nothing unlawful, do not help to bring the
individual nearer to Allah.