The Position of the People of the Sunnah Regarding the One Who Commits Minor Sins and Dies Without Repenting
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the position of the People of the Sunnah regarding the one who commits a minor sin and dies without repenting from it?
Answer:
Minor sins are expiated by avoiding major sins. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:31] He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: "And establish [Hud 11:114] The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 564 So major sins are expiated by righteous deeds. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1987Hasan (Darussalam) If a person dies with minor sins that have not been expiated by avoiding major sins, then in his view, his good deeds and his bad deeds are weighed on the Day of Resurrection. If his good deeds outweigh his bad deeds, he becomes one of the successful; and if his bad deeds outweigh his good deeds, he becomes one of the people of the Fire, as is in the Noble Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the position of the People of the Sunnah regarding the one who commits a minor sin and dies without repenting from it?
Answer:
Minor sins are expiated by avoiding major sins. Allah the Exalted said:
If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance [into Paradise].
إِن تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُم مُّدْخَلًا كَرِيمًاprayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds
الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِThe five [daily] prayers, Friday to Friday and Ramadan to Ramadan make atonement for what has happened since the previous one when major sins have been avoided.
الصلوات الخمس، والجمعة إلى الجمعة، ورمضان إلى رمضان، كفارة لما بينهن إذا اجتنبت الكبائرand follow an evil deed with a good one to wipe it out
أتبع السيئة الحسنة تمحهاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14 — youtube.com (35:33)
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