This is why it’s important to ground oneself on solid principles and ideals that transcends what the self wants, and gravitates to what is right. This is the meaning of what has been narrated from the prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم:
"لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هَوَاهُ تَبَعًا لِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ"
“None of you truly believe (a complete Eemaan) until your desires are in line with what I have brought”
Often we lean towards what we like, and cognitive dissonance convinces us of what’s convenient, and we lead ourselves astray. A reflection of the soul is in the saying of Allaah:
كُتِبَ عَلَیۡكُمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرۡهࣱ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰۤ أَن تَكۡرَهُوا۟ شَیۡـࣰٔا وَهُوَ خَیۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰۤ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَیۡـࣰٔا وَهُوَ شَرࣱّ لَّكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ یَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿ ٢١٦ ﴾
Fighting is ordained for you though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.
Al-Baqarah, Ayah 216
There are and will be many aspects of Islam that one may struggle with, but as the name “Muslim” suggests, we “submit to the will and guidance of Allaah, even in opposition to what we want it like”
https://youtube.com/shorts/lHFTpAz2-bs
BTC/Zero / MuaawiyahTucker
npub1h3…wr4h0
2026-07-15 11:31:23 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1h34n29f3wqvcht0jyhnd36jxcdmljyqjv4vdjfrd69nhxhrdvvnsgwr4h0Published at
2026-07-15 11:31:23 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "c7f287f4356fc356785062b5f5866ebf0f8f7a2ead450be097016893c75cad0a",
"pubkey": "bc6b35153170198badf225e6d8ea46c377f910126558d9246dd167735c6d6327",
"created_at": 1784115083,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [],
"content": "This is why it’s important to ground oneself on solid principles and ideals that transcends what the self wants, and gravitates to what is right. This is the meaning of what has been narrated from the prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم:\n\n\"لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هَوَاهُ تَبَعًا لِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ\"\n“None of you truly believe (a complete Eemaan) until your desires are in line with what I have brought”\n\nOften we lean towards what we like, and cognitive dissonance convinces us of what’s convenient, and we lead ourselves astray. A reflection of the soul is in the saying of Allaah:\n\nكُتِبَ عَلَیۡكُمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرۡهࣱ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰۤ أَن تَكۡرَهُوا۟ شَیۡـࣰٔا وَهُوَ خَیۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰۤ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَیۡـࣰٔا وَهُوَ شَرࣱّ لَّكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ یَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿ ٢١٦ ﴾\n\nFighting is ordained for you though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.\nAl-Baqarah, Ayah 216\n\nThere are and will be many aspects of Islam that one may struggle with, but as the name “Muslim” suggests, we “submit to the will and guidance of Allaah, even in opposition to what we want it like”\n\nhttps://youtube.com/shorts/lHFTpAz2-bs",
"sig": "cd75a02102a99edef672ccb3f114d7e389ef705f5842deca0fec380618e38b1429e441b7f1e4faecea472e76610664464dab7e82e95301ccb6a867b0c1a00e8a"
}