What is the meaning of: “By Myself in My hand, if you had not committed sins”?
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Question:
The listener Fawaz Muhammad Zayd from the city of Mahd al-Dhahab, Ibn al-Qayyim Middle School in al-Mahd, sent a question and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 2328 Please explain this hadith to us? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The meaning of the hadith is that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has decreed in His prior knowledge that sins must occur so that the effects of His forgiveness and mercy, may He be Exalted, may be manifested, and His names are the One who accepts repentance, the All-Forgiving, and the One who pardons; because if there were no sins, the meaning of pardon, forgiveness, and accepting repentance would have no meaning. So He (Exalted and Majestic is He) preceded in His decree and knowledge that jinn and humans will commit sins; then Allah will accept the repentance of whoever repents, Allah will forgive whom He wills, and He will pardon whom He wills.
It does not mean giving permission for sins, no, Allah has forbidden them and prohibited them, but it is in His knowledge that they will exist, and that He, may He be Exalted, will pardon whom He wills, and forgive whom He wills if they repent to Him. This indicates that this is inevitable; so the believer should not despair, he should not despair, and he should not lose hope, and he should know that Allah has written this upon him, so let him repent to Allah, and not lose hope, and not despair, and let him hasten with repentance, and Allah accepts the repentance of those who repent.
So the divine decree is not an excuse, but you must not despair, and you must not lose hope, and you must repent to Allah, may He be Exalted, and know that this is something Allah has decreed upon you, and upon others.
So do not lose hope, and do not despair, and hasten with repentance, and Allah accepts the repentance of those who repent. And it is in His prior knowledge that sins will occur from jinn and humans, and that He will accept the repentance of whoever repents, and pardon whoever returns to Him, and pardon whom He wills from those who persist in sin out of His grace and kindness, (Exalted and Majestic is He), so that the effects of His beautiful names, the One who accepts repentance, the Merciful, the One who pardons, the All-Forgiving, may be manifested. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The listener Fawaz Muhammad Zayd from the city of Mahd al-Dhahab, Ibn al-Qayyim Middle School in al-Mahd, sent a question and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
By Him in whose hand my soul is, if you had not sinned God would have removed you and brought a people who sin, then ask God’s pardon and are forgiven.
والذي نفسي بيده لو لم تذنبوا؛ لذهب الله بكم، ولجاء بقوم غيركم يذنبون، فيستغفرون الله؛ فيغفر لهمAnswer:
The meaning of the hadith is that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has decreed in His prior knowledge that sins must occur so that the effects of His forgiveness and mercy, may He be Exalted, may be manifested, and His names are the One who accepts repentance, the All-Forgiving, and the One who pardons; because if there were no sins, the meaning of pardon, forgiveness, and accepting repentance would have no meaning. So He (Exalted and Majestic is He) preceded in His decree and knowledge that jinn and humans will commit sins; then Allah will accept the repentance of whoever repents, Allah will forgive whom He wills, and He will pardon whom He wills.
It does not mean giving permission for sins, no, Allah has forbidden them and prohibited them, but it is in His knowledge that they will exist, and that He, may He be Exalted, will pardon whom He wills, and forgive whom He wills if they repent to Him. This indicates that this is inevitable; so the believer should not despair, he should not despair, and he should not lose hope, and he should know that Allah has written this upon him, so let him repent to Allah, and not lose hope, and not despair, and let him hasten with repentance, and Allah accepts the repentance of those who repent.
So the divine decree is not an excuse, but you must not despair, and you must not lose hope, and you must repent to Allah, may He be Exalted, and know that this is something Allah has decreed upon you, and upon others.
So do not lose hope, and do not despair, and hasten with repentance, and Allah accepts the repentance of those who repent. And it is in His prior knowledge that sins will occur from jinn and humans, and that He will accept the repentance of whoever repents, and pardon whoever returns to Him, and pardon whom He wills from those who persist in sin out of His grace and kindness, (Exalted and Majestic is He), so that the effects of His beautiful names, the One who accepts repentance, the Merciful, the One who pardons, the All-Forgiving, may be manifested. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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