Why is religious life boring?

[The-Deist]

As the title says.

 

[sister herb]

If you think that religious life is boring, you haven´t never spend it at all. It´s actually full of joy and light, like the dream would has came true.

 

[The-Deist]

Maybe.

 

[sister herb]

After reading your last threads here I am not surprise about kind of feeling. You are jumping from belief to other and you feel frustrated with every of them and don´t know what is right and what is wrong, what´s suitable to you and what is the Gods plan for you.

Keeping looking.

 

[azc]

As the title says.

So, your interested in 'wild life'.

 

[Umm Malik]

As the title says.

may allah guide you !!
la hawla wala quwwata illa billah
because everything took us to the best rank will be boring if we don't think more and more of it benefits
or because you don't want controle from any one even if it your god
if we try to live just for the things that doesn't make us boring
we won't do any good thing in our life
to be the first in my class i should revise
and if i don't think more of the benefits of this subject that i want to revise
... i will found it boring
this is the life
you should do more to get the best things ....
every good thing in life ... need to do more and if you don't strive to get your aim you will stop in the mild just because it hard or boring ?
this the devil don't want you to be good
firstly
he will make you boring
but if you strive him you won't feel this
don't obey this thinking
life is short
and one day
you will make sure if the religious life were boring or no
you will understand all this things ... but when ?? after it's too late

Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
( 54 ) And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.
( 55 ) And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,
( 56 ) Lest a soul should say, "Oh [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allah and that I was among the mockers."

( 57 ) Or [lest] it say, "If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."
( 58 ) Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."
( 59 ) But yes, there had come to you My verses, but you denied them and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers.
( 60 ) And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allah [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a residence for the arrogant?
( 61 ) And Allah will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.
( 62 ) Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.
( 63 ) To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. And they who disbelieve in the verses of Allah - it is those who are the losers.
( 64 ) Say, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"
( 65 ) And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if you should associate [anything] with Allah, your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers."
( 66 ) Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful.
( 67 ) They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

( 53 ) ۞ قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
( 54 ) وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
( 55 ) وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
( 56 ) أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَا عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
( 57 ) أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
( 58 ) أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
( 59 ) بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَاءَتْكَ آيَاتِي فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَاسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
( 60 ) وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَرَى الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ وُجُوهُهُم مُّسْوَدَّةٌ ۚ أَلَيْسَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ
( 61 ) وَيُنَجِّي اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ السُّوءُ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
( 62 ) اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
( 63 ) لَّهُ مَقَالِيدُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ
( 64 ) قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَأْمُرُونِّي أَعْبُدُ أَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ
( 65 ) وَلَقَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
( 66 ) بَلِ اللَّهَ فَاعْبُدْ وَكُن مِّنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ
( 67 ) وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

please don't let yourself to satan
may allah help you to do the best

 

[LaSorcia]

I do not find religious life boring at all. Prayer and scripture reading are probably my favourite parts. With prayer, it's better than a conversation with a good friend. With scripture reading, you can find new gems in the same books/suras even after twenty years!

 

[LaSorcia]

I guess I would also have to say that if you do find it boring, keep trying in spite of the boredom until your spiritual life matures and develops into a richer relationship with God. If a person just follows the outward rules of a religion, but neglects the inside, it probably won't be very fulfilling, except to one's pride.

 

[The-Deist]

I want to mix it up. Not fully committed. Of course I am still young. And it may change

 

[Kiro]

I want to mix it up. Not fully committed. Of course I am still young. And it may change

You know. Religion is just sincere counselling, it's practising morals and making you as a person better. Allah is not asking you from much, pray five times a day and you spend the rest of the day how you want it. But if you say, all the 'fun things are haram', Allah just wants best for you. Like when you ignore a prescription from a doctor, there are plenty of fun things in the world that are halal. Drowning yourself in alcohol isn't the only way.

 

[Umm Malik]

I want to mix it up. Not fully committed. Of course I am still young. And it may change

((Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity.))
((Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him it mean someone who died with associating others besides allah will not forgive them , but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray.))
we all passed this period
i used to feel the religion boring
when i feel shame from allah
because i was just a muslim by name
without any relationship with allah
but when i repent and connect with him and start to do what allah tell me i found the peace in my life
we all may do sins
and the prophet muhammad said “All of the children of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent.”
to worship god and turn to him when you commit mistake is better to don't worship him at all without caring or even thinking ...
but don't lose life religious just because of the sins
may allah guide you

 

[The-Deist]

Kiro I don't believe everything good is "haram". Alcoholism is bad so???

 

[Kiro]

Kiro I don't believe everything good is "haram". Alcoholism is bad so???

It meant. You can live religiously but in a fun manner. You just have to be a well mannered person and you can still do plenty of fun stuff like traveling.

 

[ardianto]

As the title says.

I know. I felt the same thing too when I was in your age. I felt religious life made me could not be myself because religious life was very regulated, very arranged. It made me sick, and I began to dream about freedom to live as what I wanted to live.

So I left salah, left fasting, stop recite Qur'an. And I started to do what I thought that was cool. Drinking alcohol, smoking cannabis, consuming drugs. I didn't care when my life was destroyed. I didn't care on what people said about me. I just want to be myself who was free to do what I wanted to do.

Was I happy?. In the beginning yes. But then I began to feel an emptiness in my heart. I felt uneasy. And I began to feel I wanted to return. So I started perform salah again, and I felt a serenity in my heart. Indeed, need time to stabilize myself. But finally I can feel happiness in religious life that I could not get from wild life.

I understand if you feel religious life is boring. Religious life is indeed boring if you feel forced to live in it. And you will start feel an urge to get a freedom. But I do not blame you. Indeed, one common mistake that made by religious leaders is forcing people to follow the religious rule without realize that people need a spiritual consciousness to understand why they need a religion.

Spritual emptiness. That's what made me felt unease. Spiritual consciousness. That's what made me back to Islam. Spritual consciousness made me understand why I need guidance of worship. That's why I back to Islam and did not choose to be Agnostic.

Does religious life made me lost the freedom. No. I still feel a freedom, I still can be myself. Even I feel great serenity when I perform salah, perform fasting. And I feel great happiness when I share what Allah has given to me with needy people. Spiritual serenity. This is what I get from religion. From Islam.

Young bro, I know that you are in period which you feel you want to get your own identity, you want to be yourself, and you need a freedom. I do not think you want to get a wild life like my life in the past. I know you just want to be free.

But one thing that I want to tell you. When you feel an emptiness in your heart, do not hesitate to return to Allah. His door always open for you.

 

[keiv]

In your opinion:

What, to you, are things that make a non-religious life fun?
What, to you, are things that make a religious life boring?

You may find out that the things you find fun are only band aids (temporary satisfaction) for a bigger problem in your life. It's hard to figure out what you mean without any description

 

[The-Deist]

I will say I am mixed. I wanna connect to God and pray to him cuz he's my provider. I rely on him. Even tho I rely on people in a way, God put those people in my life. Yet on the other hand I wanna chill listen to music and what not.

 

[The-Deist]

Woah ardianto. I can relate to you in a way.

 

[Kiro]

I will say I am mixed. I wanna connect to God and pray to him cuz he's my provider. I rely on him. Even tho I rely on people in a way, God put those people in my life. Yet on the other hand I wanna chill listen to music and what not.

You can still chill but you have to make some adjustments for the sake of God. Sacrifise for faith. But there are plenty of stuff to do 'to chill'

 

[hisnameiszzz]

I don't think it's boring. When I used to have a faith, I sometimes wanted to rebel and do all the things I shouldn't have done but I never had the guts or courage to do all that.

I always thought there were too many rules and regulations: no drinking, no clubbing, no drugs, no smoking, no sleeping around. Basically, everything all my friends, both Muslim and non Muslim were doing. I sometimes wanted to follow in their footsteps but I never did.

Now I am glad I didn't. Where I work has confirmed that what I did was right. Most of my clients have major health issues due to excessive drinking / drugs / smoking. Their lives are ruined. I also see a lot of people who have slept around both in the past and the present. The result is children who only have one parent or children that end up complete "headcases" because they were put into care because the two people who had a fling were not capable of looking after this child or did not want to. Doing crazy "fun" things may end up ruining lives of others.

 

[The-Deist]

Why you no have guts? Smoking is just disgusting anyways.