As medical workers, we see a lot of sad things. One of the saddest things you can ever see is watching a person destroy themself by their own hands. There was once a woman in hospital with the sweetest personality but who was hooked on drugs. She made pleasant conversation and was super friendly, but you could see in her eyes the sadness she was hiding. Eventually, she broke down and cried. She cried over the ruins she’d brought herself to, all the while knowing full well how bad her habit was for her and that it was destroying her. She said she wanted out of this life of drugs so badly, and that today she would quit it.
Strangely, this is much like this life of ours as a whole.
We sin and disobey our Creator, knowing full well we’re only harming ourselves.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "My example and the example of the people is that of a man who made a fire, and when it lighted what was around it, moths and other insects started falling into the fire. The man tried (his best) to prevent them, but they overpowered him and rushed into the fire”. (Bukhari)
There’s one important difference though: drugs will have no mercy on you, while Allah would LOVE to have mercy on you if you turn to Him.
Unfortunately, we will all sin, and we will harm ourselves in doing so. But what we can do is, every time we do sin, we pick ourselves up, repent, and replace it with a good deed or two. This way, every time you harm yourself, you bring yourself far more benefit than harm.
So even when you harm yourself you come out a winner. Such is the beauty of Islam. It’s only Shaytan who wants you to be depressed and hopeless that you’ve fallen into sin again and again and again. It’s okay - just get right back up.
Remember this. -TRG Medical Division
