THE SATANIC WEB
Verily! Satan is to man
an open enemy.(QURAN)
I think by now most of the world has heard about the
so called NET, yes the INTERNET, it has it’s benefits
but at the same time it has it’s dangers, especially
for a Muslim who’s aim in life is to please Allah and
attain paradise, how? You may be wondering innocently.
Well keep reading and you’ll see, The WEB or the NET
is the name which cannot be argued about because it
traps the victim just like a spider traps a fly but
the difference is the victim instead of wanting to
escape like the fly, actually begins to enjoy this
captivity, such is the terrible addiction and
attraction, It’s difficult to judge whether the surfer
is in control or being controlled. I know what your
thinking, naaaa not me I have full control, well think
again friend.
Ok so what’s the problem with surfing huh? Well once
online it’s like you get into a trance or more like
cyber space, it makes you forget the real world and
the reality around you but puts you into what its
called virtual reality, yes that’s the name virtual
reality where everything is unreal but appears to be
so real. Personally I think it should be called the
Satans web.
Once the user is connected then everything else is
disconnected and believe me I mean everything, Mom’s
shouting from downstairs, kids are crying around you,
maybe the door bell has rang a couple of times but nop
this person is in a different world, the concern for
salah is gone, work, studies and other good deeds like
reading quran, thikr are either delayed or sometimes
completely in the recycle bin, INNALILAHI WA INNA
ALAYHI RAJIOON, yes the most scary and most dangerous
thing about it is that it has disconnected us from
ALLAH .
As Muslims we have to be alert and worry about our
Faith in all circumstances and in all times, for this
life is very short and the life of the hereafter is
for ever enjoying but only for those who make effort
on their faith and Islam and try to save themselves
from the evils of Satan, maybe were enjoying ourselves
surfing horrific web sites or even chatting in the
rooms. Hold on, I think chatting is the wrong term, it
should be flirting, the biggest evil of all, SATANS
ROOM, yes cyberfreinds, the room without a view but
the most dangerous part of the net, we all know what
goes on in these rooms, this is the room where even
the innocent ones have become addicted, their father
being proud of them thinking they are sitting in front
of the PC working hard little does he know that she’s
chatting to more guys then she would have if she went
out. Think about this, if you had a child would you
like her roaming on the streets chatting up guys some
as old has probably Clinton, oops better not mention
no names, anyway would you? Or would you let strangers
come in to your daughters bedroom and chat with her
for hours? Well that’s what’s happening and dont think
MY DAUGHTER? NEVER my daughter cant even think of such
a thing, well wake up MR and stop pretending you know
what’s going on cuz you dont, this is how Satan’s
destroying us sitting in our own homes.
Yeah forget the pen pal days, that was the innocent
stuff nowadays girls and boys are known to have
travelled around the world meeting their cyber
girl/boy friends, and if not that then long distance
phone calls is common and you know how it starts? Well
it start’s of with just looking into the chatrooms
maybe to make a friend of the same sex.
Satan even tells the god fearing ones, you can give
dawah to them look how many people you can talk about
Islam to and how much reward you will earn, yeah. All
rubbish, Satans playing with you in his fingers, its a
coincidence how everytime you end up giving dawah to
the opposite sex, hmmmm I wonder why, well anyway your
in the rooms with your cool username saying hi room,
asl and all that stuff and after some time in and out
the rooms you starting to get this big friends list,
and usually its the opposite sex.
Your chatting day in day out, getting closer to your
friends and if they live locally then you take it one
step further, we all know what that is dont we? Course
we, do its the mobile with the coolest tune around
yeah another thing which is kicking nowadays anyway
well talk about that another day so now you’ve
exchanged numbers and send each other text messages
and before you know it wing bing bang wallop, you
running away with him/her, ok maybe not that far but
whatever or however far you’ve got, your taking your
self closer and closer to the fire of hell and just
think about it brothers and sisters what would happen
if death would take us in that state or that night
where we just had a good chat and exchanged some lovy
dovy sentences between each other?
We tend to forget death specially when were young, we
think naa maan I got long time left, but death can
take us anytime and in any condition, we dont have to
be old and ill or have any problems, and once death
comes finish, no coming back, only one way in this
world and only one way out.
So as I was saying you got these yahoo pager or MSN
messenger and ICQ and now theirs even voice chat and
web cams so many it’s hard to keep track and all of
them are full of friends, Havant had so many friends
in your life isnt it great? Is it?
Yeah great for wasting your time, this precious time
will never come back and will be accountable for on
the day of judgement, anyway so now your chatting
away, if you pray your salah probably pausing and
quickly praying it at the speed of 50 mph then jumping
back on to the hot seat, so your chatting away to your
real friend which in reality you dont know jack about
him only what he /she has told you which in most cases
is a lot of cod wallops whatever that is and youve
fell for him or her, now your up till midnight
chatting away talking freely which you would never
able to imagine doing if you werent online and when
your not talking to him/her your thinking about
him/her probably even got a pic in your PC ,I bet your
even fantasising or day dreaming while in studies or
at the office desk probably sending a quick mail from
uni or college or school now you tend to feel a bit
happy and cant wait to get online and chat again some
even start meeting in cinemas and shopping, malls,
raves and partys etc ,so now the net has made meeting
strangers possible in such a large scale which before
would be unimaginable some have even got married , ok
thats good but come one how many is that ?
Now there are some things that puts some of us back
and make us swear that we aint going in them rooms
again, yup one is the big bill we get at the end of
the month or quarterly, soon as we open that bill
arghhhhhh our heart stops for a split second and were
making excuses that noway, BT has overcharged me, But
unfortunately Satan has one again, ok if our server is
free we shouldnt get happy cuz thats more dangerous,
then we dont have no time control and might end up
eating our meals on the damn PC, yeah I bet some are
even doing it. Secondly its the heart breaks that put
us of for a while, we meet someone nice on the net and
think he/she is the one and have high hopes for the
future but soon after we find out the truth, that he
is married and is older then your father or she is
only 15 and is still in school, yup this is common
everybodys lying their teeth out making themselves out
to be the perfect partner just to impress eachother,
so the hearts broken, (usually female hearts) and are
sick of the net but as time goes by what are we doing?
Yes back again caught in the web of Satan.
Lets take it further ok, not only the young and
innocent are in cyber land but the married ones too
are involved, the husband is chatting with women and
the wife doesnt even suspect anything just wishing he
would give her as much time as he gives his work well
she thinks its work only if she knew hey, or the
depressed house wives who are bored with their
husbands and want something to bring the spark back in
their lifes or viseversa, take this opportunity to
chat or flirt with younger people and sometimes it
even leads to affairs, yup you must have heard about
it, so and so person ran of and left her husband and
kids, really? Yes, she found this guy on the net would
you believe it? Well you better believe it coz now
this is happening in realty. Now we shouldnt forget
the single moms coz they are a victim in a large
scale, men seeing them as an easy target and trying to
make themselves sound caring and sweet so they win
them over, the shy and innocent ones find it the best
way to meet the right guy probably chatting to a doz
people at a time, half the people dont even mention
that there married and have got half a doz. children,
why should they? It will spoil the fun, astagfirullah
may ALLAH forgive us.
My dear friends Islam has never opposed technology and
modern inventions but we have to in reality think and
contemplate on how we are using the net, are the
chatrooms taking us further form ALLAH or bringing us
nearer to thee or is it making our creator happy or
bringing his WRATH? Do we really think these chatrooms
are benefiting us and our faith? The language used in
the rooms is itself enough for one to decide this is a
no go zone for us, and we all know that the topic the
room is under is not whats being discussed. We cannot
fool ourselves by saying and trying to make which is
unlawful lawful by using the excuse that there is no
serious harm and its just a bit of fun or our hearts
are clean and we dont have any bad intentions, maybe
we dont but Satan’s traps are so dangerous that we
would fall in to it without us even realising and his
job is to try to take each and every one of us in
hellfire and this is one of the tools he is using THE
INTERNET, so we have to ponder for a while and ask
ourselves are we a victim of SATAN >? And Im sure the
answer will be YES.
So my friends we should repent sincerely and make firm
intention to avoid indulging in these sins, ALLAH
opens the ways for the one who trys, and Im sure all
of us want to please our creator so we can live a life
of bliss, it just takes a bit of effort, if we dont
make a effort then it will be a grave danger for our
IMAAN and AKHIRAH and we will have to face the
consequences, whether we accept it or not its the
truth and only Allah knows best.
Zane al Abideen (UK)
1421 A.H / 2001 A.D