"Everyone has the understanding to differentiate between right and wrong. Those people who get involved in drugs too, understand it is wrong, but when taking it for the first time think, 'I will take it only once.' Thereafter, this 'only once' continues with this belief that 'I am in total control' and that 'I will give it up whenever I desire to.'

This is but a delusion. They find afterwards that they have been devoured by the habit, and are annihilated (physically, mentally and spiritually) by what becomes a heinous addiction. This is the case with all sins. They start off with the theme 'only once' and then continue till it leads to an addiction that destroys them completely.

Therefore, in regards to sins we must keep in mind: Sin is poison and poison is poison; sooner or later it will destroy you.

In future, make sure that you resist the very first temptation so that you do not end up sinking into the quicksand of sin."

Courtesy of In Shaykh's Company: a blog maintained by the students of Shaykh Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullah www.shaykh.org