The Meaning of the Hadith: O My Servant, If You Were to Come to Me with Earth-Full of Sins
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The questioner:
He says: Allah the Exalted said in the Hadith al-Quds: "O My servant,Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3540Hasan (Darussalam) I will come to you with a full load of forgiveness," and He said: [An-Nisa 4:47-48] He has no more
The Shaykh:
I know the question.
The questioner:
He says: Allah the Exalted said in the Hadith al-Qudsi: O My Servant,Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3540Hasan (Darussalam)
The Shaykh:
Or if you were to come to Me with earth-full of sins, He said: then if you met MeMishkat al-Masabih 122Isnād Da'īf (Zubair `Aliza'i) did you mean the intended meaning? Yes.
The questioner:
First.
The Shaykh:
That is, if the servant meets his Lord with sins other than shirk (associating partners with Allah), they are subject to His will.[An-Nisa 4:48] This is the meaning of the hadith.
He says: Allah the Exalted said in the Hadith al-Quds: "O My servant,
If you came to me with sins nearly as great as the earth
لو أتيتني بقراب الأرض خطاياof Allah accomplished. (48) Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what
اللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَاThe Shaykh:
I know the question.
The questioner:
He says: Allah the Exalted said in the Hadith al-Qudsi: O My Servant,
If you came to me with sins nearly as great as the earth
لو أتيتني بقراب الأرض خطاياThe Shaykh:
Or if you were to come to Me with earth-full of sins, He said: then if you met Me
and do not associate anything with me
لا تشركوا بي شيئاThe questioner:
First.
The Shaykh:
That is, if the servant meets his Lord with sins other than shirk (associating partners with Allah), they are subject to His will.
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في بيان حقيقة الإلحاد في أسماء رب العالمين، وذكر انقسام الملحدين — islamhouse.com (41:07)
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