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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the difference between being unable to commit a sin and leaving it for the sake of Allah?

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The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, yes.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : And in the hadith of Ibn Abbas, he says:
Whoever intends to do an evil deed and does not do it, Allah records it for him as a complete good deed من هم بسيئة ولم يعملها كتبها الله له حسنة كاملة
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The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : How ... .

The Shaykh : That is, because in the hadith where it is recorded as a complete good deed, it says:
for he desisted from doing it for My sake فإنه إنما تركها من جرائي
Sahih Muslim 129
The reason in the hadith is
Because of me من جرائي
meaning because of me, but this is leaving the killing of his brother because he was unable to do it. Yes. So there is a difference between the two.
Source alathar.net

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