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ISLAM: THE RELIGION OF EASE

does not acknowledge any limit on any topic, and leads a degen-
erate life. In such a life, people don't show each other any spirit
of sacrifice, any sort of love, or respect, and do not support each
other spiritually or financially. For these reasons, such a life
never brings anyone any happiness. When the boundaries of re-
ligion are taken away, the opposite of a peaceful atmosphere sur-
faces and a hell-like environment emerges, just as satan desires.
For example, the events that we have been experiencing very
frequently in recent years, such as widespread drug use and
dealing, prostitution, corruption, and deception are linked with
being far from religion and hence from any spiritual values or
beauty. In such circumstances, people assume that they have the
license to act freely and as they wish. However, the spiritual and
physical destruction brought about by this way of living with-
out acknowledging any boundaries far outweighs any feelings
of freedom they assume. Think about it. What can be the bene-
fits of a person who is sick, has aged prematurely, whose hair
and skin has lost its shine and vitality, who leads an exhausted
and destitute life, all because of prostitution, drug and alcohol
abuse? Really, not recognizing any boundaries, disregarding
moral values, leading a life one assumes has no purpose and
ends in nothingness, will bring about great physical and emo-
tional damage to all concerned, without exception.
Furthermore, these consequences are plain for all to see.
There may be people who think that the examples given here
are very extreme. But the truth is that the more a person lives a
life far from religious morality, flouting Allah's boundaries, the
more that person will lead an unhappy and difficult life. And,
just because a person doesn't live a life as extreme as in the given
examples, it doesn't mean that he has an easy and happy life.

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