A person's claim that he is free in all his actions

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion of the one who says, "I am free in all my actions," even if among those actions are things that Allah has forbidden?

Answer:
A person is not free in all his actions; rather, he is free only in what Allah has given him freedom in, namely the permissible matters. As for the forbidden matters, he is not free in them; rather, he is prohibited from them, prohibited from them because they harm him. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, wants good for His servants and does not want evil for them. So it is obligatory for the Muslim to use his will and freedom in what Allah has permitted him of foods, drinks, and clothing. This person is free in the permissible matters; a person is free in the permissible matters, if he wishes he does them, and if he wishes he leaves them, because Allah gave him that, He gave him freedom in the permissible matters.
As for the forbidden things, sins, bad deeds, and evil, a person is not free in them; rather, he is prohibited from them and threatened with punishment if he does any of them, because they harm him. So He prohibited them from him and made them forbidden for him as a mercy to him, because they harm him, just as one restrains a person from falling into the Fire or falling into destruction, preventing him and holding him back so that he does not destroy himself.
Likewise, a person is prevented from the forbidden things because they destroy him and harm him. If he were left free in them, he would destroy himself. So he is not free in these matters either. A person is a servant of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, who obeys Allah and His Messenger. Is he free in the sense that he is not commanded and not prohibited? No.
Rather, he is a servant of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, who complies with what Allah the Exalted has commanded and avoids what Allah has prohibited. Allah the Exalted said: , meaning he is not commanded and not prohibited, he is left, meaning like an animal. No. The human being has a status with Allah and has value. And for that reason, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gave this human being a rank above the other creatures because of what Allah distinguished him with of intellect and honor.
. So it is obligatory to say that the human being [should] give thanks for this blessing. And that he should obey Allah and obey the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so that his happiness is completed for him.
But if he leaves for himself the freedom of a beast, then he will be, he will be like the animals. Rather, he is more astray. Allah the Exalted said: if you think that . The human being transforms, he becomes lower than the dog and the pig, and lower than the lowest of beasts. If he frees himself from the commands and prohibitions of Allah, he becomes lower than the pigs and the dogs. But if he obeys Allah and His Messenger, he becomes the most noble thing with Allah, Mighty and Majestic.