Self Evaluation* [[-- Parr Two --]]

 *Self Evaluation*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

My dear brother and sister, please stop and listen to me.

The world is shouting at you every single day.
It says, "Do whatever feels right." It says, "You only live once, so enjoy your life to the fullest."

Do not be fooled.

These words are not your friends. They are traps. They are the whispers of the devil, wrapped in pretty paper.

My People,

We are not here to worship our feelings. We are here to worship Allah (swt).

Think of your desires like a wild, hungry lion. If you let it loose without a chain, it will not play with you. It will attack you. It will eat you alive. This is why we must put a strong leash on our desires. The leash is Islam. We must pull it back. We must control our haram desires. We must never let it control us.

Listen to what Allah (swt) says in the Qur'an:

"But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] desires, then indeed, Paradise will be his refuge." 📚(Surah An-Naziat, 79:40-41)

Read that again.

The road to Paradise is not by following your haram feelings. The road to Paradise is by stopping your soul from chasing its bad wants.

Now, let me scare you about the other path.

If you blindly follow your haram desires without thinking—if you say, "It's okay, no one is watching, I will just enjoy this one sin"—you are catching a very dangerous disease.

It starts small. Yes. You sin, and your heart feels a little dark. You do it again, and you stop feeling guilty. You do it again, and you stop caring at all. This is the scariest part. When your heart dies, you will sin openly and not even feel ashamed.

Do you know what happens when you worship your haram desires?

You become a slave. Not a slave of Allah ooo, but a slave of your own stomach, your own eyes, and your own lust. And that useless master of yours is cruel. Yes. It will never be satisfied. It will always ask for more until it destroys you. God forbid!

Imagine this:

You die today. You are taken to your grave. The pleasures you chased are gone. The few minutes of "fun" are over. But now, you have your haram desires as a scary companions in your grave till the day of judgment. Then, you stand in front of Allah (swt). The One who saw you in the dark. The One who saw you when no one else did.

Your own hands will speak. Your own feet will speak. And they will say, "We did that sin because he let his desires lead us."

What will you say then? There will be no "YOLO" excuse on that Day. There will be no "I was just enjoying myself" excuse.

Muslim Faithful,

The fire is real. The punishment is severe. Do not trade a moment of pleasure here for an eternity of pain there.

So, fight your desires now. Every time your soul whispers to you to do something Haram, fight it. Pull that leash tight. Say to yourself, "I fear Allah. I want Paradise. I will not throw it away for this."

The struggle is hard. But the result is beautiful.

Paradise is waiting for those who say "No" to their desires.

Do not be weak. Do not be a slave to your haram feelings. Be a warrior for Allah (swt). The victory is for the one who controls himself when he or she is alone.

May Allah (swt) give us the strength to win this fight. Ameen Ya Hayyu La Yamootu Abadah.

To be continued...