What is the ruling on the comment that some people make when they are advised not to sin, “I am free to do as I wish”?
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You are not free
Question: 11282
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
This is wrong. We say: you are not free to disobey Allaah. If you disobey Allaah, it means that you are coming out of “enslavement” to Allaah, as you describe ‘uboodiyah (total submission to Allaah), and instead you are entering into enslavement to the Shaytaan and your desires.
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Source:
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen