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Going Extreme In Following Religion
I am having issues that until I go extreme at following something, I will be punished. The intention is really just to have ease in life but I can’t help but think about even small things
For example:
I know one should offer the prayer at earliest times possible but I like having freedom and ease so I pray whenever I feel good during the appointed times for that prayer. My intention is really just to have ease in life. But I still have doubt that I might be doing something wrong. To remove that doubt, I ask God to have mercy on me and let me have such ease and then keeping the belief that He will forgive me. Is this the right approach? Because after I do so, I still get thoughts that I might have not got the approval from God.
Similar kind of issue with my clothes. For example, wearing clothes that might not be the best such as pants and keep finding flaws in it. I just don’t want to care about such minor things unless they have major issues
Sometimes it becomes so difficult to follow so many rules and finding flaws in things, so I just want to take care of things that have major impact only and just focus on things that are important in my life such as work so that I can go past overthinking and move forward in my life.
The only problem is that I am afraid I might be being arrogant against God. This stops me from moving forward until I simply do what is at the extreme. For example: offering prayer exactly when time starts, wearing shalwar kamiz instead of pants, selling household items that I can live without to pay off debt that might not even be as important of a debt to be paid back, etc.
And to fix the issue of being arrogant against God, I simply ask Him to forgive me in case I am doing something He does approve of and have mercy and grant me ease in life.
Please tell me how I should adapt my life so that I can focus on things that are important
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Going Extreme In Following Religion
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The teachings of our Deen are very clear. The principle adopted for the matters of worship is ease. Take the example of wearing socks. There is no need to wash the feet. One can make a masah on them. You can see the level of ease provided here. It is not very difficulty to put off the socks and wash the feet. Still the facility is provided to make it easy for us.
When God has not demanded such particularities as you have mentioned you are not following the principle of ease. God knows human limitations. It is hard to be consistent in things which are difficult. God wants His people to worship his consistently. So he made it easy for them. And now you are making it difficult for you unnecessarily.
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