''It's my life so i do what i want. Whatever my heart tells me to do i will do it"

Salaam all.

Im pretty sure many of us have thought to ourselves at one point in our lives that we should be aloud to lead our lives the way we want to. Many of us still see others living on this philosophy. They think that they dont need God or religion to tell them how to live their lives becoming pro-choice because they feel its what makes them truly happy. They may hide behind the excuses ''God gave us free will and its his biggest gift to us.''
Yes that is true. Free will is the biggest gift that God gave to us but it is also our biggest responsibilty. He gave it to us not that so we can indulge in our lusts, but rather it is a test to see whether we will choose good over and abstain from anything which Allah tells us to abstain from. Now, in my case whenever i get depressed about lifes problems, i have my 'muslim' friends tellinh me to just live my life the way i want it and to have no regrets. Bad answer. This is exactly what Shaytan (Satan) wants us to do. To follow our own desires and neglect religion and Allah. To indulge in this life so that it becomes hard to come back to faith. Only to find out that when we die we were in the wrong and fallen a slave to our own selves and desires. So in a way, chasing after our lusts means that we are self worshipping because we are making ourselves incharge of ourselves. Making ourselves the ONLY authority in our lives. This is called Hedonism based on 'Carpe diem' which means 'Seize the day' i.e. live life to the fullest by indulging in watever u wanna do. This ideology is backed up by present day media undoubtedly.

Heres the interesting part. Anton LaVey who is a the founder of the Church of Satan said that devil worship is not based on the caricatures that we see in the media. Shaytan is FAR MORE mundane and universal than we realise. Rather, Satanism is self worship and following our lusts and desires

"I can do anything that i want to. I can persue any kind of lust or desires and feel i can engage in any activities that are so called sinful activities and not really worry about any accumentical counsels making it right for me to do these things."- Anton LaVey, Founder of the Church of Satan.

He clearly states that satanism is not the typical offering human sacrifices and blood drinking that we all think but rather it is neglecting god and following worldly desires.

''..and he, as a satanist, knowing this, realizing what his human potential is, eventually, and here is one of the essential points of satanism, attain his own godhead in accordance with his potential. Therefor each man, each woman, is a god or goddess in satanism.''- Anton LaVey.

Meaning, that by 'doing what you want' you are following satan clearly and that it is a type of devil worship that we fail to realise. Many of us have fallen under this including many muslims. Having illicit relations with people, thats worshipping Satan. Stealing something that really want, thats worshipping Satan. Causing hate between people, thats worshipping satan.

Remember, worship doesnt mean just praying. It can simply means obeying certain rules given from someone. All your actions that u do can be a form of worship. When we pay zakat or even follow the sunnah of the prophet, that's worshipping Allah. but going against Allah's commands means Devil worship because you are obeying Satan.

''My heart is the ruler of all my being. If my heart tells me it's true, that's good enough for me."-Jennifer Lopez.

''The answers to your problems are in yourself, not in a God or a religion.''- Ed Kowalczyk

In conclusion, Shaytan is indeed very clever. Nowadays this kind of behaviour is applauded by most of the world yet they fail to realise the truth and purpose of this life. Shaytan has made many different ways in which he can gather his humans into hell by a way of secularism and pro choice. It's right infront of our eyes yet we fail to see it because we are following this world blindly. He has made our desires so attractive and seducing that we fall into this mindset. This is very crucial. And anyone who reads this, I urge you to spread this message to others. What happens when the dajjal comes then and we follow shaytan. How can we have a chance to stand up against him when we have fallen for Satan? Rethink your purpose of life. And search into urself and correct anything that need purifying, as it could save your soul.


Salaam x