Re: Where do you draw the ___?
I get what you’re saying. But despite all the guidelines, all of us draw lines differently, human nature can’t be standardised. Sure, religion makes it clear what is off limits and what is allowed, and to an extent I do follow that. Do I abstain from the major sins? Yes. Do I fulfil the faraiz? Well..notwithstanding the occasional missed prayer, yes. Those are the lines that I do observe. But then there is a whole host of other things that I do, which might not be looked on favourably. Listening to music, watching movies, backbiting, x-rated humour, watching women’s tennis (
) etc. to name a few. In most daily activities people tend to draw their own lines, which are either guided by the extent of their religiousness or upbringing and that is different for everyone. You can’t judge people for drawing their own lines where they feel comfortable.
At the end of the day, at least I know my limits and there are certain things I’m not comfortable doing. I’m sure in a perfect world ALL our limits would be derived from religion but we’re not perfect, in some way or the other we do deviate and that’s what being human is all about. And given the world we live in today that is totally understandable. Maybe I don’t strive for perfection hard enough and but I have the desire to and I know as long as I have the little voice in my head telling me what’s wrong, inshallah one day I will.