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In the name of Allah The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
As an obedient servant of Allah, we must constantly reflect back the activities we did through out the day, the week, or the year: what we said, what we heard, what we saw and what we thought of. Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is and will always be The perfect example to follow regardless of who you may be. With all the ongoings and changes around us, perhaps, it may be difficult to make this happen as we are often busy updating blogs, busy updating social website networks, busy with work, busy counting money and busy counting how much debt you have left.
Let us think for a second, "things we do today will have an impact in the future". Just like that fantastic movie! "Back to the future". Nobody really knows what the future holds except the Al-Mighty and if you are the one who always believed in daily horoscopes, then, you must quit while you can because without realizing, you are actually believing in something or someone (fortune teller) besides Allah and hellfire will you be 'resting' for all eternity. You will be drinking pus/blood for the drink and stale meat for meal.
I have read many articles where non-Muslim are slowly pulled in into this trap without knowing it! For instance, alcoholic drinks. Booze manufacturers are now trying to come up with a different packaging for alcoholic "soft drinks". They used to make it in bottles but now they wrapped it nicely in a tin can with an appealing logo on it. They must think we are some kind of idiot who would just walk into a store, quickly go into the drinks section, quickly scan into the shelf, found one with a nice logo, grab it and drink it! Unfortunately some of us are. Pity. What would a kid know in this case. Once you drink then its over for you because alcohol IS the root of all evil.
An insight of what alcohol can do. There once lived a pious man who was no stranger to the mosque. One day, he saw another "man" who "seemed" more pious than him. Curious, he approached that "man" and asked how did all the zest come from. So, this "man" started to get into details. He said he was once a bitter man, he drank alcoholic beverages, had many sex encouters and so on. The "man" then continued by saying you should do it to, perhaps then, you would be more 'obedient' than he was. The man also continued, "you have been obedient to Allah for 70 years, one sin wouldn't hurt..". Little did he know, this man was actually satan was satan disguising his evilself. Then satan gave him 3 options, whether he would drink alcohol, commit adultery or kill. He chose to drink alochol as he presumed that drinking would be the minor sin. Drunk and unconcsious, he had sex with a women. After gotten a little sober, not knowing what had happened he then killed the women because he was afraid that people would find out. Instead of commiting only 1 major sin, he committed all. Such a waste!
To conclude, you can see that we must be careful of what we eat, what we drink and who we hang out with because if our friends are the ones who drinks or have casual sex with anyone, you would probably end up like them. Think of it this way, you have a close friend who sells perfume for a living. So everyday you would say hi and hang around at his joint. If you do this often, the perfumes that he sells may get stuck on you shirt without even touching his perfumes. Its the aroma that kills.
O ye who believe! intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination of Satan's handiwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper. Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? [Al-Maidah: 90-91]
So, friends can take us into a journey of infinite pain and some friends can actually help/guide us to actually become an obedient servant of Allah which will lead to infinite bliss. Its our choice really..
Let us think for a second, "things we do today will have an impact in the future". Just like that fantastic movie! "Back to the future". Nobody really knows what the future holds except the Al-Mighty and if you are the one who always believed in daily horoscopes, then, you must quit while you can because without realizing, you are actually believing in something or someone (fortune teller) besides Allah and hellfire will you be 'resting' for all eternity. You will be drinking pus/blood for the drink and stale meat for meal.
I have read many articles where non-Muslim are slowly pulled in into this trap without knowing it! For instance, alcoholic drinks. Booze manufacturers are now trying to come up with a different packaging for alcoholic "soft drinks". They used to make it in bottles but now they wrapped it nicely in a tin can with an appealing logo on it. They must think we are some kind of idiot who would just walk into a store, quickly go into the drinks section, quickly scan into the shelf, found one with a nice logo, grab it and drink it! Unfortunately some of us are. Pity. What would a kid know in this case. Once you drink then its over for you because alcohol IS the root of all evil.
An insight of what alcohol can do. There once lived a pious man who was no stranger to the mosque. One day, he saw another "man" who "seemed" more pious than him. Curious, he approached that "man" and asked how did all the zest come from. So, this "man" started to get into details. He said he was once a bitter man, he drank alcoholic beverages, had many sex encouters and so on. The "man" then continued by saying you should do it to, perhaps then, you would be more 'obedient' than he was. The man also continued, "you have been obedient to Allah for 70 years, one sin wouldn't hurt..". Little did he know, this man was actually satan was satan disguising his evilself. Then satan gave him 3 options, whether he would drink alcohol, commit adultery or kill. He chose to drink alochol as he presumed that drinking would be the minor sin. Drunk and unconcsious, he had sex with a women. After gotten a little sober, not knowing what had happened he then killed the women because he was afraid that people would find out. Instead of commiting only 1 major sin, he committed all. Such a waste!
To conclude, you can see that we must be careful of what we eat, what we drink and who we hang out with because if our friends are the ones who drinks or have casual sex with anyone, you would probably end up like them. Think of it this way, you have a close friend who sells perfume for a living. So everyday you would say hi and hang around at his joint. If you do this often, the perfumes that he sells may get stuck on you shirt without even touching his perfumes. Its the aroma that kills.
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When an adulterer commits illegal sexual intercourse, then he is not a believer at the time he is doing it; and when somebody drinks an alcoholic drink, then he is not believer at the time of drinking, and when a thief steals, he is not a believer at the time when he is stealing; and when a robber robs and the people look at him, then he is not a believer at the time of doing it." Abu Huraira in another narration, narrated the same from the Prophet with the exclusion of robbery. [Sahih Bukhari]
O ye who believe! intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination of Satan's handiwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper. Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? [Al-Maidah: 90-91]
So, friends can take us into a journey of infinite pain and some friends can actually help/guide us to actually become an obedient servant of Allah which will lead to infinite bliss. Its our choice really..
