The Indication of Allah’s Boasting with the People of 'Arafah Regarding Acceptance
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Question:
Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: Does Allah the Exalted’s boasting with the people standing at 'Arafah indicate His acceptance of all of them, even if some of them have shirk (associating partners with Allah) or have committed some major sins without repenting from them?
Answer:
Yes, Allah’s boasting to the angels with the people of 'Arafah indicates Allah’s (Glorified and Exalted is He) pleasure with the believers standing at 'Arafah, even if among them is one who has a sin or a mistake, as long as he is upon Islam and faith, then good is hoped for him. Even if he is negligent, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) will forgive him. For this reason, the hadith concludes with: Allah forgives all sins. The people of the standing came to Allah repentant, disheveled and dusty, from every deep valley. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) testifies to His angels that He will forgive them, except for the polytheist who has major shirk, for Allah will not forgive him until he repents, [An-Nisa 4:48], [An-Nisa 4:116] Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: Does Allah the Exalted’s boasting with the people standing at 'Arafah indicate His acceptance of all of them, even if some of them have shirk (associating partners with Allah) or have committed some major sins without repenting from them?
Answer:
Yes, Allah’s boasting to the angels with the people of 'Arafah indicates Allah’s (Glorified and Exalted is He) pleasure with the believers standing at 'Arafah, even if among them is one who has a sin or a mistake, as long as he is upon Islam and faith, then good is hoped for him. Even if he is negligent, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) will forgive him. For this reason, the hadith concludes with:
Depart, forgiven are you and those for whom you interceded
انصرفوا مغفورا لكم ولمن شفعتم فيهIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُAnd he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray.
وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
عيد الأضحى وأعمال يوم النحر — alfawzan.live (20:20)
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