The Impact of Sins on the Individual and Society
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The questioner:
Perhaps you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, would clarify the impact of sins on the individual and society?
The Shaykh:
The evil of sins is great, and their danger is severe, so it is obligatory for the believer to be cautious of them. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:135] If sins are bad, they carry a great danger of being deprived of forgiveness. However, a person seeks forgiveness from Allah, engages in good deeds, and hopes for Allah's forgiveness. He should be wary of persisting in evil deeds and should not be deluded by Allah's promise regarding wudu' and prayer. He should also conceal his sins, for persisting in them is one of the causes of sins not being expiated. It is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to be cautious of evil deeds and disobedience, but along with this, he should hope in his Lord, hoping that his wudu', his prayer, and his fasting will be an expiation for his evil deeds if he commits major sins. As for major sins, repentance is necessary, such as for zina, theft, drinking intoxicants, undutifulness to parents, severing family ties, backbiting, talebearing, and consuming riba (usury or interest). All of these are among the major sins. We ask Allah for safety from them. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
The Shaykh:
And there is no power except with Allah. Yes.
Perhaps you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, would clarify the impact of sins on the individual and society?
The Shaykh:
The evil of sins is great, and their danger is severe, so it is obligatory for the believer to be cautious of them. Allah the Exalted said:
And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَThe questioner:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
The Shaykh:
And there is no power except with Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب المبالغة في الاستنشاق — islamhouse.com (6:49)
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