If these are used normally...

If these are used normally, not only will the world of other people be built, but the Hereafter will also be built; this is because "وَابْتَغِ فِيمَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنْ الدُّنْيَا" "And seek, by means of what Allah has given you, the future abode, and do not neglect your portion of this world”. [^6] In fact, from the viewpoint of Islam, everything in this world is good and God has not created any bad thing.

Thus, neither the world nor its manifestations are bad. The liking of this world is naturally given to man. On the basis of these facts, we will see that the Holy Qur’an rejects monasticism, and recognizes it as one of the innovations of Christian monks, who erroneously put forward the existence of badness in the creation, and the conflict between this world and the Hereafter, and entered these issues into the religion of Jesus Christ (as).

^7 The prophet of Islam, too, has explicitly, rejected monasticism.[^8] The Prophet of Islam prohibited any kind of these deviations when he saw them among Muslims. The following two samples would suffice: a) One day, the wife of ‘Uthman Ibn Ma’dhun went to the Prophet (S), complaining about her husband. She said: O Messenger of God: My husband goes on fasting during the days and stays awake at nights in prayer. Upon hearing this, the Prophet, being irritated, went to ‘Uthman; he was at prayer.

Seeing the Prophet, he stopped praying. The Prophet (S) told him: God did not appoint me to indoctrinate monasticism, but He appointed me for the indoctrination of an easy and moderate religion. I go on fasting, I pray and I sleep with my wife. Anybody who loves my religion should behave as I do. Marriage is among my sunnah (customs)"[^9] b) One day three women came to see the Prophet (S).

One of them complained that her husband did not eat meat; the second woman complained that her husband did not use perfumes; and the third woman said her husband did not go to bed with his wives. Upon hearing these complaints, the Prophet (S) hurried to the mosque, dragging his garment on the floor. After praising God, he said, "Why do some of my friends not eat meat, not use perfumes and not go to bed with their wives? But I eat meat, I use perfumes and I go to bed with my wives.

Anybody who does not follow me does not belong to me."[^10] In a story which is narrated in Nahj al-Balaghah, Imam ‘Ali (as) had gone to pay a visit to ‘Ala’ Ibn Ziyad. He had a discussion with Asim Ibn Ziyad.

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