The Impact of Sins on Faith and the Obligation of Repentance
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih, there is an influence, or rather influences, that affect this noble style. What is your guidance to the people regarding this?
The Shaykh:
What do you mean by "affect"?
The questioner:
They affect it negatively.
The Shaykh:
Yes, meaning they weaken this thing.
The questioner:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
This is a reality, and it is that a believer may be overcome by some heedlessness and deficiency in his religion, and this is due to sins and disobedience. There is no doubt that sins and violations affect the Muslim's religion, because this faith, as the people of the Sunnah and the community said, increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience. Allah the Exalted said, and those who believe, and Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Muhammad 47:17] Obediences increase faith, and sins decrease faith. It is obligatory for the Muslim to increase in the obedience of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and to leave the disobedience of Allah. And if he falls into disobedience, he must repent to Allah and hasten with repentance. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1987Hasan (Darussalam) Allah the Exalted and Majestic said: [Hud 11:114] [Hud 11:114].
Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Furqan 25:68-70] Rather, Allah will replace their evil deeds with good ones, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. There is no doubt that a person is prone to error and prone to falling into sins and transgressions, but praise be to Allah, the door of repentance is open. So a person repents to his Lord and increases in good deeds, and thereby his evil deeds are removed, by the permission of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih, there is an influence, or rather influences, that affect this noble style. What is your guidance to the people regarding this?
The Shaykh:
What do you mean by "affect"?
The questioner:
They affect it negatively.
The Shaykh:
Yes, meaning they weaken this thing.
The questioner:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
This is a reality, and it is that a believer may be overcome by some heedlessness and deficiency in his religion, and this is due to sins and disobedience. There is no doubt that sins and violations affect the Muslim's religion, because this faith, as the people of the Sunnah and the community said, increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience. Allah the Exalted said, and those who believe, and Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.
وَالَّذِينَ اهْتَدَوْا زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَآتَاهُمْ تَقْوَاهُمْand follow an evil deed with a good one to wipe it out
وأتبع السيئة الحسنة تمحها،And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed,
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّgood deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.
الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّاكِرِينَAllah the Exalted and Majestic said:
(68) And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty. (69) Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated - (70) Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work.
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماهو أسلوب الحياة التي لو عاش بها العبد لنجى عند لقاء ربه وفاز؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com (0:54)
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