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Definitely, there are many people who take their lower passions to be their object of worship: أَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلٌهَهُ هَوَاهُ “Have you seen the person who takes his lower desires as his lord?”[^2] Therefore, sometimes it is possible that a person would humble himself in front of his own lower desires! One of the branches of monotheism (Tawhid) is Tawhid in obedience to Allah (SwT).

The person who is a Muwahhid (believer in Monotheism) is the one who obeys none other than Allah (SwT) (the obedience to the Prophet (S), the Imam (as), one's father and mother and Marja’ Taqlid are all done through the command of Allah (SwT)). Thus, if we obey others along side Allah (SwT), then we have transformed our actions into polytheism (shirk) in worship. Sometimes, the lower desires actually transform our heart into the house of idol worship!

The heart in which only Allah (SwT) must be present is sometimes contaminated with various idols such as the love of wealth, status, our children and other things: بت ساخته اى در دل و خنديدى بر كيش بد برهمن و بودا را One of the poets stated that sometimes, people sit and talk about others who worship idols in the traditional houses of idol worship whereas if they were to look within their own souls, they would see that it is the house of idols and that numerous false gods of worship reside in it!

مَنْ أَصْغى إِلـى نَاطِقٍ فَقَدْ عَبَدَهُ. A tradition tells us that the person who listens to one who tells him something has actually worshipped that person! If the person speaking is extolling the words of Allah (SwT) then in essence, he has ended up worshipping Allah (SwT); however if the person speaking extols the words of Satan, then he has ended up worshipping Satan! Thus, if we listen to what our lower desire tells us to do, then in reality, we have worshipped it.

The actions during the Month of Ramazan are in place for this reason - so that we are able to recognize our enemies (and remove them) and to purify the society. The number of sins we commit should come down significantly during the Month of Ramazan even if we can not fast, since fasting is only one way to fight against the lower passions and desires.

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