The Healing of Souls:

“Know that everything that Allah has introduced into humans is intended to benefit them.

Thus, certain desires can help him attract what is profitable for him. This is the case with the desire for food, for example. Others help him to repel what could harm him, such as the ability to get angry in particular.

That being said, when the desire for food becomes excessive, it turns into harmful gluttony. Likewise, anger, when uncontrolled, becomes harmful.

The objectives of this book are to apply, on the mind and heart, the principles of sound reason and rectitude, to channel desires so that they are not harmful, and to cure the passions under which the "we act but who oppose the laws of intelligence and righteousness."

Ibn Al-Jawzi.

Author: Ibn Al-Jawzi

Edition: MuslimLife

Number of pages : 102