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Psychological balance is a very important matter that often escapes our minds.

٢٩ مارس ٢٠١٤
Psychological balance is a very important matter that often escapes our minds.

Being psychologically balanced means being in harmony with yourself, being honest with yourself, having innate human qualities such as loving those who are kind to you and being loyal to them, respecting the elderly and being kind to the young, being sociable and bringing people together, and being pleasant to deal with. While a psychologically distorted person deceives himself, provokes conflict, and looks down on others, suspects them, and does not accept their advice. He is the most bitter of enemies. If he disagrees with someone, he excels in humiliating him, not caring about the good aspects in him. He envies and hates, and if he cannot rise to the level of others, he seeks to bring them down so that he does not feel inferior. This psychological distortion is the cause of many problems, even among some who consider themselves religious in the narrow sense of the word. How beautiful is the "visible" religion with psychological balance, and how ugly it is with psychological distortion. Indeed, many of the teachings of Islam came to preserve psychological balance because it is a fundamental pillar in "religion". You may find a person who is disobedient in some aspects but is psychologically balanced, with sound instincts. These people may be closer to Allah than many who consider themselves religious! Because they have attained this forgotten aspect of "religion": psychological balance. These people are closer to goodness if they are called to it. In light of this, we understand the hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: (You will find people as mines: the best of them in the pre-Islamic period are the best of them in Islam if they understand. You will find the best of people in this matter to be the most hated by them. You will find the worst of people to be the two-faced one, who comes to these people with one face and to those people with another face). People are like mines. Whoever was psychologically balanced in the pre-Islamic period, you will see him as the best of people in Islam. As for the hypocritical liar, he is the worst of people, even if he pretends to be religious: if the nature is bad, no manners will benefit, nor will the scholar. O Allah, grant us balanced personalities.