Allah The Almighty beautified for human beings the different good things which He made lawful for them. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.}[Quran 3:14]

　　This shows that the love of worldly desires and pleasures is beautified and instilled in the souls, and there is no way to take it away from them. The environment and methods of upbringing play a large role in boosting, developing, weakening, and alleviating the intensity of this sense of possessiveness. If this innate inclination in the human soul is not refined or controlled with well-defined limits, it will herald imminent danger and deviation. A person may wish to possess everything, and to achieve this end, he will devour everything legal and illegal without deliberation or hesitation. The Prophet, , highlighted this meaning and warned against following this uncontrollable psychological desire blindly. He said: "Had the son of Adam owned two valleys of gold, he would have longed for a third. Nothing fills the inside of the son of Adam except earth." The Hadeeth (narration) affirms that it is not possible to attempt to satisfy this desire, and it will continue to increase and develop in the soul till man is buried in his grave and earth fills his mouth.

　　Refinement of this innate instinct requires successful upbringing of the family which is based on good role models and excellent practical and theoretical guidance. A young child cannot distinguish between what belongs to him and what belongs to others at his early age, particularly below the age of six. You may see him asking for anything he desires, taking other children’s toys, demanding his brother's clothes and claiming them to be his own. He may find a coin on the ground, take it and say it is his. A child without education and guidance cannot control his unrestrained sense of possessiveness. To help the child control his possessiveness, we should focus on the following aspects:

　　- The child may be given the opportunity to save and collect money, but we should show him the difference between praiseworthy saving and blameworthy niggardliness. Then, we should allow him to utilize part of what he collected in buying new items to satisfy his sense of possessiveness.

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