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The Thirteenth Type: Loving Prestige and Fame
It is a special type of loving the life of this world. The origin of prestige is the spreading of fame and the occurrence of reputation. Both of them are blameworthy, dispraising fame is praising insignificance.
The conclusion is that if the intention of prestige was to reach a religious purpose like promoting the good and forbidding the bad, or what was essential for living, then in those cases, loving it is not to be judged as abominable. However, if the intention was anything else but these, then walking to it and wanting it are judged to be abominable.
