Living in the 21st century has its perks. Media is now accessible within the tip of our fingers by Social Media sites. Alhamdulillāh, through the power of Social Media we get the latest updates of any news that is important to the society.
But like any other thing, it has its cons. Social Media is addictive, the youth today spends most of their time through social media. As muslims, we have to understand that in our borrowed time in this dunya, every second counts.
We have to understand that our only purpose in this dunya is to please Allāh, nothing else. Wasted time is something that is not taken lightly in Islam, each second of our existence will be questioned on the Day of Judgement.
Most of us, whether we like it or not, is a prisoner of social media. We spend most of our time during the day scrolling through our gadgets watching Vlogs, Tiktok Videos, and other irrelevant feats.
Time is truly wasted when we pour our lives into meaningless content instead of reading the Qur’an, listening to lectures, or learning more about the deen in general. Being a social media prisoner isn’t only based by the time spent on social media.
This can also mean that some people have become highly dependent on social media that they value the amount of “Likes/Reacts/Comments” of their posts to the point that they post rubbish content just to please the masses. To the point they make dance videos, singing videos,
Tabarruj (display of beauty) just to gain the attention of the audience.

Others have also idolized singing/dancing groups and individuals to the point that they have almost dedicated their lives for those Mushriks.
Only for those disbelievers to gain profit from them by buying merchandise, buying music albums etc.

Others have also idolized influencers/models who display beauty and have used them as a role model type of example for today’s society.
To the point where the words of a kafir influencer is to be believed more than the words of the ulama (scholars/shaykhs/ustadz).

Others have lived the life of lies, posting lies about their lives and showing off to the social media to keep up to the society’s standards,
just to feel “not left behind” by the peers.

Others have fallen to the trap of the evil eye, seeing posts of wealth displayed by others, and fall into dangerous jealousy. To the point that they make fitna upon people who are successful,
to the point where their hearts will not feel content of what Allāh has given them.

To the point that they compare lives of others to theirs, wherein they become ungrateful of Allāh’s blessings.
My dear brothers and sisters, when are you going to free yourselves from the prison that you’ve put yourself in?

The key to escaping the prison that you’ve been in for a long time is somewhere deep in your heart,
something that you may find when you take social media and the society’s pressure away from your heart. Something that you may find when you concentrate in pleasing the creator, no one else but Allāh.
This is a reminder upon for myself first and foremost, then to be passed to you for you to pass it to others too.

May Allāh guide us always.

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