Repentance from secret sins and strengthening the fear of Allah in the unseen
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says (may Allah preserve you): I seek advice from your eminence regarding repentance from secret sins, as I have been for three years
The Shaykh:
seeking.
The questioner:
seeking advice from your eminence on the topic of repentance from secret sins.
The Shaykh:
I mean, he is a sorcerer.
The questioner:
No, secret sins means keeping them secret, not making them public.
The Shaykh:
Secret, yes. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: So for three years I have been suffering from them until I nearly lost hope. What strengthens the fear of Allah in the unseen?
The Shaykh:
[Al-Mulk 67:12] That is, in their absence from the people. [Al-Mulk 67:12]. Then he said: [Al-Mulk 67:13] When you remember this verse that He is All-Aware of what is in your chest, you will fear Him in secret and in public. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I was, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said regarding the hypocrites: [An-Nisa 4:108] So Allah is with you wherever you are, [Al-Mujadila 58:7] they were, wherever [Al-Mujadila 58:7].
Remember this that Allah is with you, watching over you, seeing you in any place. Then you fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and do not challenge Him in sin when you are hidden from people. You are hidden from people, but you do not hide from Allah, no matter who you are. They hide from people; perhaps you can hide from people, but you cannot hide from Allah. And they do not hide from Allah while He is with them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says (may Allah preserve you): I seek advice from your eminence regarding repentance from secret sins, as I have been for three years
The Shaykh:
seeking.
The questioner:
seeking advice from your eminence on the topic of repentance from secret sins.
The Shaykh:
I mean, he is a sorcerer.
The questioner:
No, secret sins means keeping them secret, not making them public.
The Shaykh:
Secret, yes. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: So for three years I have been suffering from them until I nearly lost hope. What strengthens the fear of Allah in the unseen?
The Shaykh:
Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌforgiveness and great reward.
لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌAnd conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
وَأَسِرُّوا قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ اجْهَرُوا بِهِ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِFear Allah wherever
اتق الله حيثماThey conceal [their evil intentions and deeds] from the people, but they cannot conceal [them] from Allah, and He is with them [in His knowledge] when they spend the night in such as He does not accept of speech. And ever is Allah, of what they do, encompassing.
يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًاThere is in no private conversation three but that He is the fourth of them, nor are there five but that He is the sixth of them - and no less than that and no more except that He is with them [in knowledge]
مَا يَكُونُ مِن نَّجْوَىٰ ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلَا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلَا أَدْنَىٰ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَا أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَwherever they are. Then He will inform them of what they did, on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah is, of all things, Knowing.
كَانُوا ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌRemember this that Allah is with you, watching over you, seeing you in any place. Then you fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and do not challenge Him in sin when you are hidden from people. You are hidden from people, but you do not hide from Allah, no matter who you are. They hide from people; perhaps you can hide from people, but you cannot hide from Allah. And they do not hide from Allah while He is with them. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الثالث في انقسام أدوية أمراض القلب إلى قسمين : طبيعية وشرعية — islamhouse.com (52:07)
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