Using the hadith “If you had not committed sins” as an argument for committing sins
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a man who, when I advise him to stop committing sins, responds to me with a hadith meaning
The Shaykh:
He draws near to Allah through sins? That is a reversal. One draws near to Allah through acts of obedience, but one repents from sins and then seeks His forgiveness. This is what completes the hadith: for you. As for the one who does not seek forgiveness, he does not draw near to Allah in any way, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They have destroyed some people, or many of them, except that they cut the evidence. They take part of it and leave the rest. They sever what Allah has commanded to be connected.
The words interpret one another and clarify one another. So if you cut it and take only what you need and leave the rest, that is misguidance and deviation. This is the way of the people of deviation,[Ali 'Imran 3:7], but this is the way of the people of deviation. Yes.
As for the people of truth, they say: We believe in it, all of it from our Lord, the clear and the ambiguous. They interpret some of it with some of it. They say: The words of our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, are:[Ali 'Imran 3:7-8] just as He has deviated these people. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a man who, when I advise him to stop committing sins, responds to me with a hadith meaning
If you had not disobeyed Allah, Allah would have come with His saying
لو أنكم لا تعصون الله لأتى الله بقولهThe Shaykh:
He draws near to Allah through sins? That is a reversal. One draws near to Allah through acts of obedience, but one repents from sins and then seeks His forgiveness. This is what completes the hadith:
and then you seek His forgiveness and He forgives
ثم تستغفرونه فيغفرThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They have destroyed some people, or many of them, except that they cut the evidence. They take part of it and leave the rest. They sever what Allah has commanded to be connected.
The words interpret one another and clarify one another. So if you cut it and take only what you need and leave the rest, that is misguidance and deviation. This is the way of the people of deviation,
As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِAs for the people of truth, they say: We believe in it, all of it from our Lord, the clear and the ambiguous. They interpret some of it with some of it. They say: The words of our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, are:
"We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding. (8) [Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate
آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ رَبِّنَا وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب المريض — islamhouse.com (53:18)
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