Why do you object to the science of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, even though its Muslim trainers demonstrate its authenticity in the Islamic religion and use it to get rid of bad habits?
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There is no objection to benefiting from the statements of non-Muslims that accord with the truth, for wisdom is the lost property of the believer. However, the fields of human development and neuro-linguistic programming contain both beneficial and dangerous elements, and include philosophies, fallacies, and erroneous theories, along with esoteric and perhaps pagan methods. Therefore, only specialized scholars capable of distinguishing and extracting what is beneficial from them should be exposed to them.
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