There is a primal feature of our nafs that our scholars have meticulously warned against for centuries. Recent scientific research has, as well, explained how our brains make excuses for ourselves.
In this Islamic Thought video, Dr. Salman Butt helps us to understand how such mechanisms work and how Allah is testing people who are misusing the religion to not fulfil certain Islamic obligations and even trying to prevent others from doing them.
Source: Islam21c
