tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post2428075335891126325..comments2024-03-28T03:20:17.335-04:00Comments on Ibnat al-Hidayah: Daughter of Guidance: Bad HabitsAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177578450022894894noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-91652127801231024442009-06-04T04:37:06.132-04:002009-06-04T04:37:06.132-04:00Ah I smoked for years. It is a nasty unhealthy hab...Ah I smoked for years. It is a nasty unhealthy habit and a powerful addiction. I would recommend a book by Alan Carr called "The Easy way to Stop smoking". For those of you who want to stop smoking remember that it is the nicotine that causes anxiety and the need to smoke. It is a false security. Smoking is only 5 percent physical. The other 95% is your brain tricking you. Hi Amy.<br /><br />JonfanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-3109986087749109032009-06-03T22:52:57.058-04:002009-06-03T22:52:57.058-04:00Good point. But then I have to ask, how do you ke...Good point. But then I have to ask, how do you keep dhikr all of the time everywhere especially at work, etc. or places where there is music or times when people start to pick on you for some reason??<br />Jazak'Allah Khair!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-37519950317680480392009-06-03T15:47:15.594-04:002009-06-03T15:47:15.594-04:00Thanks for the comments everyone.
Indeed bad hab...Thanks for the comments everyone. <br /><br />Indeed bad habits are not easy to give up. And in some cases they might not just involve changing behaviors but dealing with serious side effects (as is the case with smoking.) <br /><br />But it is one way to improve ourselves, and so it's important for that reason. <br /><br />To the last anonymous poster--do you think maybe it's possible that life gets stressful when you leave dhikr, instead of the reverse? I find that when I am reading Qur'an often and immersed in Islam then I am less easily stressed, and I handle stress better than otherwise.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177578450022894894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-84806520672571860972009-06-01T14:27:22.865-04:002009-06-01T14:27:22.865-04:00Hmmm...My bad habits always come to life when I am...Hmmm...My bad habits always come to life when I am angry or frustrated or sad, but at all other times, I can maitain constant dhikr.....not sure what to do about mood-induced habits but I imagine many people have the same problem. Overeating, smoking etc. are often associate with emotional comforting. What do you think is the solution? I guess if you knew the answer, you could start your own program :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-67465872619722583302009-05-31T15:02:34.987-04:002009-05-31T15:02:34.987-04:00Assalamu Aleikum,
As a sister with an eating diso...Assalamu Aleikum,<br /><br />As a sister with an eating disorder, this was a very timely post for me. It will do us all good to remember that Allah SWT is the healer who can ultimately cure us of these ills if we humbly and sincerely ask him to do so. Please keep blogging! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-52548771524356795282009-05-30T07:28:06.726-04:002009-05-30T07:28:06.726-04:00Btw, just dropping in to see how u doing?Btw, just dropping in to see how u doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-34512258310483368222009-05-30T07:27:00.673-04:002009-05-30T07:27:00.673-04:00I'm a smoker, for the last 30 years or so. I regre...I'm a smoker, for the last 30 years or so. I regretted taking up smoking. All the people of my age group I've met who are smokers shares the same sentiment. We all regretted it.<br /><br />Stop? Not so easy. What abt will power? I'm using all of it to stop the more detrimental issues, like controlling anger. So there's none left to use for curbing smokes.<br /><br />ZedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-71119647753350937072009-05-29T21:06:51.675-04:002009-05-29T21:06:51.675-04:00Excellent post!
I think American Muslims have to ...Excellent post!<br /><br />I think American Muslims have to work a little harder at avoiding overeating - given the abundance and cheap prices of fast food, junk food, snacks and so forth.<br /><br />I am one who loves to eat (who doesn't), but my always giving into temptation and overeating all this junk food has caught up with me in the form of high cholesterol. I'm really working hard to cut back and eat more sensible diet.Bradnoreply@blogger.com