Accountability for What Passes Through the Heart
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person held accountable for the thoughts that pass through his heart, even though he did not act on them?
Answer:
Allah does not hold a person accountable for what passes through his mind as long as he does not speak or act on it. If he leaves it for the sake of Allah, when something bad comes to his mind and he leaves it for the sake of Allah, it does not harm him, by the permission of Allah. In fact, a good deed is recorded for him. If a person intends to do a good deed but does not do it, meaning he does not do it because he left it for the sake of Allah, then a good deed is recorded for him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person held accountable for the thoughts that pass through his heart, even though he did not act on them?
Answer:
Allah does not hold a person accountable for what passes through his mind as long as he does not speak or act on it. If he leaves it for the sake of Allah, when something bad comes to his mind and he leaves it for the sake of Allah, it does not harm him, by the permission of Allah. In fact, a good deed is recorded for him. If a person intends to do a good deed but does not do it, meaning he does not do it because he left it for the sake of Allah, then a good deed is recorded for him. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 09-04-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (51:48)
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