I read a news article a while ago which I wanted to briefly discuss. It reported on a muslim who made some unnecessary lawful life choices which eventually led them to doing unlawful things.
It is important to understand a Hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, which discusses this mentality and is found in Jami At Tirmidhi, number 1205. It warns that when one journeys close to a forbidden zone, even though they are still in a lawful area, a time may come when they take an incorrect step and end up in the forbidden zone. This is like the person who spends time with others who smoke even if they do not smoke themself. But with the passing of time smoking will seem normal to them which is one step closer to them becoming a smoker.
Similarly, when one excessively indulges in unnecessary lawful things they move that much closer to the things which are unlawful, such as wasting wealth. And with the passing of time the unlawful things which seemed unimaginable for them to commit becomes a normal thing in their eyes. Then it is only a matter of time until they too commit those unlawful things.
This is the reason why it is important for muslims to be on guard against over indulging in things which are unnecessary even if they are lawful as this attitude will protect their faith and honour in the long run which the Hadith quoted earlier declares.
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