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The Footsteps of shaytan
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Allah ﷻ says in the Qur’an:
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ
Oh you who Believe! Do not follow the footsteps of Shaytaan!
[24:21]
According to the Mufasireen, Footsteps are referring to the sins of a person.
And to apply it here,
when a person says tomorrow and I will.
This is when Shaytaan increases his Waswasa, in order to take this person who is entering the straight path, offroad!
They’ll say Tomorrow I’ll repent, and then the same day they’ll sin and sin and when tomorrow comes, they’ll feel too guilty to repent or they’ll enjoy their sin so much they’ll forget to repent at all!
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Delaying the Obedience to Allah ﷻ is like delaying the water to a small flame, when you delay it further, the flame becomes a raging inferno and soon it consumes all and no water can quench it.
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Gradually with the talk of tomorrow, the present will never see fruition and no actions will ever be manifested!
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As Prophet ﷺ said “Take benefit of five before five:
1️⃣ Your youth before your old age,
2️⃣ your health before your sickness,
3️⃣ your wealth before your poverty,
4️⃣ your free-time before your preoccupation,
5️⃣ and your life before your death.”
[Shu’ab al-Imān 9575 , Classed as Sahih]
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You can lose these 5 at any single moment.
So who and what are you waiting for?
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So Brother, if you had unlawful relations, make Niyyah to break it off and then break it off!
And my sister, if you didn’t wear Hijab yesterday, make intention and start wearing today!
And so on and so forth.
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Because at the end of it all,
We will be unable to look at anyone else to blame but ourselves.
Even Shaytaan will absolve himself of blame!
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As Allah ﷻ tells us His speech in Hell,
وَمَا كَانَ لِىَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَٰنٍ إِلَّآ أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَٱسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِى ۖ فَلَا تَلُومُونِى وَلُومُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُم
I had no authority over you except I called you and you responded, So blame me not, but blame yourselves!
[14:22]
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Then what excuse will you have?
Reflect..
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