Do good deeds get nullified by anything other than shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Regarding the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) concerning the saying of Allah the Exalted:

Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds

إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ

[Hud 11:114]

He said, and the opposite.

The Shaykh:

do away with misdeeds

يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ

[Hud 11:114]

This is the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim; it is a verse from the Qur'an. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. Regarding the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) concerning the saying of Allah the Exalted:

Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds

إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ

[Hud 11:114]

Ibn al-Qayyim said, "And the reverse is the case." But some people say that deeds are not nullified except by shirk (associating partners with Allah). Does his statement agree with this statement of Ibn al-Qayyim?

The Shaykh:
The benefit and the harm do not invalidate this shirk (associating partners with Allah)

do not invalidate your charities with reminders or injury

لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُم بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَىٰ

[Al-Baqarah 2:264]

. This is not shirk; rather, with this, the charity is invalidated, and the good deeds are invalidated by the bad deeds, as evidenced by this verse.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3000] هل تُحبط الحسنات بغير الشرك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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