The Difference Between the Just and the Open Sinner
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Question:
What is the difference between the just and the open sinner? When is a man considered just? And when is he considered an open sinner?
Answer:
Justice is balance and moderation, which is achieved by a Muslim preserving the obligatory acts and the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones, and avoiding lying. This is what makes him just. As for the open sinner, who is not just, he is the one who commits a major sin from among the major sins, other than shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as drinking intoxicants, stealing, or committing unlawful sexual intercourse. This is an open sinner; an open sinner who has committed a major sin, other than shirk, is deficient in his faith. This is the open sinner.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
What is the difference between the just and the open sinner? When is a man considered just? And when is he considered an open sinner?
Answer:
Justice is balance and moderation, which is achieved by a Muslim preserving the obligatory acts and the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones, and avoiding lying. This is what makes him just. As for the open sinner, who is not just, he is the one who commits a major sin from among the major sins, other than shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as drinking intoxicants, stealing, or committing unlawful sexual intercourse. This is an open sinner; an open sinner who has committed a major sin, other than shirk, is deficient in his faith. This is the open sinner.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب من الشرك أن يستغيث بغير الله أو يدعو غيره — islamhouse.com (52:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.