The Ruling on Despairing of Allah's Mercy
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Question:
This questioner, Ahmad, has a set of questions. He says: Honorable Shaykh, what about a person who has some depression and despair regarding Allah's mercy?
Answer:
It is not permissible to do this. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hijr 15:56] So, no matter what befalls a Muslim, he should not despair of the mercy of Allah; rather, he should hope for relief from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and await relief from Allah. [Yusuf 12:87] [Az-Zumar 39:53] Yes.
This questioner, Ahmad, has a set of questions. He says: Honorable Shaykh, what about a person who has some depression and despair regarding Allah's mercy?
Answer:
It is not permissible to do this. Allah the Exalted said:
And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَand despair not of relief from Allah. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."
وَلَا تَيْأَسُوا مِن رَّوْحِ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يَيْأَسُ مِن رَّوْحِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْكَافِرُونَSay, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/119 — archive.org (11:15)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.