Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

A LIFE OF RESTRAINT A believer engages only in those things for which God has given His permission and refrains from what God has forbidden. A ccording to one tradition, the Prophet of Islam once observed: “The example of a believer and his faith is like that of a tethered horse who moves away then comes back to where he is tethered.” (Musnad Ahmad 11526) A human being has not to lead his life in this world as an untethered horse. Rather he has to lead his life like a horse tied up with a rope. A person’s success lies in subordinating his freedom to his principles. He should lead a principled life rather than an unprincipled life. What, in essence is this principled life? It is one, in effect, in which the believers differentiate between the lawful and the unlawful. He engages only in those things for which God has given His permission and refrains from what God has forbidden.